Before you engage in installing Natural for z/OS, check all relevant requirements for your environment.

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General Prerequisites and System Support

For official information on prerequisites and supported systems, see Software GmbH's System Requirements.

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For information on how to run Natural in a z/OS environment, see the Operations documentation.

Notation vrs or vr:

When used in this document, the notation vrs or vr represents the relevant product version (see also Version in the Glossary).

Before beginning the installation process, consider the following:

• Be sure to read the current Natural for z/OS Release Notes for information on software and hardware requirements, known issues and changes to the documentation. These Release Notes apply to base Natural and Natural add-on products.

• A supported version of the operating system on which Natural is to run must be installed. For the supported operating systems and versions, refer the Product Version Availability section at https://empower.softwareag.com/.

• A supported version of the TP monitor/online interface used with Natural must be installed. For the supported versions, refer to TP Monitors/Online Interfaces in the current Natural for z/OS Release Notes.

• A supported version of Adabas must be installed to store the Natural system files. See also Natural System Files.

  For the supported versions, refer to Database Management Systems in the current Natural for z/OS Release Notes.

• A supported version of each database management or file system used to store the user data processed with Natural must be installed.

  For the supported versions, refer to Database Management Systems in the current Natural for z/OS Release Notes.