As of: May 31, 2022

All currently supported releases of BMC Compuware Products have been verified for support with these currently supported IBM hardware features/systems:
   

• IBM z196, z114, zEC12, zBC12, z13, z13s, z14, z14-ZR1, z15 T01 & T02 and the newest z16 Toleration Support

BMC Compuware has successfully toleration tested all supported GA releases of BMC Compuware products with the newest IBM z16  processor, type 3931, model A01.

See BMC Compuware’s Day One IBM z16 announcement here.

Exploitation Support
Exploitation support, that is, using or supporting our products of new IBM software or hardware features on the newest IBM processors is under various stages of evaluation, design, and enablement, as detailed in the chart below:

Specific IBM hardware features of note
 

Feature	Product	Release	PTFs Required Description
IBM DS8888F All-Flash Data Systems	All	All	None required
IBM DS8888F All-Flash Data Systems	All	All	None required
IBM z16 all instructions	BMC Compuware Strobe	18.02/21.01	SBG579A / SBH058A
IBM z14 all instructions	BMC Compuware Enterprise Common Components	17.02	CXR360A & CXS660A
IBM z15 all instructions	BMC Compuware Enterprise Common Components	17.02	None required
IBM z14 all instructions	BMC Compuware Xpediter for TSO & IMS	17.02	XTN008A
IBM z14 all instructions	BMC Compuware Xpediter for CICS	17.02	PTFs XDQ024O CTS V4.1 XDQ024P CTS V4.2 XDQ024Q CTS V5.1 XDQ024R CTS V5.2 XDQ024S CTS V5.3 XDQ024T CTS V5.4 XDQ024U CTS V5.5
IBM z15 all instructions	BMC Compuware Xpediter for TSO & IMS	17.02	None required
IBM z15 all instructions	BMC Compuware Xpediter for CICS	17.02	None required
IBM System Recovery Boost	BMC Compuware ThruPut Manager Standard Edition	18.02	April 2020 Build PTF TMT7122 provides the ability to exploit the additional capacity available for driving batch in the recovery window
ARCH recommendations	BMC Compuware Strobe	18.02	Strobe Advisor will detect the Z hardware level and recommend a higher performing ARCH Level as compared to the running COBOL ARCH level

Customers enter enhancement request details on our Customer Ideas. Our product teams will then prioritize and schedule your requirements using votes and comments to understand your important ideas.

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