For further information, refer to the Entire System Server Release Notes for version 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.5.3. The corresponding documentation is available in https://empower.softwareag.com/Products/Documentation/default.asp.
These Release Notes provide an overview of solved problems provided for Entire System Server 3.5.4.
This document covers the following topics:
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Before you can install the Entire System Server, the following Software AG products must already be installed at your site:
Natural Version 8.2.3 or above;
Adabas Version 8.2.5 or above;
Entire System Server Interface (provided with Natural);
Entire Net-Work Version 6.3.1 (optional, for multi-CPU Support);
Natural ISPF Version 8.2.3 or above (optional)
Predict Version 8.2.2 or above (optional).
The Entire System Server Services are available in the following operating systems:
z/OS Version 1.13 or above;
z/VSE Version 5.1 or above;
BS2000/OSD Version 8 or above.
See IBM Information APAR II11784 for recommended JES3 SAPI maintenance.
Software AG provides Entire System Server 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 System Server on an old operating system, Software AG cannot continue to support operating system versions that are no longer supported by the system's provider.
This section covers the following topics:
The following new features have been implemented:
| EF-1527 | Support PDSE version 2 and member generations, stage 1 (z/OS); |
| EF-1638 | SEND-EMAIL with valid and invalid email recipients. |
The following table summarizes fields that have been added, changed or deleted in an existing view. Please refer to the respective view in View Descriptions in the User's Guide documentation.
| View | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FILE-ALLOCATE | DSNTYPE-VERSION | New, N1 |
| EATTR | New, A3 | |
| MAXGENS | New, N9 | |
| STANDARD-BLOCKS | Deleted | |
| FILE-ATTRIBUTES | CREATE-JOBNAME | New, A8 |
| CREATE-STEPNAME | New, A8 | |
| DSNTYPE-VERSION | New, N1 | |
| EATTR | New, A3 | |
| MAXGENS | New, N9 | |
| LIB-DIRECTORY | GENERATION | New, N9 |
| READ-FILE | GENERATION | New, N9 |
| SEND-EMAIL | IGNORE-RCPT-REJECT | New, A3 |
| EXTENDED-TEXT | New, A250 |
Note:
These changes and additions are not included in the Predict data
for the view descriptions which still represents the NPR351 level. The changes
and additions will be included in the next regular release of Entire System
Server.
This section describes solved problems for Entire System Server 3.5.4.
| Problem | Short Description |
|---|---|
| NPRMF-810 | Abend 0C4 in NATPEML using view SEND-EMAIL. |
| NPRMF-903 | FILE-ATTRIBUTES returns zero PERCENT-USED for a non-empty sequential data set. |
| NPRMF-1073 | REGION field of ADDRESS-SPACE always ZERO value. |
| NPRMF-1074 | Correction missing in XCOMXMEM. |
| NPRMF-1085 | Abend S0C4-11 in XCOMV002 at +X'1258' when reading a member from a PDSE with extended attributes. |
| NPRMF-1089 | View Address-Space: Abend S0C4 in XCOMV021 under z/OS 2.1. |
| NPRMF-1092 | View Load-Module: Problems with FUNC= DATA and FUNC=ESD. |
| NPRMF-1096 | Abend S0C1 during startup of Entire System Server. |
| NPRMF-1106 | NPR5995 for FILE-ATTRIBUTES for a PDSE with extended attributes. |
| NPRMF-1111 | Error 5712 Request to Common JES Interface failed. |
| NPRMF-1114 | Abend User 0253 during Start Up of NPR without Steplibs. |
| Problem | Short Description |
|---|---|
| NPRMF-1035 | Message ESY0084W misleading and needs 2 lines. |
| Problem | Short Description |
|---|---|
| NPRMF-1082 | SUBMIT - ERROR-CODE 799, SYSTEM-MESSAGE-CODE '*VDSN INT'. |
| NPRMF-1109 | Read type R LMS elements. |
| NPRMF-1112 | NPR352/1 writes NPR.DUPLICATE-Files. |
We plan to implement support for multi-level security in z/OS with a future version of Entire System Server. This may require changes to customized versions of the current security exits. If you are using non-standard resource classes in your security exits, please communicate your requirements to Software AG Customer Support.