What's new in z/OS V1R8.0

Whats new in z/OS system level enhancements

• System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) support

Whats new in BCP

• z/OS XML System Services
• 4TB central storage support in z/OS V1R8
• Service aids enhancements in z/OS V1R8
• SLIP enhancements in z/OS V1R8
• z/OS support for Unicode enhancements
• Specifying the maximum number of concurrent ENQ requests
• Choosing the resource contention notification system
• Constraint relief
• Input Output Supervisor enhancements in z/OS V1R8
• XCF/XES enhancements in z/OS V1R8
• Console restructure in z/OS V1R8
• Binder Enhancements in z/OS V1R8
• RRS Clean Shutdown Function
• Display RRS command
• RM Metadata support
• WLM managing the size of DB2 bufferpools
• WLM enhancements for routing services by accounting for abnormal conditions of servers
• WLM enhancement of zAAP support
• WLM System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) support
• EWLM/WLM service class correlation
• EWLM enhancement of enclave services

Whats new in C/C++ without Debug Tool

• z/OS XL C++ support for C99 (ISO/IEC 9899:1999) standard features
• Stabilization of the prelinker
• Integrated CICS translator support
• Storage limitations removed when optimizing complex applications using IPA
• as command for High Level Assembler (HLASM) invocation

Whats new in Common Information Model (CIM)

• Providers can run in their own address space
• Enhanced security using provider-based authorization
• Support of CIM indications
• Changes in the command-line utilities
• Developing CMPI providers for z/OS
• Service location protocol (SLP) support

Whats new in Communications Server

• IP Services: Security enhancements
• IP Services: Sysplex enhancements
• IP Services: Automated domain name registration
• IP Services: FTP enhancements
• IP Services: Network management enhancements
• IP Services: Telnet enhancements
• IP Services: Support intrusion detection services policy in flat file format
• IP Services: ARP and ND takeover message enhancements
• IP Services: OMPROUTE serviceability enhancements
• IP Services: z/OS Communications Server support for Linux message integration
• IP Services: Netstat enhancements
• IP Services: Source IP address selection based on destination address
• IP Services: IPv6 support for RPC
• IP Services: SMTP TIMEZONE enhancement
• IP Services: TCP/IP ECSA storage reduction
• IP and SNA Services: OSA-Express network traffic analyzer
• IP Services: OSA-Express virtual MAC
• IP Services: Interfacing with the Digital Certificate Access Server (DCAS)
• IP and SNA Services: Queued Direct I/O diagnostic synchronization
• IP Services: Removal of support
• IP and SNA Services: Enterprise Extender documentation improvements
• IP and SNA Services: Health Checker support
• SNA Services: VTAM sysplex subplexing
• SNA Services: Enterprise Extender connection network reachability awareness enhancements
• SNA Services: Interchange node selection function for DSME
• SNA Services: Prevent ALIAS searches from entering an APPN network over Entry Border Node boundaries
• SNA Services: Dynamic update of VTAM application major nodes
• SNA Services: Enterprise Extender connectivity test command
• SNA Services: Operator display of blocked SNA conversations/sessions
• SNA Services: APPN route selection trace
• SNA Services: SNA display CSM enhancements
• SNA Services: SNA message enhancements
• SNA Services: SNA trace enhancements
• SNA Services: VTAMMAP enhancements
• SNA Services: MODIFY CSDUMP enhancements
• SNA Services: Topology format enhancements

Whats new in Cryptographic Services

• PKI Services: Multiple certificate authority (CA) domains
• PKI Services: Support for the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)
• PKI Services: Smart card logons for Windows users
• ICSF: CLD/MLD for Remote Key Loading
• ICSF: ISO 16609 TDES MAC support
• System SSL: Component trace
• System SSL: PKCS#7 support
• System SSL: Display certificate
• System SSL: AES 128-bit Hardware Crypto Exploitation on a z9-EC (formerly, z9-109) server

Whats new in DFSMS

• DFSMShsm fast replication, tape support
• DFSMShsm fast replication, data set recovery
• DFSMShsm usability items
• Removing the size limit for page spaces
• Increasing the maximum number of concurrent catalog requests
• Improving the LISTCAT display of catalog entries
• PDSE enhancements
• New SETSMS COPYSCDS command
• New MODIFY DEVMAN command
• New DFSMS diagnostic tools
• Enhanced SMS volume selection performance
• Binary Large Object Support (Stage 1)
• Object Tape Enhancements (Stage 1)
• DFSMSrmm enterprise level interface
• DFSMSrmm UTC implementation
• Tape data set authorization
• DFSMSrmm vital record specification policy management simplification
• DFSMSrmm usability items

Whats new in Distributed File Service

• Support removed for the stop zfs command
• Text of zFS reason codes displayed by bpxmtext
• Windows Terminal Server support
• Linux Samba support
• Smbidmap supports comments

Whats new in HCD and HCM

• Hardware support
• Server Time Protocol (STP) link support in HCD and HCM
• Automatic activity logging support in HCD and HCM
• Enhancements of HCD configuration reports
• Integration of performance data
• Compare reports for IODFs and configuration files
• New utilities to support complex configuration definitions
• Printing cable labels with PCHID information
• Applying default names to switch ports
• Hiding connections in diagrams
• Export/Import IODF
• Extracting controller PDF
• Locating by User Fields
• Filtering with wildcards
• Enhanced OS device group change

Whats new in IBM Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS (ITDS for z/OS)

• IBM Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS (ITDS for z/OS)

Whats new in Infoprint Server

• Job attribute specification with the PRTATTRS JCL parameter
• Infoprint Central enhancements
• IP PrintWay PJL enhancements
• Remote data transformation with Infoprint Transform Manager for Linux
• IPsec data encryption

Whats new in Integrated Security Services

• LDAP server: LDAP/ITDS (LDAP server rewritten for z/OS V1R8)
• LDAP server: LDBM backend and changelog
• LDAP server: SDBM support for RACF
• LDAP server: LDBM replication
• LDAP server: in-mem trace
• LDAP server: cn=monitor support
• LDAP server: SDBM R_admin support
• LDAP server: dsconfig
• LDAP server: Local LDAP audit
• LDAP server: ds2ldif

Whats new in ISPF

• New z/OS UNIX Directory List Utility
• Data set list--SUPERC Compare and Search-for support
• Data set list--removable media support
• Member list and SRCHFOR enhancements
• User-customizable terminal type
• Enhancements to ISPF File Tailoring
• Externalize ISPF Edit messages
• Enhancements to the ISPF Edit display
• Rename alias support
• New command to erase scrollable fields
• Externalize system symbolic variables
• Support for z/OS Unix files in FLMALLOC
• SCLM member level locking
• SCLM parser enhancements
• Enable TSO PREFIX in Version Browse temporary dataset name
• SCLM language description
• ISPF Client/Server enhancement

Whats new in JES2

• New $HASP608 message provides details of conditions preventing JES2 termination
• JES2 provides RAS to $CPOOL areas by incorporating guard bytes
• JES2 provides a more balanced workload in a MAS for WLM managed initiators

Whats new in JES3

• JES3 implements TCP/IP networking in NJE
• JES3 supports read-only access for SAPI

Whats new in Language Environment

• I/O changes
• Migration aid
• Application enablement
• Language Environment-conforming assembler routines in CICS
• XPLINK tracing
• Callable services
• Reliability, availability, and serviceability enhancements
• Additional Euro and locale support
• Removal of msys for Language Environment

Whats new in NFS

• Component trace for the z/OS NFS client
• NFS server support for stringprep
• NFS exports data set enhancements
• NFS server's list of active mounts expanded
• Command for stopping the z/OS NFS client

Whats new in RMF

• Enhanced management of the RMF Distributed Data Server (DDS)
• Capacity groups
• Support for VSAM RLS 64-bit
• Overview duration processing
• RMF zSeries Common Information Model (CIM) monitoring
• System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)

Whats new in SDSF

• Enhancements to the Job Data Set panel
• Addition of job ID to the Processes panel
• New information on the DA panel for specialized processors

Whats new in Security Server

• Availability improvements
• Profile extensions
• LDAP change log notification
• Pass phrase support
• Distributed identity support

Whats new in TSO/E

• REXX and CLIST variable relief
• LISTDSI SYSSEQDSNTYPE variable

Whats new in z/OS UNIX

• Assigning route precedence values for each network route
• Backing up locks in a sysplex
• Creating a thread-level environment for the caller's thread using an existing USP
• Creating a thread-level environment for the caller's thread without the need for a password
• Editing dbx commands interactively
• Enhancements to the dbx plugin framework
• Increasing the number of open descriptors for processes
• Preventing mounts during file system shutdown
• Running Java J9 in user environments that do not run exclusively in PSW key 8
• Sending messages to the sysplex message log
• Setting file formats using the extattr shell command
• Showing contention on file system latches
• Specifying MVS data sets for BPXBATCH jobs
• Using new data types added to the C99 compiler
• Using the /etc/inittab file to start daemons