What's new in z/OS V1R9.0

What's new in Alternate Library for REXX new functions

• Alternate Library for REXX

Whats new in BCP

• New System REXX z/OS component
• Message Flood Automation
• IBM Health Checker for z/OS V1R9 enhancements
• Calling GRS independent software vendor (ISV)-oriented installation exits in a cross-memory environment
• Binder enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• Input/Output Supervisor (IOS) enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• RRS enhancements
• System Logger enhancements
• Service Aids enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• SMF logging enhancements for z/OS V1R9
• Unicode support enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• EWLM enhancement for asynchronous messaging
• WLM: Improving termination of canceled jobs
• WLM: Promoting blocked workloads
• WLM: Advanced routing support
• WLM: Starting minimum number of server regions without delay
• XCF/XES enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• Enhancements to z/OS XML System Services in z/OS V1R9

Whats new in C/C++ without Debug Tool

• z/OS XL C/C++ support for decimal floating-point format

Whats new in Common Information Model (CIM)

• Automatic restart using the Automatic Restart Manager
• New command line utility: cimsub
• Authentication based on SSL certificates
• CIM client for Java
• Logging facility is changed to use the system logger
• New class IBMzOS_LogicalDisk
• New instrumentation for job and sysplex management

Communications Server

• IP Services: Policy based routing
• IP Services: Sysplex enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• IP Services: Security enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• IP Services: Policy enhancements
• IP Services: zIIP assisted IPSec
• IP Services: FTP enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• IP Services: TN3270E Telnet server enhancements
• IP Services: Network management enhancements in z/OS V1R9
• IP Services: CICS sockets enhancements
• IP Services: OSA Express2 enhancements
• IP Services: OMPROUTE enhancements
• IP Services: SMTP enhancements
• IP Services: MLDv2 and IGMPv3 support
• IP Services: IPv6 scoped address architecture API
• IP Services: Control syslogd file permission settings
• IP Services: VARY TCPIP,,PKTTRACE enhancement
• IP Services: Resolver statement enhancement
• IP Services: Improve Configuration Assistant conceptual view
• IP Services: New sample for CICS and IMS ASCII/EBCDIC translation
• IP Services: REXX Socket API documentation improvements
• IP Services: Fast local sockets enhancement
• IP and SNA Services: Health Checker enhancements
• IP and SNA Services: Reduce common storage usage (CSA,ECSA)
• IP and SNA Services: MTU discovery for Enterprise Extender
• SNA Services: Enterprise Extender LDLC timers
• SNA Services: Add definitions to control generic resource resolution
• SNA Services: HPR enhancements
• SNA Services: Improve performance of SNA session encryption
• SNA Services: MPC activation enhancements
• SNA Services: Adjacent cluster table enhancements
• SNA Services: Display TN3270 client code page
• SNA Services: New Maximum CAPACITY value for Transmission Group
• SNA Services: Add REMOTE keyword to MODIFY CSDUMP command
• SNA Services: SNA display enhancements
• SNA Services: CSM display enhancements
• SNA Services: Add group names to simplify turning on VTAM internal trace
• SNA Services: Display Enterprise Extender connectivity test enhancements
• SNA Services: Removal of APPC application suite

Whats new in Cryptographic Services

• ICSF: PKCS #11 support
• ICSF: Additional PKCS #7 support
• OCSF: OCEP enhancements
• PKI Services: Automatic certificate renewal
• PKI Services: Increased maximum limit on the certificate validity period
• PKI Services: Notify the PKI administrator of certificate requests
• PKI Services: Allow use of RACF-style user IDs for the LDAP administrator
• PKI Services: Avoid the generation of unused serial numbers
• PKI Services: Allow query on expiring certificates
• System SSL: IOD - RAS Exploitation
• System SSL: IP6 PKCS #11 gskkyman enhancements

Whats new in DFSMS

• DFSMSrmm CIM provider extension
• DFSMSrmm performance, RAS, and operability items
• DFSMSrmm usability enhancements
• BSAM and QSAM enhancements
• Using SMS volume selection preference for the same storage facility image
• Expanding the OAM storage hierarchy to include tape sublevels
• Using VSAM system-managed buffering enhancements

Whats new in HCD and HCM

• HCD: New and enhanced profile options
• HCD: Checking for multiple extents of production IODFs
• HCD: Filter for occupied ports
• HCD: Show/Hide setting in the I/O Device List
• HCD: Enhancements for transmitting configuration packages
• HCM: Master configuration file (MCF)
• HCM: Support of passphrases for HCM logon
• HCM: Enhanced HCM and IODF reports
• HCM: Vertical processor view in the configuration diagram
• HCM: Modify I/O subsystems
• HCM: Applying default port names
• HCM: Compressing HCM configuration files

Whats new in Integrated Security Services

• Network Authentication Service: Kerberos AES support
• Network Authentication Service: Kerberos GSS-API enhancements

Whats new in ISPF

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

Whats new in JES2

• JES2 SSIs allow unauthorized callers
• JES2 includes more data in the output from extended status

Whats new in JES3

• JES3 supports four-byte OSE sequence numbers

Whats new in Language Environment

• AMODE 64 enhancements
• XPLINK for IMS
• Performance
• Reliability, availability, and serviceability in z/OS V1R9
• Support for the CEEBLDTX and edcmtext utilities
• Decimal floating-point (DFP) support
• Globalization support
• CICS CLER enhancements
• Callable services CEE3DLY and CEEDLYM
• Single UNIX Specification Version 3 (SUSv3)
• C API multicast source filtering support
• UNIX System Services Support

Whats new in Library Server

• Eclipse plug-in support

Whats new in Metal C Runtime Library

• Metal C Runtime Library

Whats new in NFS

• NFS Client supports the NFS version 4 protocol
• NFS operator command enhancements
• NFS Server security enhancements
• NFS Client public option
• NFS V4 Server RPCSEC_GSS single stack support limitation removed
• NFS resource constraint relief

Whats new in RMF

• RMF CIM based monitoring
• Enhanced monitoring of FICON performance
• Measurements for WLM's blocked workload promotion
• HyperPAV support
• New coupling facility measurements

Whats new in SDSF

• Support for the REXX programming language
• Simplified customization through ISFPARMS
• Enhancements to the CK panel

Whats new in Security Server

• Digital certificate support enhancements
• Password phrase minimum length change and sample REXX exit
• Java Security API
• PKCS #11 support

Whats new in TSO/E

• TRANSMIT/RECEIVE improved to handle larger data sets
• TRANSMIT improved to handle the exceeded OUTLIM records
• TSO/E Health Check

Whats new in z/OS UNIX

• Checking BPXPRMxx settings
• Deletion record added to system management facilities (SMF)
• Enabling dbx to communicate with GUI front-ends
• Ending additional thread types
• Inheriting the UNMOUNT attribute
• Propagating the setuid indicator to child address spaces
• Providing logical file system (LFS) support for NFS Client for z/OS
• More consistent automove behavior
• Support added for programs running on service request blocks (SRB)
• Support of decimal floating point added to dbx
• Supporting memory map of files in key 2 storage areas
• Reducing initialization time of systems in a sysplex
• Using standard message queues to deliver asynchronous completion notifications