Migrating to zOS R8 Part 1 - Messmer The Brain House

Appendix A: List of Base Elements and Optional Features for z/OS V1.8
The following table lists the base elements and optional features in z/OS V1.8. The following table headings are used:
Name
What this document calls the element or feature. (To help you distinguish elements from features, element names in
this column are highlighted.) Also, this column tells you which elements and features are only in z/OS (not also in
z/OS.e).
Function level
The most recent release in which the element or feature changed. ("Change" means that one or more of the
element's or feature's FMIDs [function modification identifiers] was changed, or that the element or feature was
added to the system. New function added in program temporary fixes [PTFs] is not considered change.) Also, for
nonexclusive elements and features, the equivalent level of the separate product is listed in parentheses.
Note:
The function level is expressed as a z/OS function level. The z/OS and z/OS.e function levels are identical.
Do not confuse the function level with the product level. All elements and features are at the V1R8 product level but
they are at various function levels. For example, the product level of z/OS BookManager READ is z/OS V1R8 but
its function level is OS/390 V1R1 because OS/390 V1R1 was the last release in which it changed.
Type and description
z "Type" means the following:
y Whether it's a base element or optional feature
y Whether the base element or optional feature is exclusive (existing only within z/OS or z/OS.e) or
nonexclusive (also available as a separate product)
y If an optional feature, whether it's priced or unpriced
y If an optional feature, whether it supports dynamic enablement (note that all the priced features support
dynamic enablement)
z "Description" is a brief description of the element or feature, and miscellaneous facts about it.
Base elements and optional features in z/OS V1R8 and z/OS.e V1R8
Name
BCP
BDT
Function level (last time
changed)
z/OS V1R8
OS/390 V1R2
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Type: base element, exclusive.
The Base Control Program (BCP) provides essential operating system
services. The BCP includes the I/O configuration program (IOCP), the
workload manager (WLM), system management facilities (SMF), the z/OS
UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) kernel, the program management
binder, and support for the Unicode
Type: base element, exclusive.
(TM) Type and description
Standard. As of z/OS V1R8 and
z/OS.e V1R8, the BCP also includes z/OS XML System Services (z/OS
XML).
IBM Health Checker for z/OS is also part of the BCP. This tool helps
improve availability by reporting on active z/OS and sysplex settings that
are different than IBM recommended best practices or customer-defined
settings. It was initially available by PTF and download for z/OS V1R4 and
z/OS.e V1R4, was integrated in base element msys for Operations in z/OS
V1R5 and z/OS.e V1R5, was moved to the BCP in z/OS V1R7 and z/OS.e
V1R7 (keeping its own FMID), and was merged into the BCP base FMID in
z/OS V1R8 and z/OS.e V1R8 (losing its own FMID).
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