Administration Version 6.2.1
 —  Entire Net-Work Administration 6.2.1 Release Information  —

Requirements and Restrictions

This document covers the following topics:


Adabas Components

Entire Net-Work Administration 6.2 requires the Adabas 8 components supplied in Adabas Limited Load Library (WAL). However, before Entire Net-Work Administration can function correctly, the most recent fix data set must be concatenated in front of the standard WAL load library.

Be sure your enterprise is running with the most current fix solution for WAL supported by Entire Net-Work Administration 6.2, when available for that platform.

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Support for Earlier Versions

For information on how long a product is supported by Software AG, access Software AG's Empower web site at https://empower.softwareag.com.

Log into Empower. Once you have logged in, you can expand Products in the left menu of the web page and select Product Version Availability to access the Product Version Availability application. This application allows you to review support information for specific products and releases.

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Supported Operating System Levels

Entire Net-Work Administration Version 6.2 can be installed on z/OS, z/VSE, z/VM, and BS2000 operating systems.

Before attempting to install Entire Net-Work Administration, ensure that the host operating system is at the minimum required level. For information on the platform versions supported by Software AG products, access the Software AG web site at http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/bis/platforms/default.asp.

To determine the particular platforms supported by this release of Entire Net-Work Administration, review the product version availability information, available on Software AG's Empower web site: https://empower.softwareag.com. Log into Empower. Once you have logged in, you can expand Products in the left menu of the web page and select Product Version Availability to access the Product Version Availability application. This application allows you to review support information for specific products and releases.

Software AG provides support for the operating system versions supported by their respective manufacturers. Generally, when an operating system provider stops supporting a version of an operating system, Software AG will stop supporting that operating system version.

Although it may be technically possible to run a new version of Entire Net-Work Administration on an old operating system, Software AG cannot continue to support operating system versions that are no longer supported by the system’s provider.

If you have questions about support, or if you plan to install Entire Net-Work Administration on a release, version, or type of operating system other than those included at the link above, consult Software AG technical support to determine whether support is possible, and under what circumstances.

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TCP/IP Transport Providers Supported

Entire Net-Work 6.2 supports the following levels of TCP/IP transport providers:

Platform TCP/IP Protocol Supported
z/OS

IBM TCP/IP for z/OS Version 1.8, 1.9, and 1.10.

z/VM

IBM TCP/IP for z/VM Version 5.3 and 5.4.

z/VSE

IBM and Connectivity Systems TCP/IP z/VSE Version 3.1, 4.1, and 4.2.

BS2000/OSD Sockets Subsystem

Sockets Version 2.0 and above.

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