The Very Best of z/OS 2.1
According to z/OSSYgirl, of course. Now, this was actually pretty tough. There is SO much great new content in z/OS 2.1 that it’s very difficult to choose the top, well, I whittled it to 21. (2.1, 21, get it??) Ok, I will admit, I made that up after I counted them. (smiley)
IBM and MVS Core Technologies has placed renewed focus on requirements over the last few years, so let’s take a look at the functions that specifically satisfy SHARE requirements:
SHARE MVS Requirements Satisfied
- Dynamic System Symbol updates (SETLOAD IEASYM Command)
- z/OS Console support for HMC 3270 console planned (Love it!)
- Add/remove MCS consoles dynamically
- DISPLAY PPT Command
- IEBCOPY Support for pattern matching (Finally!)
- REXX will support PDSE, concatenated, multivolume, and tape data sets
MVS BCP/JES2/DFSMS
- HMC complex-wide IODF Activate (only for the bold and the beautiful)
- Multiple SMP/E Logical screens (different CSI’s) (Love it!)
- GDGORDER DD Statement (Anyone who deals with SMF files will (Love it!))
- Default Remains: Newest to Oldest
- Available: Oldest to Newest
- Dynamic ENQ downgrade support in GRS, and JCL support (DSENQSHR=ALLOW)
- New PARMDD EXEC keyword to support longer parameter strings – was 100
- 8-character Job classes
- Batch Parallel DFHSM Recall (Allocation will determine if datasets are migrated, and issue all recalls in step initiation and wait for them to complete.
- Multivolume RLSE improvements (Unused space can be released on current volume and all subsequent volumes)
- RLS for Catalogs
- PDSE V2 (DSNTYPE=(LIBRARY,{1|2}))
- zFS Version 5 (Yes, there's a conversion)
z/OSMF
- New workflow feature
- Will use the Websphere Application Server Liberty profile…smaller, faster, easier. (Love it!)
USS
- SRCHFOR in Unix UDLIST and DIRLIST
- Pathname mask in DIRLIST
Not a z/OS thing really, but IBM is serious about FTPS for software delivery. Go check out their connectivity test to see if you’re positioned properly. https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?lang=en_US&source=cbct
Most of this info is taken from John Eells “What’s new in z/OS 2.1” presentation at SHARE in San Francisco. You can download the pdf here: https://share.confex.com/share/120/webprogram/Session12728.html
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Till Next Time....
Mary Anne
z/OSsyGirl