z/OS optional features

Some optional features are not priced, but priced as well as unpriced features are included in z/OS® integration-testing. All priced, host-based features are capable of being dynamically enabled or disabled. For the version and release levels of those features that also exist independently, see z/OS Planning for Installation.

The following is a list of z/OS optional features:

  • Bulk Data Transfer (BDT) File-to-File
  • Bulk Data Transfer (BDT) SNA NJE
  • Communications Server Security Level 3
  • DFSMSdss
  • DFSMShsm
  • DFSMSrmm
  • DFSORT
  • GDDM-PGF
  • GDDM-REXX
  • Hardware Configuration Manager (HCM)
  • High Level Assembler (HLASM) Toolkit
  • Start of changeIBM z/OS Change TrackerEnd of change
  • Start of changeIBM z/OS Workload Interaction CorrelatorEnd of change
  • Infoprint Server
  • JES3
  • Resource Measurement Facility (RMF)
  • Restricted Use Common Service Area (RUCSA)
  • System Display and Search Facility (SDSF)
  • Security Server (includes RACF®)
  • XL C/C++
  • Start of changez/OS Authorized Code Scanner (zACS)End of change
  • z/OS Security Level 3 (includes IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server for z/OS Security Level 3, Network Authentication Service Security Level 3, and System Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Security Level 3)
  • Start of changez/OS Advanced Data GathererEnd of change
  • zEnterprise® Data Compression (zEDC)