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1. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Priya Salagundla
Nov 7, 2019 3:11 PM
Hi Balaji,
Do you know what version of IBM CICS does Experian currently have? We support what IBM supports.
BMC's current MV for CICS version is 6.9 and V6.7 of MainView for CICS is on limited support ending in Dec 2019.
We recommend upgrading MV for CICS after z/OS 2.4 upgrade.
Usually upgrading the product is recommended rather than applying Maintainance on an unsupported version of the product.
Thank you,
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2. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Hi ,
Our Mainview for CICS version is 6.8 . Hopefully we don’t need any maintanence to be applied when we move to zos 2.4
Balaji Natarajan
EITS | Mainframe CICS Administrator, UK&I & EMEA
Experian IT Services
Experian | Fairham House | Mere Way | Ruddington Fields Business Park | Nottingham | NG80 1DP
T: +44 (0) 115 87 83966 | M: +44 (0) 77607 01570
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3. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Simon Chang
Nov 14, 2019 8:29 AM
Hi Balaji
For future reference, there is a self service feature on the support website where you can search for product support and compatibility, for z/OS V2.4 MainView for CICS V6.8 requires the BPZ0817 PTF.
Hope that helps.
Simon
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4. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Thanks a lot ..
Balaji Natarajan
EITS | Mainframe CICS Administrator, UK&I & EMEA
Experian IT Services
Experian | Fairham House | Mere Way | Ruddington Fields Business Park | Nottingham | NG80 1DP
T: +44 (0) 115 87 83966 | M: +44 (0) 77607 01570
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5. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Simon Chang
Nov 14, 2019 8:47 AM
Hi Balaji
Just reviewed the BPZ0817 PTF, there is a circumvention... Do not define the VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCADS(NO) in your DIAGnn z/OS Parmlib member!
Simon
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6. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Thanks Simon, is that info avalible in the servie portal ?
Balaji Natarajan
EITS | Mainframe CICS Administrator, UK&I & EMEA
Experian IT Services
Experian | Fairham House | Mere Way | Ruddington Fields Business Park | Nottingham | NG80 1DP
T: +44 (0) 115 87 83966 | M: +44 (0) 77607 01570
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7. Re: DOES MAINVIEW FOR CICS 6.3 IS SUPPORTED FOR ZOS 2.4 ? Any maintanence to be applied ?
Simon Chang
Nov 14, 2019 9:15 AM
Hi Balaji
Yes, you can review PTF's from the efix option on the support website. I also should of mentioned, that if the maintenance level of your MainView for CICS V6.8 product is RSL1901 or above, then you should find that BPZ0817 is already applied.
Simon