Hardware and software requirements

Hardware

IBM z/Series (z/Architecture)

Operating system

Beta products run on the following IBM operating systems:

  • Currently supported z/OS version

Beta products run under JES2 and JES3. No z/OS or JES system modifications are necessary.

Components

To install and run Beta products requires the following components, which must be compatible with your release of z/OS:

  • SMP/E
  • TSO/E
  • ISPF and ISPF/PDF
  • RACF (or an equivalent security system, for example, ACF2)
  • VTAM (for multi-CPU operation only)