(ID 315602) Technical bulletin: Day-one support for IBM z/OS 3.1
Products | All BMC mainframe products and solutions |
|---|---|
Versions | All current GA versions |
Date | 2023/10/02 00:00 |
All BMC mainframe products and solutions support IBM z/OS 3.1, except for the products and component listed at the end of this notice. We will send out a new notice when these products support z/OS 3.1.
Most products support z/OS 3.1 without you having to do anything.
For the other products that support z/OS 3.1, the following table lists the PTFs that you must apply to enable that support. For the products with FIXCAT categories, you can check them to identify the required PTFs.
Product | Version | PTF | FIXCAT |
|---|---|---|---|
BMC AMI Application Restart Control for VSAM | 4.2.00 | BQQ6621 |
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BMC AMI Backup and Recovery for IMS | 5.1.00 | BQQ6651 | Not applicable |
5.0.00 | BQQ6652 | Not applicable | |
BMC AMI Batch Optimizer | 2.9.00 | BPB1683 |
|
DATA ACCELERATOR Compression | 1.6.00 | BPE0573 |
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BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID | 17.02 | AAF812Y | Not applicable |
BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID Common Components | 17.02 | ACF812Y ACF812Z | Not applicable |
BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID for CICS | 17.02 | CFF812J CFF812A | Not applicable |
BMC AMI DevX Code Debug for TSO | 17.02 | XTN210A XTN218A | Not applicable |
BMC AMI DevX Performance Test for Mainframe Servers BMC AMI DevX Performance Test for VTAM BMC AMI DevX Performance Test WebSphere MQ BMC AMI Security Session Monitor | 17.02 | QFS326A | Not applicable |
BMC AMI DevX Xchange | 17.02 | XGC054A | Not applicable |
BMC AMI Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut | 22.4.00 | TMT8105 | Not applicable |
BMC AMI Ops SYSPROG Services | 6.3.00 | BQM1884 | BMC.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V3R1 |
6.2.00 | BQM1885 | ||
ULTRAOPT/IMS | 4.2.00 | BPN2675 |
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To obtain PTFs, use the IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER command. For more information about using RECEIVE ORDER for BMC products, seeUsing SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.
We support Enhanced HOLDDATA and fix categories. For more information, seeUsing Enhanced HOLDDATA andFIXCAT data.
Day-one support for z/OS 3.1 is not available for the following products and component:
- BMC AMI Cloud Analytics
- BMC AMI Cloud Data
- BMC AMI Cloud Vault
- BMC AMI Cost Management
- BMC AMI Recovery for VSAM
- BMC AMI Storage Allocation
- BMC AMI Storage Automation
- BMC AMI Storage COMPAKTOR
- BMC AMI Storage FATSCOPY
- BMC AMI Storage FDR
- BMC AMI Storage FDRABR
- BMC AMI Storage FDRAPPL
- BMC AMI Storage FDRARC
- BMC AMI Storage FDRBCV INSTANT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRCRYPT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRDRP
- BMC AMI Storage FDREPORT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRERASE
- BMC AMI Storage FDRFSH INSTANT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRHDS INSTANT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRINC
- BMC AMI Storage FDRMOVE
- BMC AMI Storage FDRPAS
- BMC AMI Storage FDRPAS EP
- BMC AMI Storage FDRPASVM
- BMC AMI Storage FDRREORG
- BMC AMI Storage FDRSNP INSTANT
- BMC AMI Storage FDRSOS
- BMC AMI Storage FDRWEB
- BMC AMI Storage StopX37/II
- BMC AMI Storage Reporting
- BMC Compuware Upstream for z/OS Server
- BMC Compuware UPSTREAM Reservoir
- MainView Middleware Monitor
- MainView Middleware Administrator
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