What's new in z/OS V1R13.0

What's new in z/OS (z/OS V1R12 - z/OS V1R13)

z/OS system-level new functions to consider

• Tools for problem management
• IBM z/OS Management Facility

BCP (MVS) new functions to consider

• BCPii considerations
• Allocation and Supervisor considerations
• Capacity Provisioning and CIM considerations
• Consoles considerations
• Global Resource Serialization (GRS) and Cross-System Coupling Facility (XCF) considerations
• IOS considerations
• Predictive Failure Analysis considerations
• Programming enhancements
• Program Management (Binder) considerations
• Real storage manager considerations
• Resource Recovery Services considerations
• Runtime Diagnostics considerations
• Service Aids considerations
• System command enhancements
• System logger considerations
• System Management Facilities enhancements
• Unicode considerations
• WLM considerations

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

• Security
• Simplification
• Dynamic infrastructure
• Economics and platform efficiency
• Availability
• Application, middleware, and workload enablement
• Standards
• System management and monitoring
• SNA and Enterprise Extender

Cryptographic Services new functions to consider

• ICSF: z196 support (MSA-4 instructions)
• ICSF: New functionality in the Crypto Express3
• ICSF: ANSI X9.8 enhancements
• ICSF: ANSI X9.24 enhancements
• ICSF: HMAC support
• ICSF: Enhanced logging for PCI audit requirements
• ICSF: CKDS constraint relief
• ICSF: 64-bit APIs
• System SSL: Increased Elliptic Curve Cryptography support
• 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
• 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

• Enhanced administration of pool storage groups
• Tuning for Concurrent Copy for times of high application updates
• Control of channel program timestamping on XRC system data mover systems
• Display of information about linkage between the storage controllers
• Display of volumes that are contributing to high residual counts and application impact
• Display of storage in gigabytes (GB)
• Sort volume lists with Naviquest
• Increased maximum data set retention period
• Support for larger data set sizes
• PDSE enhancements
• Open/Close/End of Volume enhancements
• New and updated utilities
• Indirect volser support for z/FS data sets
• Access method enhancements
• EAV enhancements
• R12 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: Automatic refresh UCB
• DFSMSdss: License bypass exit (Eioption 29)
• 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: Serviceability and usability enhancements
• DFSMShsm: Control data set backup enhancements - Non-intrusive journal backup
• DFSMShsm: Control data set backup enhancements - Relieve ARCCAT resource contention
• DFSMShsm: Space management improvements - On-demand migration
• 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

DFSORT new functions to consider

• RESIZE
• Update the trailer record with OUTFIL
• Date Field Arithmetic
• SET and PROC symbols in control statements
• Accept n records with OUTFIL
• New translation functions
• Begin group when key changes
• Larger header/trailer fields for OUTFIL
• RC8 and RC12 for COUNT
• More fields for DISPLAY
• Larger fields for ICETOOL
• Longer reports for DISPLAY/OCCUR
• Timestamp with microseconds
• New reserved words for symbols
• 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

Distributed File Service new functions to consider

• SMB: Support for Windows 7
• SMB: Removal of DCE Support
• zFS: Enhanced sysplex-aware support
• zFS: Provides a new check for IBM Health Checker for z/OS
• zFS: Internal restart support
• zFS: Auto takeover support

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

• Specify a subchannel set identifier when initializing a volume
• Change to INIT command

Infoprint Server new functions to consider

• IP PrintWay job-selection by records or AFP pages
• E-mail enhancements
• Infoprint Central enhancements
• Enhancements for PSF
• Infoprint Port Monitor Version 3.1
• 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 expands device support
• JES2 supports instream data
• JES2 facilitates job return codes
• JES2 allows job transfers
• JES2 adds spin support
• 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

JES3 new functions to consider

• JES3 expands device support
• JES3 supports spool adds
• JES3 supports EAV spool data sets
• JES3 DS notification
• JES3 supports SSI 83

Language Environment new functions to consider

• Multiple main enhancements
• I/O abend recovery
• Deferred debug support
• BSAM support for large format sequential data sets under binary and text I/O
• Large file support for MVS data sets
• Globalization
• Support for constructed calendar times beyond 2038
• Support for C++ TR1
• Support for Extended Addressable KSDS Alternate Index
• C-RTL support for __poe r/w support
• SMF IEFU83 support
• IPv6 Socket API for Source Address Selection
• Parmlib enhancements
• Globalization
• BSAM support for large format sequential data sets under record I/O
• realloc() control
• BAM XTIOT support

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

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

• Completion of support for the JES3 environment
• Elimination of the requirement for WebSphere MQ for sysplex-wide panels
• Panels for JES network connections and servers
• Cursor-sensitive sort
• Color support for OPERLOG
• Access to the OPERLOG with REXX and Java
• 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

Security Server (RACF) new functions to consider

• TCP/IP support for RACF remote sharing facility (RRSF)
• Hardware ECC keys
• Enhanced support for z/OS identity propagation
• Support for user authority to mount and unmount z/OS UNIX file systems
• New CHKADDRS field added to the KERB segment of the KERBDFLT profile
• z/OS SAF support for z/OSMF
• New LDAP class
• Enhanced support for RACF post-processing authorization exits
• 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

ServerPac new functions to consider

• Enhanced user-defined data sets usability in the Installation Dialog
• Delivery of program directories in PDF format
• 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 new functions to consider

• SYSMOD Comparison HOLDDATA Report
• Multitasking using GMDDALC SYSPRINT allocation
• New SAF checks for SMP/E processing
• Simplifying deployment processes
• Cross Global Zone Reporting

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

• Availability of multiple dynamic stack size
• dbx enhancement: support added for namespace
• Debugging code that does not have EX hooks
• Detecting lost and duplicate XCF messages used by z/OS UNIX shared file system configurations
• Enhanced problem determination
• Enhanced mounting and unmounting of file systems
• Enhanced sending of UDP rely packets
• Enhanced support for the vi and ex editors
• Recording shell sessions
• Simpler enablement of read-only root file systems on z/OS
• Support added to the BPX1CCS service for the CART and ConsoleID parameters
• 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
• z/OS elements and features

z/OS base elements

z/OS optional features

z/OS base elements descriptions:

• Alternate Library for REXX
• BCP (Base Control Program)
• BookManager READ
• BDT (Bulk Data Transfer)
• Common Information Model (CIM)
• Communications Server
• Cryptographic Services
• Distributed File Service
• DFSMSdfp
• Environmental Record Editing and Printing Program (EREP)
• ESCON Director Support
• FFST/MVS (First Failure Support Technology/MVS)
• GDDM (includes PCLK and OS/2 LINK)
• HCD (Hardware Configuration Definition)
• HLASM (High Level Assembler)
• IBM HTTP Server
• IBM Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS (IBM TDS for z/OS)
• ICKDSF (Device Support Facility)
• Integrated Security Services
• ISPF
• JES2
• Language Environment
• Library Server
• MICR/OCR
• Metal C Runtime Library
• Network File System (NFS)
• Open Systems Adapter Support Facility (OSA/SF)
• Run-Time Library Extensions
• SMP/E
• Time Sharing Option/Extensions (TSO/E)
• Terminal Input Output Controller (TIOC)
• z/OS UNIX System Services (X/Open UNIX 95 functions)
• 3270 PC File Transfer Program