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What's new in z/OS V1R5.0


   
 

What's new in the BCP (base control program)

  • 64-bit virtual storage enhancements
  • Service Aids enhancements in z/OS V1R5

What's new in Communications Server

  • IP Services: Full Virtual LAN support for OSA-Express
  • IP Services: Enterprise Extender enhancements
  • Sysplex Distributor round-robin distribution
  • Workload distribution (Application Server Affinity) enhancements
  • VIPABACKUP enhancement
  • Dynamically assign Sysplex Distributor ports
  • DVIPA limit increase
  • Sysplexports performance enhancement
  • IP Services: Integrated WLM/QoS Performance Monitor
  • IP Services: Increase maximum number of allowed sockets
  • IP Services: MVS system symbol resolution enhancements in TCPIP.DATA
  • IP Services: Netstat enhancements
  • IP Services: Intrusion Detection Services enhancements
  • IP Services: Multilevel security
  • IP Services: OMPROUTE enhancements
  • IP Services: TCP/IP asynchronous I/O support enhancements
  • IP Services: Policy code restructure
  • IP Services: Managed System Infrastructure (msys) for Setup FTP customization support
  • IP Services: MVS Remote Execution Server support for multilevel security
  • IP Services: OSA performance enhancements
  • IP Services: Improve diagnostics for DLC dumps
  • IP Services: DHCP daemon enhancement
  • IP Services: CTRACE formatting filter enhancements
  • IP Services: SMTP support for IP Mailer Name
  • IP Services: HiperSockets broadcast support
  • IP Services: Exploitation of CP assist for cryptographic functions
  • IP Services: z990 HiperSockets enhancements
  • IPv6 support — Full Virtual LAN (VLAN) support for OSA-Express
  • IPv6 support for Enterprise Extender
  • IPv6 support and upgrade for Sendmail
  • IPv6 support for CICS sockets API
  • IPv6 support for Policy
  • IPv6 support for the SYSLOG daemon and the DCAS, TFTP, and SNTP servers
  • IPv6 support for TSO rexec and rsh and associated MVS daemons
  • IPv6 support for SMF recording
  • IPv6 support for XCF, SameHost, and ESCON
  • IPv6 support enhancement for IPAQENET6 Interface type
  • IPv6 support for dynamic XCF
  • IPv6 support enhancements for Netstat
  • IPv6 support enhancements for OMPROUTE
  • IPv6 support for network access control
  • IP Services: Autoconfigure target library for FTP load module transfer
  • IP Services: Define FTP ephemeral port range for firewall compatibility
  • IP Services: FTP TLS support enhancements
  • IP Services: Improve FTP serviceability
  • IP Services: Enforce nonzero error return code in FTP
  • IP Services: Allow the FTP server load module to run above the 16M line
  • IP Services: Display status of FTPKEEPALIVE timer
  • IP Services: FTP SERVAUTH Port of Entry support
  • IP Services: TN3270 IP address range configuration
  • IP Services: TN3270 Takeover enhancement
  • IP Services: TN3270 Keyboard control enhancements
  • IP Services: IPv6 support for TN3270
  • IP Services: TN3270 Network management
  • IP Services: Improve performance for TN3270 definite response sessions
  • IP Services: Network Access Control for TN3270
  • IP Services: Multilevel security LU Name Assignment support for TN3270
  • IP Services: IPv6 support for SNMP applications
  • IP Services: TCP/IP subagent
  • IP Services: Network SLAPM2 subagent
  • IP Services: SNMP TN3270 Telnet subagent
  • IP Services: osnmp command
  • IP Services: MIB modules
  • SNA Services: APPN trace enhancement
  • SNA Services: CSDUMP command enhancements
  • SNA Services: DLUR message enhancements
  • SNA Services: Enterprise Extender enhancements
  • SNA Services: RTP display enhancement
  • SNA Services: Session setup and problem determination enhancements
  • SNA Services: Sift-down support for model major nodes
  • SNA Services: Storage management enhancements
  • SNA Services: Support for concurrent APING commands
  • SNA Services: SWNORDER enhancements
  • HPR resequencing optimization
  • MAXSLOW parameter for slowdown monitoring
  • HPDT packing
  • SNA Services: IPv6 support for SNA display of IP addresses
  • SNA Services: CSM buffer tracking
  • SNA Services: OSA performance enhancements
  • SNA Services: VTAM INOPDUMP enhancement
  • SNA Services: z990 HiperSockets enhancements

What's new in Distributed File Service

  • zFS multilevel security support

What's new in DFSMS

  • Basic partitioned access method enhancements for UNIX files
  • Catalog enhancements
  • CVAF re-indexing of online volumes
  • DFSMS fast replication enhancement
  • DFSMSdss physical data set DUMP and RESTORE enhancements
  • DFSMSdss use of 64-bit real storage
  • DFSMSdss REPLACEUnconditional Keyword
  • DFSMShsm CDS/EA using CDSQ or CDSR serialization
  • DFSMShsm migration installation exits
  • DFSMShsm RACF FACILITY class enhancement
  • Enhanced data integrity for sequential data sets
  • File sequence number greater than 9999
  • Media types and recording technologies expanded to 255
  • Name-hiding function
  • OAM object enhancements
  • SMS availability and usability enhancements
  • Striping enhancements to extended-format sequential data sets
  • VSAM enhancements

What's new in Infoprint Server

  • Common message log
  • IP PrintWay e-mail support in z/OS V1R5
  • IP PrintWay extended mode
  • Java 1.4 support
  • NetSpool enhancements
  • Security enhancements
  • SMF type 6 record restructure
  • Infoprint Central

What's new in Integrated Security Server

  • Enterprise Identity Mapping: EIM enhancements

What's new in ISPF

  • Scrollable and multiline panel fields
  • New built-in functions for panel processing
  • Member list enhancements
  • Data set list enhancements
  • PDS member delete by pattern
  • ISPF Edit
  • Exit 11 (Logical Screen End)
  • Configuration utility enhancements
  • Configurable minimum and maximum scroll amounts
  • Multiple User and Site command tables
  • Terminal types and translation tables
  • Enhancements to SCLM utilities
  • New SCLM services and variables

What's new in JES2

  • Examine checkpoint scheduling settings to accommodate JES2 ENF58 record generation
  • Update JES2 Exit 14, 36, and 37 processing to support multilevel security
  • Update JES2 Exit 34 to support PSO unallocation flagging
  • Examine/update JES2 exits to recognize null service class for WLM processing

What's new in JES3

  • Advancing from the DAT prefix to data in spooled records
  • Updating the BFSIZ parameter on an NJERMT statement
  • Updating operator procedures to account for "health" checker messages and commands
  • Using the optional NOREQ parameter

What's new in Language Environment and C/C++

  • putenv() changes for the X/Open CAE Specification
  • Additional Enhanced ASCII support
  • Multilevel security support
  • Additional IEEE math functions
  • utoa() family of functions
  • C Transactional VSAM
  • Status stop support
  • Support of Java stack overflow error
  • Heap pools serviceability
  • Heap pools cell size maximum increase
  • XPLINK high-performance Language Environment functions
  • Support for debugger application programming interface (API)
  • Support for code pages IBM-4933 and IBM-13124
  • Additional G11N White Paper Currency support

What's new in Network File System (NFS)

What's new in RMF (Resource Measurement Facility)

What's new in SDSF

  • Support for multilevel security
  • Control of saving system commands
  • Simplification of command authorization
  • Server enhancement
  • Saving INPUT and ACTION commands
  • SELECT with DSID on JDS
  • Controlling the format of CPU information
  • Column and action character enhancements

What's new in Security Server

  • RACF: Multilevel security support
  • RACF: Dynamic Template enhancements
  • RACF: DB2 Version 8 support
  • RACF: z/OS V1R5 FMID update
  • RACF: Enhancements
  • RACF: Service updates

What's new in z/OS UNIX system Services

  • Allocating SWA above the line
  • Automount support for zFS
  • Basic partitioned access method (BPAM)
  • Copying HFS files to another HFS
  • Creating directories during z/OS UNIX initialization
  • Debugging programs that use 64-bit addressing
  • Mounting file systems using symbolic links
  • Starting the login shell as a child shell
  • Multilevel security
  • Temporary file system (TFS) enhancements
  • Support of multipath links and SuperNet routes for IPV4 addresses


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