We just released z/VSE 6.2 PTFs, that may improve the performance of your workload. If your workload benefits from these PTFs, very depends on your hardware / software environment.   The z/VSE 6.2 PTFs are now available for download from IBM Shopz:   APAR DY47814 (PTFs UD54355, UD54356): DY47814: MISCELLANEOUS FIXES Description : Performance of z/VSE 6.2 in various areas may be improved with this APAR.   Consideration before you apply the PTF for APAR DY47814: If you enabled the FAQS/ASO FTL (Fast Transient Loader) from CSI International, you... [More]

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As promised I am posting important information during my vacation too.   New Recommended Service Levels (RSLs) are available for z/VSE 6.1 and z/VSE 6.2. The RSL cutoff was July 2, 2019. RSLs are preventive service offerings. They fill the gap between z/VSE refreshes and HIPER (High Impact or Pervasive APAR) service provided via PSP (Preventive Service Planning) buckets. An RSL consists of a list of all APARs/PTF numbers, that are available at RSL cutoff dates. More information is here . You will see the RSLs Monday or Tuesday on the z/VSE... [More]

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Since my last service blog entry there were a few APARs released for z/VSE 6.2. z/VSE 6.2 is the only release in service since July 1.   VSE/POWER    APAR DY47817 (PTF UD54354): VSE/POWER SPOOL ACCESS SUPPORT WITH CTLREC OPTION DOES NOT RESTART CORRECTLY TO SPECIFIED LINE NUMBER Error description: When VSE/POWER Spool Access Support application GETs output with CTLREC option is on, then subsequent use of the Restart Control Record results in incorrect POWER behavior which is different from previous z/VSE releases. VSE/POWER does not position on... [More]

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In April I posted a blog entry with the service news for VSE connectors - see here . z/VSE 6.2 APAR  PH08671  (PTF UI61366): THE VSE CONNECTOR CLIENT DOES NOT CORRECTLY HANDLE INTERMEDIATE CA CERTIFICATES WITH SSL/TLS Error description: The z/VSE Connector Client does not correctly handle intermediate CA certificates when it validates peer certificates during SSL/TLS handshake. This might cause SSL/TLS connections to be rejected when the peer certificate is signed by an intermediate CA certificate, even though the intermediate CA certificate is... [More]

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On Wednesday I informed you about the new DATAPORT settings with TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.2.5 - see here . In between my colleague sunmarized the values in a table and added some notes. Thanks, Joerg.    DATAPORT  Active  Passive  0  use the next available dynamic free port to connect to the remote server that is in a listen state.  use the control port minus 1 to issue a listen on and wait for the remote to connect into it.  1  force the use of control port minus 1 for active and passive  2  force the use of the next available free port (recommended... [More]

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You may wonder, why the latest compiles with the IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM) show the suboptions NOTRUNC, NOLONGER and NOSIGNED. These are the defaults for new suboptions introduced with APAR PH06572. HLASM APAR PH06572 : HLASM TRUNCATION CHECKS FOR CONSTANTS Error description : When a constant is defined with an explicit length, the specified value will be truncated to fit if necessary. This could however happen accidentally, so HLASM should provide options to warn about cases which might be in error. Users affected : Users of HLASM for... [More]

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We just released a new APAR for product IBM TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.1, which is available for z/VSE 6.1.   APAR PH09908 (PTF UI62439): TCP/IP FOR Z/VSE SERVICE PACK 2.1.A IBM TCP/IP for z/VSE service pack 2.1.A contains following fixes: ZP219350 Rare instances of an ESDS file not being closed, so help by TCP/IP. ZP219351 Update online messages file ZP219352 IPN166E Application Program Abend at xxx Phase: IPDRIVER, Offset: 00005E02 ZP219353 IPN597I Shutdown Stage: 4: Network termination (max. 10 seconds) ZP219354 SSL117D IPCRSRED failed... [More]

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There are a few new z/VSE APARs available since the Recommended Service Levels (RSLs). The RSLs are here .   VSE/AF   z/VSE 6.2 APAR DY47808 (PTFs APARs UD54349 UD54350 ): CANCEL OF TCP/IP PARTITION MAY LEAD TO SYSTEM HANG WAITING FOR LTA Error description: Canceling a TCP/IP partition while it is owning the LTA may cause the task owning the LTA to enter an infinite wait for I/O on OSAX devices. This causes the cancel of the partition to hang and prevents the LTA from being released. This finally causes the whole system to hang sooner or later... [More]

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The VSE Virtual Tape Server on the z/VSE Download page was updated on February 2018 with a new option. You can get this update here . See z/VSE 6.2 APAR PI92815 for more information. APAR PI92815 (PTF UI53401): THE VSE VTAPE SERVER DOES NOT ALLOW TWO OR MORE VTAPES FROM THE SAME IP AND FOR THE SAME CUU AT THE SAME TIME Description : The VSE VTAPE Server does not allow two or more VTAPEs from the same IP address and for the same CUU at the same time. This can happen when multiple z/VSE systems are connecting to the VTAPE Server through one Fast... [More]

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