Scope: Upgrade File Manager to the version 12.1.0 level.
Effective Date: The implementation dates for the V12.1.0 upgrade will be included with each RFC (change record) and will be scheduled during a normal MVS/Program Product maintenance IPL window.
Group Name: National MVS Software Support Team
Affected Locations: All systems currently running a level of File Manager prior to the V12.1.0 level.
Summary: File Manager V12.1.0 will be installed on all systems currently running a level of the software that is prior to the V12.1.0 release.
Justification: The V12.1.0 software is required in support of IMS V12.
Benefits to Users: Maintain currency and to support IMS V12 upgrades.
Details:
Enhancements in v12.1:
- File Manager plug-in enhancements include:
o Support for manipulating data stored in z/OS data sets and UNIX
System Services files, WebSphere MQ queues, CICS files, Transient
Data queues, Temporary Storage queues, and DB2 databases.
o Template editor enhancements for field-mapping support and easier
invocation from dialogs and wizards.
- File Manager Base is enhanced with:
o Formatted KSDS key
o Picture support for edit and find/change command
o WebSphere MQ 7.1 toleration
- File Manager DB2 enhancements include:
o The SQL SELECT Statement Advanced Prototyper now supports DB2 V10
syntax.
o The Object List utility shows columns added in DB2 V10.
o The SQL Reverse Engineering code works with DB2 V10 systems.
o Support is added for TIMESTAMP(n) and TIMESTAMP(n) WITH TIME ZONE
data types.
o An installation option is added to disable the use of DB2
scrollable cursors by the FM/DB2 editor, and to set a maximum for
the number of rows in editor sessions.
o Documentation of error messages used by the DB2 component is improved.
- File Manager IMS is enhanced to support IMS V12.
Enhancements in v11.1:
- File Manager Editor and Batch performance is improved with enhanced
expression processing which includes:
o Improved performance for the File Manager Base Editor with REXX
template expressions
o Improved performance for the File Manager Base Utility functions
with REXX procedures
o Additional programming constructs supported in FASTREXX
o Ability to access files in read only mode for Data Set Edit Batch
(DSEB) and to run DSEB procedures using FASTREXX
o Improved expression capability for segmented data
- The File Manager Base is enhanced to work with Rational Developer
for System z V7.6.2 to enable compiler option processing.
- Auditing enhancements for the File Manager Base, CICS, and IMS
components. The enhancements are built on the facility provided in
the File Manager DB2 V10 component.
- Support for DB2 export to produce column names in CSV format as well
as supporting DBCS characters.
- Support for creating and updating the DB2 template in batch.
- Support for setting commit conditions for FM DB2 edit and import.
- Usability enhancements:
o Member list panel enhancements to support COPY, DELETE, MOVE,
PRINT, RESET, and SUBMIT commands
o Allocation of template data sets when the specified data set
does not exist
Enhancements in v10.1:
- Integration of the File Manager/Base with Rational Developer for
System z is enhanced so that:
o Client template editing is provided via the Rational Developer for
System z interface. You can create, update and edit templates with
the equivalent function provided by the host template editor.
o Client editing is provided via the IBM Rational Developer for
System z interface that allows you to perform all host editing
activities.
o You can invoke File Manager Base host utilities from the IBM
Rational Developer for System z interface.
Note: The integration enhancements with Rational Developer for
System z in File Manager V10.1 require the use of Rational
Developer for System z V7.6.
- Unicode support is enhanced to provide the ability for the File
Manager/DB2 editor to process DB2 Unicode data in native format,
rather than processing the data after conversion (by DB2) to the
coded character set identifier (CCSID) of the application or
terminal.
- Extended Access Volume (EAV) support enhancements let you better
control the distribution of data on Extended Address Volumes.
- File Manager external functions and batch capabilities are enhanced
with FASTREXX function processing support for:
o Packed decimal length determination. All functions that can
define a packed field now can determine the length from the data.
o System and user variables.
o A duplication factor for character literals equivalent to REXXTM
Copies function.
o The ability to create statistics during a copy or find/change
operation.
o The ability to adjust start locations for variable format input and
output files that have been coded as if the record descriptor word
(RDW) was included (for example, column 5 would be column 1 of the
actual data).
o The ability to set the batch return code for compare when a given
number of differences are detected.
- Batch performance and functionality is enhanced so that you can now:
o Print a number of records from a FASTREXX procedure
o Verify whether a certain field or area of a record is composed only
of certain characters
o Take a sampling of a data set for print and copy functions by
virtue of introduced include and skip record counts
- IMS usability and callability enhancements include:
o The File Manager/IMS installation options module is updated to
allow the File Manager/IMS administrator to specify up to 6 Program
Specification Control Block (PSB) libraries, 6 Database Description
Control Block (DBD) libraries and 6 Template libraries for each IMS
subsystem. The specified libraries are used as the default PSB, DBD
and Template libraries for File Manager/IMS functions. The options
module is also updated to specify whether or not the user can
override the default PSB, DBD and Template libraries.
o A new settings panel is included that allows you to save up to 6
PSB libraries for an IMS subsystem (when the PSB libraries for the
IMS subsystem are not fixed) or displays the default PSB libraries
for the IMS subsystem (when the PSB libraries for the IMS subsystem
are fixed). It also allows you to save up to 6 DBD libraries for an
IMS subsystem (when the DBD libraries for the IMS subsystem are not
fixed) or displays the default DBD libraries for the IMS subsystem
(when the DBD libraries for the IMS subsystem are fixed).
o A new settings panel is included that allows you to save up to 6
Template libraries for an IMS subsystem (when the Template
libraries for the IMS subsystem are not fixed) or displays the
default Template libraries for the IMS subsystem (when the Template
libraries for the IMS subsystem are fixed).
o The PSB data set name field is removed from the Edit, Browse,
Extract, Load, Print, Batch Edit, and Batch Browse entry panels.
These dialogs are updated so that they use the PSB libraries
specified on the new PSB and DBD Data Sets panel (when the PSB
libraries for the specified IMS subsystem are not fixed) or the
default PSB libraries for the IMS subsystem (when the PSB libraries
for the specified IMS subsystem are fixed).
o The DBD data set name fields are removed from the Edit, Browse,
Extract, Load, Print, Batch Edit, Batch Browse, Delete/Define and
Initialize entry panels. These dialogs are modified so that they
use the DBD libraries specified on the new PSB and DBD data sets
panel (when the DBD libraries for the specified IMS subsystem are
not fixed) or the default DBD libraries for the IMS subsystem (when
the DBD libraries for the specified IMS subsystem are fixed).
o The Template data set name field is removed from the View
Specification panel in the Edit, Browse and Print dialogs, the
Options panel in the Batch Edit and Batch Browse dialogs, and, the
Criteria/Keys Specification panel and the Create Extract Template
panel in the Extract dialog. These dialogs are updated so that they
use the Template libraries specified on the new Template Data Sets
panel (when the Template libraries for the specified IMS subsystem
are not fixed) or the default Template libraries for the IMS
subsystem (when the Template libraries for the specified IMS
subsystem are fixed).
o The PSB type option field (Dynamic/Static) is removed from the
Systems Settings panel.
o When the dialog has two variants of the entry panel, the two
variants of the panel are replaced with a single dialog entry panel
that includes the fields from both variants. The PSB Type option
field is also added to these dialog entry panels.
o An option field is added to the dialog entry panels that gives you
the option of skipping the Database Data Set Specification/Display
panel.
o Keyword support is added to the Edit and Browse functions.
Keywords are included for all the data that's entered on the Edit
and Browse Entry panels, so that callers of the Edit and Browse
functions can bypass the Edit and Browse Entry panel.
- Currency support for IMS V11 and CICS TS V4.1 is provided.
- Data Aging is included via a new function, MOD_DATE, to modify date
fields on data sets by setting, incrementing or decrementing day or
month or year values for dates stored in any number of formats. This
applies to batch REXX and FASTREXX procedures and functions that
support them. Most typically it is used in a copy process.
- A new primary command, SQLID, is added to File Manager/DB2. The
addition of the SQLID primary command enables an authorized File
Manager/DB2 user to dynamically change the current SQLID value from
any File Manager/DB2 processing panel. This be of most benefit to DB2
System Administrators who typically run with DB2 SYSADM authority and
issue SQL statements that require the current SQLID to
be set to different DB2 authids.
- WebSphere MQ support enhancements include:
o Updated security handling to ensure that security related failures
are appropriately handled with new messages as required.
o Added update and write operations on MQ queues
o Additional line commands, added to the manager and queue list
displays, that allow you to retrieve information about a MQ
manager, delete a queue from the queue list and add a queue to a MQ
manager.
o Added support for utility (Create, Print, Copy, Compare) read and
write access to MQ queues where QSAM is currently available
- The View Load Module (VLM) and Compare Load Module (CLM) utilities in
File Manager/Base are enhanced to:
o Improve date processing on view/compare when reviewing load module
reporting
o Add relative track address (TTR) information to the load module
directory list panels
o Create link edit JCL based on the load module, CSECT information
- The ability to allow allocation of GDG(+1) is added by recognizing
(+1) in the DSN field, in order to create a new group entry and to
treat DSN(0) in reference lists the same, instead of its absolute
name.
- Additional installation options that:
o Allow you to provide defaults for VSAM edit sharing options,
auxiliary data set allocation options, use File Manager editor
option, recognize and interpret ISPF pack data option, compiler
language and compiler options for all languages, additional print
options, and output data set allocations
o Provide an installation option to specify the SFMNMOD1 library to
be used in the batch JCL skeletons
o Change the PRINTOUT option from SYSOUT=c to PRINTDSN and add a new
option to specify the output print class
o Ensure that the HEADERPG and DATAHDR options are honored for all
batch functions
o Provide an option to control the justification of numeric fields
for the Data Set Compare (DSM) utility
o Move Trace options from the Print options panel and create new
panel
o Add the Trace data set to the Output Data Set Allocation options
panel
- File Manager logging and reporting is enhanced to support the
following:
o On Demand logging that forces an audit trail for an edit session
and the submission of a batch job to report the audit changes after
completion of the editor session. Demand logging will imply dual
logging if SMF logging is also requested. Demand logging is
specified in the installation options module and applies to all
components of File Manager.
o For the File Manager DB2 component, you can now define a member in
SYS1.PARMLIB that contains File Manager DB2-specific configuration
information. You can elect to specify auditing requirements, for
the File Manager DB2 component only, using System Authorization
Facility (SAF) rules defined using an external security product
such as RACF®. When this option is selected, auditing requirements
can be specified for individual DB2 object names and for all File
Manager DB2 functions. Audit records will be written for activities
that were previously not subject to audit including data definition
language (DDL) statements, DB2 authorization statements, and DB2
commands. These File Manager DB2-specific enhancements provide a
greater level of security and
flexiblity, with respect to audit.
o Additional options to display non-displayable data in hexadecimal
format.
o The ability to highlight changed fields on a report.
- Diagnostic tracing information gathering is improved when unexpected
output or an interrupt occurs. It will also separate the trace
output from the function output.
- The ability to secure File Manager IMS functions by subsystem ID is
provided. You are now allowed to secure File Manager IMS individual,
update, and/or read-only functions for a specified subsystem.
For more details on specific functions, refer to the
File Manager for z/OS User's Guide and Reference
There are 4 manuals, one for the File Manager base functions,
and one each for DB2, IMS, CICS.
Primary Contact: Paul Ries
EMAIL: paul.ries@hp.com
Secondary Contact:
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