New functions in Host On-Demand Version 15.0.3

The following functions and enhancements have been added to Host On-Demand Version 15:

Server JRE Update (HOD version 15.0.3)

Server JRE has been updated to IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition (JRE) version 11.0.22.0

TLS 1.3 Support

With this release, support for TLS 1.3 has been enabled for IBM Host On-Demand. TLS 1.3 will be the default protocol version used for secure negotiations for all types of sessions. Users should be at the JRE level where TLS 1.3 protocol is supported.

Host On-Demand Installer Upgrade

Previous versions of Host On-Demand were dependent on IBM Installation Manager for the product installation/update and uninstallation.

With the new release, the Host On-Demand packages have been created using InstallAnywhere. It provides a simple installation method to install Host On-Demand on all the supported platforms, without any external dependency.

FTP Performance Improvement

With this release, the Host On-Demand FTP client supports the parallel transfer of multiple files, thereby improving the overall file transfer performance significantly.

For more details, refer: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/host-on-demand/15.0?topic=tf-using-ftp

Telnet Keep Alive Enhancement

With this release, Host On-Demand supports Telnet Keep-Alive. A Keep-Alive packet is sent to the host at regular intervals to check if it is still reachable. Two keep alive mechanisms are supported: NOP, and TIMING-MARK.

Code Page Conversion

Code page conversion support has been extended to UTF8.

Upgrade of Packaged JRE in IBM Managed HOD

The version of Java runtime packaged in IBM Managed Host On-Demand has been upgraded to Java 17.0.3.0

Usage of Specific Java Runtime for HOD Launcher

A new environment variable support is added to configure a specific version of Java to be used by HOD Launcher.

IBM License Manager Enhancement

With this release, IBM Host Integration License Manager is extended to support storing the data in Databases. Supported Database can be used to configure License Manager. The new user interface provides better accessibility, and ease of navigation to application pages. Detailed documents can be found

Reference link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-install-and-configure-license-manager-server-host-demand-and-personal-communications> How to install and configure the License Manager Server for Host On-Demand and Personal Communications.

Flexible Scratchpad

With this release, the Host On-Demand scratchpad can be resized. It helps end users keep the green screen (emulator) size to suit their requirement.

Introducing New HTML Parameters

  • Optimize Wide Screen for all Sessions: This HTML parameter allows users to set Optimize for Widescreen property for all sessions.

  • Start session with Full screen.: A new HTML parameter is introduced to launch the session in full screen.

  • Tab delimiter support in FTP : A new HTML parameter is introduced to replace the TABS with a single space, for the file transferred through the FTP session.

Parent topic: What's New?