In yesterday's announcement we had 3 SODs (see my related blog entry): IBM intends to add functionality that allows initial installation of z/VSE without requiring a physical tape. in the future to enhance IBM CICS Explorer for IBM CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA to provide updates to CICS resources.    It is planned to reduce the AEWLC and MWLC list price of IPv6/VSE V1.1. IBM's statements regarding plans, directions and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Today I want to give a few more... [More]

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Today I want to describe another enhancement announced in the z/VSE 6.2 Preview and available in forth quarter 2017 - the High Performance FICON for z Systems (zHPF) support.   The zHPF channel Input/Output (I/O) architecture can improve the execution of small block I/O requests. z/VSE will translate applicable I/O commands into the zHPF protocol and thus transparently exploit the zHPF protocol for user applications. No adaptation is required. Multiple channels commands are sent as a single entity to the control unit. That is the... [More]

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Today I want to continue with the z/VSE 6.2 enhancements as announced in the preview. The announcement letter is here . z/VSE is planned to be available in the 4th quarter of 2017.   z/VSE 6.2 will contain a new CICS release - CICS TS for z/VSE 2.2. It replaces CICS TS for z/VSE V2.1. CICS TS for z/VSE 2.2 can not run on prior z/VSE releases, and prior CICS TS releases can not run on z/VSE 6.2. You may use Fast Service Upgrade (FSU) from z/VSE 6.1 to migrate to z/VSE 6.2. A migration from z/VSE V5 requires a new installation. In that case... [More]

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Exciting news: Today we announced a preview of our next z/VSE Version 6 release - z/VSE 6.2.   z/VSE 6.2 is planned to be available in the 4th quarter of 2017 . It can run on z114, z196, or later.   Below is a quick overview of what you can expect in z/VSE 6.2: Hardware support High Performance FICON (zHPF) z13 Vector Facility (Single Instruction Multipe Data - SIMD) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) accelerated with CryptoExpress5S of z13 / z13s, exploited by openSSL FlashCopy Space Efficient (SE) for Extent Space Efficient (ESE)... [More]

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On April 11, 2017 we announced the preview for z/VSE 6.2. So you know most of the content of this new release already.   Today we have exiting news: The GA (general availability) announcement of z/VSE 6.2. Orders for new z/VSE 6.2 licenses will be accepted from November 28, 2017. z/VSE 6.2 is planned to be available on December 1, 2017 . It can run on z114, z196, zBC12, zEC12, z13, z13s and z14.   Below is a quick overview what you can expect in z/VSE 6.2: Hardware support High Performance FICON (zHPF) z13 / z14 Vector Facility... [More]

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z/VSE 6.1 - our new release - is now available, together with CICS TS for z/VSE 2.1, TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.1 and IPv6/VSE 1.2. You can order them through Shopz.   This is also a new version for z/VSE with an Architectural Level Set (ALS) to z10 or higher. It can not run on z9 or older processors.   Below I summarized the resources, where you can get more information about z/VSE 6.1: z/VSE home page z/VSE 6.1 announcement letter (quick overview of new functions)... [More]

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Yesterday I described some details about the new IBM TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.1 version. With z/VSE 6.1 we will also provide a new release for IBM IPv6/VSE. Today you will get some details about this new release. You may have noticed, that I always add "IBM" to the product name. The reason is, that the TCP/IP product you directly license from BSI or CSI may have different content and/or support more z/VSE releases than we do. IBM IPv6/VSE 1.2 will be supported on z/VSE 6.1 only. It is not supported on z/VSE Version 5 or before. IBM IPv6/VSE... [More]

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Today I have some exciting news. We preview a new version of z/VSE - z/VSE 6.1. z/VSE 6.1 is planned to be available in the 4th quarter of 2015. It can run on z10, z114, z196, zBC12, zEC12 and z13. Below is a quick overview what you can expect in z/VSE 6.1: The latest hardware support IBM z13 support Configurable Crypto Express5S FICON Express16S IBM System Storage options IBM System Storage TS7700 Virtualization Engine Release 3.2 IBM System Storage DS8870 Release 7.4 (ECKD and FCP-attached SCSI disks) IBM FlashSystem V840 for use with... [More]

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I am still travelling - yesterday from South Korea to the IBM Systems Technical University (zUniversity) in Orlando.   In May 2015 we announced the preview for z/VSE 6.1. So you know the content of this new release already. Today at the first day of the zUniversity conference we have exiting news: The GA (general availability) announcement of z/VSE 6.1.   Orders for new z/VSE licenses will be accepted from November 24, 2015.   z/VSE 6.1 is planned to be available on November 27, 2015 . It can run on z10, z114, z196, zBC12, zEC12... [More]

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