Abstract for MVS Programming: Product Registration

This information supports z/OS® Version 2 (5650-ZOS).

Purpose of this information

This information describes how to use registration services.

Product registration services allow products to register with MVS™ when they are running on a particular system. Other products can then use registration services to determine what products are running on a particular system.

Product registration provides an additional function for optional products or elements of z/OS. These optional products, which can be either products, product features, or combinations of product and feature, can use registration services to determine, based on a policy the customer sets, whether they are enabled to run on a particular system.

Who should read this information

This information is for programmers who design and write, in assembler, C, or Java™ programs that use registration services. It requires an understanding of how to work with MVS system interfaces.

How to use this information

This information is one of the set of programming documentation for MVS. This set describes how to write programs in assembler language or high-level languages, such as C, FORTRAN, and COBOL. For more information about the content of this set of documentation, see z/OS Information Roadmap.

Note:
  1. If you call the services described in this information from assembler language programs, you must use a high-level assembler.
  2. The product registration Java support requires that the following Java level or higher be installed: IBM® SDK for z/OS Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 1.4 PTF UQ93743, product number 5655-I56.