This document describes the system requirements of Entire Net-Work.
Software AG generally provides support for the operating system platform versions supported by their respective manufacturers; when an operating system platform provider stops supporting a version of an operating system, Software AG will stop supporting that version.
For information regarding Software AG product compatibility with IBM platforms and any IBM requirements for Software AG products, please review the Product Compatibility for IBM Platforms web page.
Before attempting to install this product, ensure that your host operating system is at the minimum required level. For information on the operating system platform versions supported by Software AG products, complete the following steps.
Access Software AG's Empower web site at https://empower.softwareag.com.
Log into Empower. Once you have logged in, you can expand in the left menu of the web page and select to access the Product Version Availability screen.
Use the fields on this top of this screen to filter its results for your Software AG product. When you click the button, the supported Software AG products that meet the filter criteria are listed in the table below the filter criteria.
This list provides, by supported operating system platform:
the Software AG general availability (GA) date of the Software AG product;
the date the operating system platform is scheduled for retirement (OS Retirement);
the Software AG end-of-maintenance (EOM) date for the product; and
the Software AG end-of-sustained-support (EOSS) date for the product.
Note:
Although it may be technically possible to run a new version of your
Software AG products on older 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 this
product on a release, version, or type of operating system other than those
described in the Product Version Availability screen as described above,
consult Software AG technical support to determine whether support is possible,
and under what circumstances.
For general information regarding Software AG product compatibility with other platforms and their requirements for Software AG products, visit Software AG's Hardware Supported web page.
This release of Entire Net-Work requires the Adabas components supplied in Adabas Limited Load Library (WAL) and the SVC from any currently supported version of Adabas. These are distributed on the installation media. For information about currently supported Adabas releases, read End of Maintenance.
Important:
You should always use the most current Adabas load library or
the Adabas limited library (WAL) as provided on the Entire Net-Work
installation media, unless you have been specifically instructed otherwise by
Software AG. Entire Net-Work Version 6.2.2 requires Adabas mainframe version
8.2.3 or later or WAL 8.2.3 or later. In situations where Adabas 8.2.2 or the
WAL 8.2.2 library must be used, you must apply zap AU822061; if you do not,
errors will result.
Software AG recommends that you concatenate the Entire Net-Work and Adabas 8 WAL with the Entire Net-Work library first in the sequence. The Adabas 8 router (that is, ADASVC in z/OS or z/VSE) must be installed on any node where Entire Net-Work is to be run, even if no servers are running on that node. Refer to the section Installation Media Information provided with the Entire Net-Work installation media for information about the WAL library modules and the version of Adabas required. Refer to the Adabas Installation documentation for information about installing the Adabas router in your environment.
Adabas client application programs need an Adabas link routine module suitable for the environment in which they run. For example, batch programs should be linked with ADAUSER, which loads current versions of ADALNK and supporting modules from the Adabas load library. TP environments usually require specialized link routine modules, such as ADALNC for CICS, which may require an additional license. For complete information about the Adabas link routine modules, refer to the Adabas Installation documentation.
Important:
If an ADALNK batch link routine has been linked or modified by
Software AG product modules or user exits, it cannot be used in any application
startups of Adabas utility jobs or Adabas, Entire System Server, Adabas Review
Hub, or Entire Net-Work nuclei.
The Adabas SVC and the Entire Net-Work SVC provided with the IUCV line driver serve different purposes and cannot replace one another. They must be installed as different SVC numbers, and the respective SVC number must be specified in the correct places in the Entire Net-Work parameters.
The Adabas SVC is required in z/OS and z/VSE to provide communications between user programs, Entire Net-Work, and Adabas or other servers. If already installed for Adabas or any other Software AG server, it can and should also be used for Entire Net-Work. The Adabas SVC number is specified in the ADARUN SVC=nnn parameter.
Prior to Adabas Version 7, converting data for Adabas buffers between different machine architectures (ASCII, EBCDIC) was handled by Entire Net-Work. Adabas Version 7 includes universal encoding support (UES), enabling it to perform data conversion instead of Entire Net-Work.
If any Adabas Version 7 target database will be UES-enabled (UES=YES), Adabas data conversion services must be enabled. For details, see the section Connecting UES-Enabled Databases.