Yesterday, IBM made a number of important product announcements for new IBM zEnterprise BC12 and IBM zEnterprise EC12 systems. If you are a GDPS or SA z/OS ProcOps user, please read and use the following System Automation for z/OS service information:
In order to tolerate the Support Element and Hardware Management Console firmware version 2.12.1 of the new announced IBM zEnterprise BC12 mainframe server (D/T2828) and to support the firmware version 2.12.1 of the IBM zEnterprise EC12 mainframe server (D/T2827), the following APARs/PTFs need to be applied:
FMID APAR PTF COMMENT
HWRE340 OA39856 UA66486 SA z/OS 3.4
HWRE340 OA42057 UA69102 SA z/OS 3.4
HWRE330 OA42057 UA69101 SA z/OS 3.3
HWRE330 OA39856 UA66485 SA z/OS 3.3
All listed SA z/OS APARs/PTFs are already available. The above mentioned firmware versions are currently planned to be available September 2013.