This includes all current System z hardware including (but not limited to) z800, z900, z890, z990, z9-EC & z9-BC, z10, z196, z114, zEC12, zBC12, z13, z14 & z14-ZR1 and the new z15  processors.

Please see: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/support/zos_eos_dates.html for z/OS releases no longer supported by IBM.

Support for IBM’s z/OS RSU
IBM’s Recommended Service Upgrade (RSU) is a preventative service philosophy that is used by Compuware products during design, development and testing of our software solutions.

Each development and test LPAR that Compuware uses during our development and testing phases are based upon a specific RSU level as listed below:

• Each year, on a six-month interval, the RSU maintenance level of our development and testing LPARs will be updated to a set RSU level. Specifically, this is set to:
  • RSUxx02+ about May 1 of the year
  • RSUxx08+ about Nov 1 of the year
• The z/OS operating system and the most current GA level of CICS, DB2, IMS, WAS and WebSphere MQ will be at or above this target RSU level.
• Each of the currently supported levels of IBM Enterprise COBOL and PL/1 for z/OS is service updated monthly

Additional z/OS Exploitative support statements
The following releases of Compuware Products have been verified for support with the following post-GA z/OS enhancements

Note that Exploitative support is normally added to only the latest product release at the time of enablement.

The most expedient method to obtain and apply maintenance is by using Compuware’s implementation of RECEIVE ORDER.

Details about Compuware RECEIVE ORDER may be found at:  https://support.compuware.com/s/receive-order-information
 

Feature	Product	Release	PTFs Required / Description
IBM’s Extended Address Volumes (EAV) allows DASD storage volumes to be defined that are greater than 65,520 cylinders	All	All	Compuware products have been enabled to support EAV volumes of both the 262,668 (223GB) size introduced in z/OS V1.10, 11, 12 and also the 1TB size introduced in z/OS V1.13 (or 1.12 with SPE).
z/OS IEASYSxx parameter OSPROTECT=1 – IBM APAR OA54807 (z/OS V2.2) – IBM APAR OA55233 (z/OS V2.3)	All	All	None required
Support for 64-bit OMPROUTE	Hiperstation	17.02	QS32541
IBM MFA – Multi-Factor Authentication	All	17.02	Current with Cumulative maintenance
IBM DFSMS Pervasive Encryption - Toleration	File-AID/MVS	17.02	PTF VJB274A - correct KEYLABEL processing for work files PTF VJB161A - Symptoms:  issue occurs in Edit as updates to VSAM KSDS, encrypted via IBM's Pervasive Encryption, are not saved.
IBM DFSMS Pervasive Encryption -Exploitation	File-AID/MVS	17.02	PTF VJB242A/VJB242Y - Dataset Utility (3.2) add KEYLABEL processing & ENCRYPTED(Y|N) display. PTF VJB284A/VJB284A - add KEYLABEL processing. PTF VJB297A/VJB297Y - Enhance VSAM Utility (3.5) info displays including  KEYLABEL processing.
IBM DFSMS Pervasive Encryption - Toleration	All other Products	All other Products	None required. All products compatible.
z/OS 8-character USER IDs	All	All	None required

If there is need for exploitative support in any Compuware Product, please open a case with support.

The preceding information is for informational purposes only and is subject to change or withdrawal by Compuware at any time.