What's new in z/OS V1R12.0

What's new in z/OS V1R12

• IBM z/OS Management Facility

MVS (Base Control Program) new functions to consider

• New Runtime Diagnostics quickly identifies potential problems
• PFA monitors SMF records
• PFA supervised learning enhancement
• Master Scheduler Initialization Dynamic Exit
• Auto-reply for WTORs
• Program Management
• Real storage management (RSM) enhancements
• Resource Recovery Services
• System logger enhancements
• System Management Facilities enhancements
• Tools and service aid enhancements
• Global Resource Serialization (GRS) and Cross-System Coupling (XCF) enhancements
• Restore-Subchannel Facility
• VARY CU Command
• Unicode Services Pre-Built Image
• BiDirectional Transformation and Character Shaping (Bidi)
• Logrec messaging enhancements
• WLM - enhanced performance management
• WLM - enhanced WLM administration
• WLM - managing performance with the guest platform management provider (GPMP)
• WLM - improved batch management
• Allocation enhancements
• BCPii APIs
• BCPii function enhancements
• AMODE64 Pause/Release services
• RMODE64 support for non-executable directed LOAD
• Choosing whether to run zAAP work on zIIP processors
• System REXX enhancements
• RRS Global Panel Options
• Service aids enhancements
• GRS: ENQ Contention Notification enhancements
• GRS: Exit enhancements
• GRS: Enhanced contention analysis for GRS latch
• GQSCAN and ISGQUERY enhancements
• IOS: Basic HyperSwap Support Enhancement
• Message Flood Automation enhancement: Removing MFA use of customer exits
• Program Management Binder IEWPARMS
• Predictive failure analysis
• SMF enhancements
• System logger enhancements
• WLM enhanced routing recommendations
• WLM supports classification of Tivoli Director Server work
• WLM maximum number of instances per WLM server address space extended
• WLM supports more detailed reporting
• WLM HiperDispatch mode improved for zIIPs
• WLM REQLPDAT callable from unauthorized users
• XCF/XES enhancements

C/C++ without Debug Tool new functions to consider

• XL C/C++ compiler option MAKEDEP and the related options M and MF are introduced
• XL C/C++ compiler option RTCHECK is introduced
• XL C++ compiler suboption NAMEMANGLING(zOSV1R11_ANSI) and mangling-related compiler options and pragma directives are introduced
• XL C/C++ compiler option SHOWMACROS is introduced
• XL C/C++ compiler option SKIPSRC is introduced
• XL C/C++ compiler option REPORT is introduced to produce pseudo-C code
• XL C/C++ compiler option PREFETCH is introduced
• XL C/C++ compiler option INLINE might behave differently
• Support for Unicode literals and character types
• Support for GCC statement expression constructs in XL C compiler
• Support for zero-extent array members
• MVS version of dbgld command
• Full support for MVS linkage conventions
• Standard C++ Library enhancements

Common Information Model (CIM) new functions to consider

• SMI-S profiles
• Improved Multi-Level Security (MLS)
• Modified cimcli command
• CICS / IMS transaction classes support
• Set-up simplification
• More status information in the Capacity Provisioning Control Center
• Averaged PI
• Vista support
• Hardware support
• Tracing
• IPv6 support
• Property specification

Communications Server new functions to consider

• Application integration, data consolidation, and standards
• Scalability, performance, constraint relief, and accelerators
• Security
• Simplification and consumability
• SNA and Enterprise Extender
• System management and monitoring
• Application integration, data consolidation, and standards (previous enhancements)
• Availability and business resilience
• Scalability, performance, constraint relief, and accelerators (previous enhancements)
• Security (previous enhancements)
• Simplification and consumability (previous enhancements)
• SNA and Enterprise Extender (previous enhancements)
• System management and monitoring (previous enhancements)
• Virtualization

Cryptographic Services new functions to consider

• ICSF: Crypto Express3 (CEX3C) hardware support
• ICSF: Protected-key CPACF
• ICSF: Extended PKCS #11 support
• ICSF: Improve product performance and stability
• ICSF: Support for translation of external RSA tokens into smart card formats
• ICSF: PKA key management extensions
• System SSL: Elliptic Curve Cryptography support
• System SSL: Support for 4096-bit RSA keys, DSA keys, and Diffie-Hellman keys
• ICSF: Secure key AES support
• ICSF: Support for 13-digit through 19-digit PAN data
• ICSF: Crypto query service
• ICSF: Enhanced SAF checking
• System SSL: Transport Layer Security (TLS) support
• System SSL: Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions
• System SSL: Support for X.509 v3 certificates and X.509 v2 Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)
• System SSL: New operational mode designed to meet NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 1 criteria
• PKI Services: Support for the certificate management protocol (CMP)
• PKI Services: Configurable daily maintenance task
• PKI Services: CRL post on demand
• PKI Services: Certificate post on demand
• PKI Services: Include reject reason on rejection notice
• PKI Services: Custom certificate extensions
• PKI Services: Multiple instances of name forms in Subject Alternate Name
• PKI Services: Support for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
• PKI Services: Additional SHA algorithms for RSA keys
• PKI Services: New default signing algorithm
• PKI Services: Larger key size limit for RSA keys
• PKI Services: Support for SHA-256 with RSA encryption
• PKI Services: Key generation and archiving
• PKI Services: Support for Java server pages (JSPs)

DFSMS new functions to consider

• Indirect volser support for z/FS data sets
• Access method enhancements
• EAV enhancements
• Open/Close/End of Volume enhancements
• DFSMS Catalog enhancements
• Access Method Services enhancements
• AUTOR support
• CONTROL STATUS dialog
• Separate VOLSELMSG and TRACE parameters
• Option to copy volume definitions for pool storage groups
• High threshold value of 100% for pool storage groups
• REXX support for the ANTRQST API
• DFSMSdss: Help in identifying and converting VSAM data sets with IMBED, REPLICATE or KEYRANGE attributes
• DFSMSdss: Fast reverse restore support
• DFSMSdss: BSAM I/O for DUMP output, RESTORE input and COPYDUMP
• DFSMShsm: Dump stacking volume limit expansion
• DFSMShsm: Fast reverse restore support
• DFSMShsm: Multi-task volume recovery from dump
• DFSMShsm: Expanded control of the DFSMSdss cross memory interface
• DFSMSrmm dialog CLIST processing
• LISTCONTROL STATUS subcommand
• DFSMSrmm inventory management and reporting
• DFSMSrmm programming support
• Enabling a storage group to multiple systems in a non-OAMplex environment
• Displaying "Immediate Backup" and "Recall to DB2" queue statistics
• CA reclaim for key-sequenced data sets
• Disk striping support
• Enhancements to the record management trace facility
• Open/Close/End of Volume enhancements
• Data set separation by volume
• Enhanced striping volume selection
• EAV enhancements for extended format datasets
• Health Check to identify catalogs with IMBED and REPLICATE Attributes
• DFSMShsm enhancements
• DFSMS OAM Enhancements
• DFSMSrmm report generator enhancements
• DFSMSrmm EDGXHINT programming interface
• DFSMSrmm operational and ease of use enhancements

DFSORT new functions to consider

• Improved diagnostics
• File size for improperly closed VSAM data sets
• Improved first failure data capture
• Dynamic allocation improvements
• Extended address volumes
• XTIOT, uncaptured UCBs and DSAB above 16 Megabytes virtual
• Incorrect statistics message for VSAM copy
• Additional diagnostic messages
• Dynamically allocated work data sets
• Find and replace
• Group operations
• DATASORT
• SUBSET
• SELECT first n duplicates
• SPLICE with non-blank fields
• DISPLAY with count
• DISPLAY and OCCUR with multiple and multipart titles
• DISPLAY and OCCUR without carriage control
• COUNT in output record
• COUNT with add and subtract
• BLKSIZE default for input DUMMY
• SKIP=0L default for SECTIONS
• SORTOUT=ddname default for FNAMES

Distributed File Service new functions to consider

• SMB provides health and migration checking
• SMB: Disallowing export of zFS sysplex-aware file systems
• SMB: Supporting Windows Vista
• SMB: Enhancing SMB trace variables
• SMB: Supporting NT LAN Manager version 2 (NTLMv2)
• SMB: Running SMB under a unique nonzero UID
• zFS: zFS checks from IBM Health Checker for z/OS
• zFS: Running sysplex-aware for read/write and read-only mounted file systems
• zFS: Excluding multi-file system aggregates in a sysplex shared file system environment
• zFS: Introducing namespace validation and correction

EREP new functions to consider

HCD and HCM new functions to consider

• HCD: I/O Autoconfiguration
• HCD: Support of a third subchannel set
• HCD: Generation of the a D/R site OS configuration
• HCD: Enhancement of the CSS/OS Device Compare report
• HCD: Classification for severe warning messages
• HCD: Support of over-defined CIB channels
• HCD: Hardware support
• HCD: Channel path types
• HCD: Profile Options dialog
• HCD: Profile option
• HCD: Changes in HCD reports
• HCD: Indicating channel path mode changes
• HCD: Specifying multi-user access mode when creating a work IODF from a production IODF
• HCD: Support of the WWPN Prediction Tool
• HCD: Miscellaneous dialog enhancements
• HCD: Hardware support (previous enhancement)
• HCM: Support of the WWPN Prediction Tool
• HCM: Installation process
• HCM: Location of the HCM INI file
• HCM: Supporting IPv6
• HCM: Handling multi-user access enabled IODFs

IBM Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS new functions to consider

• Password policy
• ACL filters
• Activity log enhancements
• LDAP schema syntaxes and matching rules
• Salted SHA (SSHA) password hashing
• Displaying and managing RACF classes and general resource profiles
• WLM support for setting performance goals
• Advanced replication
• CDBM backend
• Control values in ds2ldif LDIF output file

ICKDSF new functions to consider

• Change to INIT command

Infoprint Server new functions to consider

• Enhanced support for multiple output data sets in an output group
• IP PrintWay Response Notification exit
• LPD support for files larger than 2 GB
• Workload prioritization
• Support for large workloads
• Infoprint Port Monitor Version 3.0
• Infoprint Central performance improvement

Integrated Security Services new functions to consider

• Introducing Network Authentication Service
• Configuring Network Authentication Service
• Configuration profile file sections
• Information on Kadmin subcommands
• krb5_c_string_to_key_with_params API
• Enhanced usage details for select APIs

ISPF new functions to consider

• ISPF product changes
• ISPF Dialog Manager component changes
• ISPF PDF component changes
• ISPF SCLM component changes

JES2 new functions to consider

• JES2 enhances $TRACE for SAPI SSI requests
• JES2 supports EAV spool and checkpoint data sets
• JES2 DS notification
• JES2 enhances SSI 82
• JES2 supports SSI 83
• JES2 supports z11 mode
• JES2 supports data set creation on Start Spool
• JES2 enhances Spool Data Set Browse
• JES2 returns APPC transaction data for extended status
• JES2 supports APPC filters
• JES2 supports SSI 82

JES3 new functions to consider

• JES3 supports EAV spool data sets
• JES3 DS notification
• JES3 supports SSI 83
• JES3 returns APPC transaction data for extended status
• JES3 supports APPC filters
• JES3 adds an SVC dump exit
• JES3 supports SSI 70
• JES3 supports SSI 82
• JES3 enhances Spool Data Set Browse
• JES3 adds SYSLOG browse
• JES3 adds Spool Data Set Browse

Language Environment new functions to consider

• Product enhancements
• Application enablement
• AMODE 64 enhancements
• Reliability, availability, and serviceability
• Globalization
• File system remount
• Asynchronous I/O support
• I/O support for extended address volumes (EAVs)
• XPLINK

Library Server new functions to consider

• Administration interface upgrade
• InfoCenter indexing performance enhancements

Metal C Runtime Library new functions to consider

• NFS new functions to consider
• Password phrase support for MVSLOGIN client utility
• NFS server display accounting statistics
• SMF records for z/OS Unix file and MVS dataset/members
• NFS server cache monitoring and reporting
• mvslogin and mvslogout requirement for RPCSEC_GSS requests in the NFS Server eliminated
• z/OS NFS server site attributes
• Console completion messages added
• Reasons code format generation enhanced
• NFS Client console message Japanese National Language Support
• Support to dynamically detect excessive delays from requests external to NFS
• NFS V4 file access delegation support
• NFS Server NFS V4 Mount with symlink restriction is eliminated
• Value range expanded for client BUFHIGH space attribute
• z/OS NFS Client implementation of security negotiation through SECINFO

RMF new functions to consider

• Statistics on running or waiting work units in the CPU Activity report
• Enhanced Postprocessor Enterprise Disk Systems report and new overview conditions for error and performance counters
• Information about processing in power-save mode
• Support of Crypto 4096-bit RSA operations
• Accessing Postprocessor historical data using the DDS
• SMF log streams allowed as Postprocessor input
• Supporting generic Overview control statements for XML Overview reports
• Documentation of the DDS API
• Report on OPT parameter settings
• Replacement of the Postprocessor Plot report
• Real storage measurements
• Measuring WLM's promotion for workloads holding locks
• Enhanced group capacity reporting
• Overview conditions for special purpose processors
• RMF Postprocessor reports in XML format
• Selective deactivation of Monitor III reports

Run-Time Library Extensions new functions to consider

• Ddpi_Sourcefile APIs provide information about a source file
• SDSF new functions to consider
• Expanded function in the JES3 environment
• Support for the Java programming language
• Access to the SYSLOG with SDSF REXX
• Display of check history
• Elimination of the requirement for WebSphere MQ for sysplex-wide printer and initiator panels
• Search function for SDSF help
• Expanded support for the JES3 environment
• Enhanced support for the REXX programming language
• Elimination of the need for the HASPINDX data set with the SYSLOG
• Elimination of the need for the SDSF sysplex support with the SYSLOG

Security Server new functions to consider

• Support for ICSF encrypted symmetric keys and CP Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF)
• Generic profile load performance
• RACF usability and serviceability improvements
• Keys generated with elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms
• Long distinguished names
• Long certificate validity periods
• Support for ICSF encrypted symmetric keys and CP Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF)
• Generic profile load performance
• RACF serviceability improvements
• Keys generated with elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms
• Long distinguished names
• Long certificate validity periods
• EAV R2 toleration
• Extending support for multi-byte UTF8 characters that are outside the IBM-1047 code page
• Automatically assign unique IDs through UNIX applications
• Signing and verifying programs
• Define distributed identity mappings
• Recording logon statistics
• R_admin (IRRSEQ00) callable service support for extracting RACF general resource profiles
• R_admin (IRRSEQ00) callable service enhancement to the SETROPTS extract function
• A new REXX interface to extract RACF profile and SETROPTS information
• Providing profile name in authorization exits
• ICSF segment on the RACF general resource profile

ServerPac new functions to consider

• ServerPac withdraws 34xx media
• ServerPac supports installing orders from DVD
• ServerPac supports ordering Customized Offering Driver on DVD
• ServerPac removes prior version migration jobs
• ServerPac offers electronic ESP
• ServerPac extends SMP/E zone options
• ServerPac provides zOSMF enhancements
• ServerPac provides JES/SDSF zone merging

SMP/E there are no new SMP/E functions 

TSO/E new functions to consider

• TSO/E supports duplicate logons in a sysplex
• TSO/E supports logon for passwords with special characters besides @, #, $
• TSO/E EAV R2 support
• TSO/E LOGONHERE support for VTAM unconditional reconnect

z/OS UNIX new functions to consider

• Listing all mounted HFS file systems
• Displaying latch identities on MVS consoles
• Dynamically increasing MAXSOCKETS value for AF_UNIX and INADDRANYCOUNT value for CINET
• Reliability, availability, and serviceability
• Sharing point of entry data with other processes
• Specifying SMF record exit IEFU83 instead of IEFU84 when writing SMF records
• Support added for memory mapping of NFS Client files
• Support added for the RECORD file format
• Support added for the Shell and Utilities version of the tsocmd shell command
• Dynamically replacing the sysplex root file system with an alternate sysplex root file system
• Editing ASCII data using ISPF Edit
• Improved performance for dbx symbolic discovery and queries
• Remounting file systems without changing the mount mode
• Support for ansynchronous I/O interface to the accept_and_recv (BPX1ANR) callable service
• Tracing z/OS UNIX system calls made by user processes
• Using automatically generated UIDs and GIDs instead of default OMVS segments