Installing the SDK

The SDK is available as SMP/E packages and as non-SMP/E packages, and is supported on certain hardware and operating systems.

Supported environments

Updates to these support statements might also be added to the Supplementary documentation technote.

The following hardware systems are supported:
  • Start of changes for 11.0.27.0IBM® z17®End of changes for 11.0.27.0
  • Start of changes for 11.0.15.0IBM z16®End of changes for 11.0.15.0
  • IBM z15®
  • IBM z14
  • IBM z13®
  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12

Start of changes for 11.0.25.0The Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF) must be configured and installed.End of changes for 11.0.25.0

The following operating system versions are supported. A service refresh tag indicates when SDK support was added for an operating system version.
  • z/OS® 2.4
  • z/OS 2.5
  • Start of changes for 11.0.20.1z/OS 3.1End of changes for 11.0.20.1
  • Start of changes for 11.0.28.0z/OS 3.2End of changes for 11.0.28.0
Note: For the latest information about z/OS hardware support, see z/OS server support.

Installation

If you order the SDK, the package is provided in SMP/E RELFILE format, which can be installed by using SMP/E. A program directory is available to guide you through the installation process. Alternatively, non-SMP/E format packages are available to download directly from the Java™ SDK products on z/OS page. These packages contain compressed code archives. Instructions to decompress and install the packages are provided in a readme file that is also available to download from the same site.

Installation directory

The installation directory is referred to elsewhere in this documentation as install_dir. If you install the SDK from an SMP/E package, the recommended installation directory is as follows: 
/usr/lpp/java/J11.0_64/
If you install from a non-SMP/E package, the SDK is installed in a J11.0_64subdirectory in your chosen installation location. The default installation directory is as follows.
$PWD/J11.0_64/
If the SDK is embedded in an IBM product, refer to the documentation for that product to determine the directory location.

Prerequisite PTFs

The following z/OS Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) must be installed to run the SDK.
z/OS 2.4: (PSP information: ZOSV2R4 PSP Bucket, subset ZOSCCPP)
UI78103
UI80155  
OA60306 
PH32235
z/OS 2.5: (PSP information: ZOSV2R5 PSP Bucket, subset ZOSCCPP)
PH45536/PH45538/PH45672(UI80156)
PH60053(UI95832)
PH41221(UI78912)
PH53938(UI94524)
OA62757(UJ94662)