What's new in ZD&T V12.0.0?

The following new features and changes are added for ZD&T Version 12.0.0.

Name changes

  • IBM z Systems® Development and Test Environment (zD&T) is renamed as IBM® Z Development and Test Environment (ZD&T).
    • zD&T Personal Edition is renamed as ZD&T Personal Edition.
    • zD&T Tools is renamed as ZD&T Enterprise Edition.
    • zD&T with Parallel Sysplex® is renamed as ZD&T with Parallel Sysplex.
  • Software License Manager is renamed as ZD&T Software-based License Server.
  • Hardware License Server is renamed as ZD&T Hardware-based License Server.

ZD&T Personal Edition

  • A separate installer ZDT_Install_PE_V12.0.0.0.tgz is available for you to install Personal Edition. Also, if you select y to install all needed dependencies when you run the installer, the software dependencies can be installed automatically. For more information, see Installing Personal Edition.
  • The ADCD package is no longer required for network configuration. For more information, see Configuring the network.

ZD&T Enterprise Edition

  • A separate installer ZDT_Install_EE_V12.0.0.0.tgz is available for you to install Enterprise Edition. Also, if you select y to install all needed dependencies when you run the installer, the software dependencies can be installed automatically. For more information, see Installing Enterprise Edition.
  • A single user license that is known as Authorized User Single Session (AUSS) is available for Enterprise Edition. With the AUSS license, three Central Processors (CPs) are assigned to an authorized user.
  • Support is added for REST APIs. You can access all functions of Enterprise Edition without the web user interface, including creating, monitoring, and deploying application images. All Enterprise Edition functions can be automated by adding REST APIs into your DevOps pipeline. For more information, see REST APIs User's Guide.
  • In V12.0.0, ZD&T Enterprise Edition supports deploying application images to an OpenStack cloud. By using the snapshot capabilities of OpenStack, the efficiency of subsequent deployments can be significantly improved. For more information, see Configuring Target environments and Deploying application images to an OpenStack cloud.
  • The SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server is added in V12.0.0. You can select an FTP or SFTP server to transfer volume images files from or to the image storage server.
  • FlashCopy® is supported when you extract volumes or data sets from Z, which can improve the integrity of the extracted volumes or data sets.
  • When you extract volumes from Z, unallocated space in volumes is excluded to reduce the size of a compressed volume, which can improve the efficiency of the data transfer. Unallocated space is replaced with X'00'.
  • Sudo support is added in V12.0.0. You can deploy application images by using a non-root account after you grant sudo privileges to the account.

ZD&T Parallel Sysplex

  • A separate installer ZDT_Install_PS_V12.0.0.0.tgz is available for you to install Parallel Sysplex. Also, if you select y to install all needed dependencies when you run the installer, the software dependencies can be installed automatically. For more information, see Installing Parallel Sysplex.
  • z/VM® 6.4 is available with this release.

Application Developers Controlled Distribution

Application Developers Controlled Distribution (ADCD) z/OS® Version 2 Release 3 November Edition of 2017 is available with ZD&T V12.0.0.

The following products are added:
  • CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS 5.4
  • IBM CL/SuperSession V2.1.0
  • IBM HourGlass V7.1.0
  • IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.9.0
  • Rational® Build Agent for z/OS V6.0.4
  • IBM SDK for Node.js - z/OS V6.0
  • IBM Automation Control for z/OS V3.5
The following products are upgraded:
  • IBM Debug for z Systems® V14.1
  • IBM Developer for z Systems V14.1
  • IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V6.2
  • IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS V5.2.0
  • IBM Explorer for z/OS V3.1.1
  • IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS V14.1
  • IBM File Manager for z/OS V14.1
  • IBM OMEGAMON® Performance Management Suite for z/OS V5.5
  • IBM Rational Team Concert™ 6.0.4
  • IBM z/OS 2.3
  • IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0.1
  • IBM UrbanCode Deploy for z/OS V6.2.6
The following products are removed:
  • CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.1
  • CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.2
  • CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS V5.1.0
  • WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS V8.5.5.11

zPDT Emulator 1.8.1

zPDT® diver that is used in ZD&T is updated to zPDT V1.8.1, which supports the following products or features:
  • z14
  • z/OS 2.3, including pervasive encryption
  • Modernization of zPDT Virtual DASD
  • OSA for KVM Guest and extra OSA Modernization for zPDT
  • Free ZIIPS
  • MIDAW facility
  • CFCC Level 22

For more information about zPDT Emulator 1.8.1, see zPDT Guide and Reference.

Parent topic: Overview