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z/VSE Connector downloads updated

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This is my 750th blog entry since I started this blog on February 6, 2013. We just updated some z/VSE tools / Java APIs: VSE Health Checker - The z/VSE Health Checker is a Java-based system diagnosis utility to retrieve, display, and analyze performance relevant data from a z/VSE system. VSE System class library - The z/VSE System class library provides a Java API to access general z/VSE system parameters. VSE Security class library - The z/VSE Security class library provides a Java API to access security related z/VSE system parameters.... [More]

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Does CICSVR/VSE work with z/VSE 6.1 ?

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As I described in earlier blog entries z/VSE 6.1 comes with a new CICS Transaction Server version: CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1. You may use the CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1 announcement letter to get a quick overview of it's new functionality. The announcement letter is here . Just today I got a question from a customer, if CICS VSAM Recovery (CICSVR/VSE) works with CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1. We verified in our test environments, that CICSVR/VSE works with CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1. There are no known issues. That is it is safe to use CICSVR/VSE with... [More]

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New IBM Storage DS8880 - Redbook available

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With z/VSE's last announcement in July - see my related blog entry - we also announced the support of the latest IBM Storage technology - the DS8880. That is z/VSE 5.2 and later supports the entry model DS8884 as well DS8886 and DS8888. The product web page is here . Now the corresponding IBM Redbook is available: IBM DS8880 Architecture and Implementation (Release 8.1) Have a good weekend.

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z/VSE service news: VSE/AF, LE, IUI, TCP/IP for z/VSE

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After some weeks of vacation and a really good summer I returned and will continue to post news or any information related to z/VSE. Let's start with the latest service news. There are a few new APARs that may be of interest. VSE/AF DEVICE-SPECIFIC MIH VALUE (EXAMPLE: SIR MIH,181=10M) OVERRULES GENERAL MIH VALUE ONLY ONCE. z/VSE 5.2 APAR DY47676 (PTF UD54198-52C, UD54199-52J) z/VSE 6.1 APAR DY47682 (PTF UD54204-61C, UD54205-61J) Error description: When a device-specific MIH interval has been defined (for example SIR... [More]

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Next blog entry on September 15, 2016

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It's vacation time. I will take some days off. Therefore you will see my next blog entry on September 15, 2016. Have a good summer.

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