These Release Notes provide an overview on all changes for Entire System Server 3.6.1. The following topics are covered:
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Before you can install Entire System Server, the following Software AG products must already be installed at your site:
Natural Version 8.2.4 or above;
Adabas Version 8.2.5 or above;
Entire System Server Interface (provided with Natural);
Entire Net-Work Version 6.3.1 or above (optional, for multi-CPU Support);
Natural ISPF Version 8.2.4 or above (optional);
Adabas Review Version 4.7.1 (optional);
Predict Version 8.2.3 or above (optional).
Entire System Server Services are available in any Natural environment that runs any or a combination of the following operating systems:
z/OS Version 1.13 or above;
z/VSE Version 5.1 or above;
BS2000 Version 8 or above.
For z/OS 2.1 and above, the relevant PTF for APAR OA48683 must be applied.
For z/OS JES3, please refer to 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 describes new Entire System Server Features. It covers the following topics:
The new operator command XABS provides a report on the usage of attached buffers which are displayed as a set of console messages.
The DDMs for the views LIB-UPDATE, SUBMIT and WRITE-FILE now contain a GENERATION field to be used with PDSE version 2 libraries and member generation.
The DDM for view WRITE-SPOOL now contains new fields to support the OUTPUT JCL parameters MAILBCC, MAILCC, MAILFROM, MAILTO, REPLYTO and TITLE.
A new startup mode has been implemented on BS2000. The parameter SERVER-PER-USER=YES instructs Entire System Server (NPR) to enter the ESYSERV job control with the user ID of the requesting user. Refer to
chapter How to Start/End Entire System Server on BS2000, section Server-per-User Mode
chapter BS2000 Security Considerations, section Server-per-User Mode
Startup Parameter SERVER-PER-USER
Currently, this parameter cannot be used when running EOM (Entire Output Management) and EOR (Entire Operations).
LLMs can be read with view READ-FILE now.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LIB-UPDATE | GENERATION | New for z/OS, N9 |
| SUBMIT | GENERATION | New for z/OS, N9 |
| WRITE-FILE | GENERATION | New for z/OS, N9 |
| WRITE-SPOOL | MAILTO | New for z/OS, A60 |
| MAILCC | New for z/OS, A60 | |
| MAILBCC | New for z/OS, A60 | |
| MAILFROM | New for z/OS, A60 | |
| REPLYTO | New for z/OS, A60 | |
| TITLE | New for z/OS, A60 |
This section describes solved problems for Entire System Server 3.6.1.
| Problem | Short Description |
|---|---|
| NPRMF-1116 | Support for z/OS 2.2 JES2 and JES3. |
| NPRMF-1130 | Support for IBM APAR OA46291. |
| NPRMF-1135 | Loop in XCOMJESC trying to read an IOT from JES2 spool. |
| NPRMF-1142 | FILE-ATTRIBUTES may incorrectly return a value of zero for NUMBER-OF-MEMBERS. |
| Problem | Short Description |
|---|---|
| NPRMF-1083 | NSPF823 / NPR352 for VSE: Time missing in SYSLOG. |
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The following checklists are provided to assist you in migration from NPR35x:
Startup Parameters:
If you are using the SYSTEM-COMMAND view, please note that the
default value for APPC TPNAME is now SAG.NPR361.XCOMTP46. If you
are going to use this default value, the transaction program name needs also to
be defined for APPC/MVS. For details, please refer to
APPC/MVS
Definitions for the SYSTEM-COMMAND View in the section
z/OS Considerations, in the Administration
Guide chapter.
If you are using the READ-FILE view with the GENERATION parameter
introduced with NPR354, please note that now error message ESY5541 Member
generation not found in directory. is returned if the requested member
generation is not found in the PDSE directory. The NPR354 version of READ-FILE
used to return error message ESY5998 MEMBER not found. in this
situation. Please adapt your applications accordingly.
JCL Procedure:
Update the DD statement for LICENSE to reflect the new license key file for your processor(s).
JCL Procedure:
Update the DD statement for LICENSE to reflect the new license key file for your processor(s).
JCL Procedure:
Update the ADD-FILE-LINK statement for LICENSE to reflect the new license key file for your processor(s).
We plan to implement support for multi-level security in 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.