Requirements for zEnterprise Data Compression

zEDC requires the following:
  • z/OS V2R1 (or later) operating system.
  • IBM zEnterprise EC12 CPC (with GA2 level microcode) or zBC12 CPC, or later.
  • zEDC Express feature. This System z compression accelerator can improve the speed of data compression and is sharable across up to 15 partitions and up to 8 cards per CPC.
  • zEDC Express software feature enabled in an IFAPRDxx parmlib member.
  • Start of changeAdequate 64-bit real storage configured to this z/OS image.End of change
Parent topic: Overview and planning of zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC)