• Prerequisites

• Documentation

• Problems Resolved

• Enhancements

• Support End Date for Previous SMA Version

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Prerequisites

SMA Version 2.2 requires the following Software AG products:

• Natural Version 8.2 or above

• Adabas Version 8.2 or above

Documentation

The Online Documentation Main Menu provides an overview of the SMA 2.2.1 documentation.

Problems Resolved

All corrections and service packs from previous SMA versions are incorporated in this release.

Enhancements

The following enhancements are provided with this release:

• Support of 2-Digit Major Version Numbers

Support of 2-Digit Major Version Numbers

SMA is now able to handle 2-digit major version numbers (for example 10.0).

For more information concerning this feature, see the section Handling of 2-Digit Major Version Numbers.

Support End Date for Previous SMA Version

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.

1. Access Software AG's Empower web site at https://empower.softwareag.com.

2. Log into Empower. Once you have logged in, you can expand Products in the left menu of the web page and select Product Version Availability to access the Product Version Availability screen.

3. Use the fields on this top of this screen to filter its results for your Software AG product. When you click the Search 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.