System requirements

Before you begin the installationconfiguration of Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm, verify that your system meets the software requirements.

These are the known software requirements for Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm:
  • Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm runs on IBM® z/OS V1.13, or later.
  • Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm supports these cloud environments for archiving and restoring data:
    • IBM Cloud Object Storage
    • IBM Softlayer
    • Hitachi Content Platform
    • Amazon S3
    • FTP server
  • If you intend to archive inactive data to a cloud storage environment in which some functions require ICSF for hashing (for example, S3, Hitachi Content Platform, or IBM Cloud Object Storage), the IBM Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility (ICSF) must be present on your z/OS® system and the ICSF started task must be running.

    Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm uses some functions of ICSF to perform hashing that is necessary for API requests in these environments. If ICSF is not running, storage requests fail with an error stating that the algorithm could not be performed. If such an error message is displayed, start the ICSF started task and try the process again.

  • The Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm ISPF interface requires a TSO region of at least 6000 KB.
  • If you intend to archive inactive data to tape, the Database Cleanup process requires that you are have DFSMSrmm or CA-1 active on the system.