What's new in IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS V15.1
Latest service:
For details of the APARs that
have been addressed in each release, see Latest PTFs for IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.10
This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications
and corrections, as well as the following changes relative to the previous
edition:
- A new section, Compiler listings and side file access requirements, has been added.
- IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS® is the last and final release for Version 15.1.x. End of support for V15.1.x was announced on March 31, 2025. IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS® Version 15.1.x is planned to be withdrawn from support on April 30, 2026. To find end of support dates for product versions, visit the IBM Software Support Lifecycle policy website at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.9
This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications
and corrections, as well as the following changes relative to the previous
edition:
- An example of a 64 bit COBOL program calling IDISNAP as a DLL has been added. See Example 2 (COBOL: 64-bit DLL).
New features and enhancements in V15.1.8
This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications
and corrections, as well as the following changes relative to the previous
edition:
- Usability enhancements on both the host and the Eclipse client.
- Performance improvements.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.7
This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications and corrections, as well as the
following changes relative to the previous edition:
- The following section has been added:
- The following existing topics have been moved to a new section entitled Customizing the Java environment
New features and enhancements in V15.1.6
This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications and corrections.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.5
- A new message, IDI0196W, has been added. See IDI0196W.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.4
- A new section Special consideration for 2GB-4GB addresses has been added.
- A new options field PREVEXIT has been added to the IDIOPTLM configuration-options module. For details, see Suppressing IDIXDCAP real-time analysis if prior exit RC=8 (PREVEXIT).
- Support for the use of a new DDname IDISYSLB with the DSECT command and the IDIPDSCU utility has been added. For details, see IDISYSLB concatenation.
- The section Migrating from V14.1 to V15.1 has been updated to include information about the IDIOPT1 and IDIOPT2 SMP/E USERMODs.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.3
- The Fault Entry Refresh exit prompt display has changed. For details, see Refresh processing.
- Information about adding CICS abend codes in the IDIHUSRM member has been provided. For details, see User-defined abend code explanations.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.2
- A new option UnreferencedPagesValid has been provided. For details, see UnreferencedPagesValid.
- Support for program names up to 32 characters in length has been added:
- A new field ENV.POF_LONG_PGM_NAME has been added. For details, see "ENV - Common exit environment information" on page 607.
- A new field LST.LONG_PROGRAM_NAME has been added. For details, see LST - Compiler Listing Read user exit parameter list.
- A new column Program_(long) has been added to the Fault Entry List display. For details, see Available columns.
- A new section, IDIS subsystem requirements for deletion of migrated tightly-coupled associated dump data sets, has been added.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.1
- Fault Analyzer now provides a CICS web services transaction.
- Fault Analyzer XDUMPs have been enabled by default.
- Support for spilling pages to the XDUMP data set when MaxMinidumpPages is exceeded has been added.
- A general method for testing XDUMP configuration has been provided in Verifying the use of XDUMPs.
- IDIUTIL IMPORT and EXPORT now support the use of sequential data sets.
New features and enhancements in V15.1.0
- New IDIUTIL LISTHFDUP control statement along with a corresponding LISTHFDUP user exit are provided.
- An ALIGN optional parameter is provided for the DUMP and DUMPA user exit report formatting tags, as well as the REXX LIST command.
- New GPREGn_VALID fields (where n is 0-15) is added to the UFM data area.
- Information about migrating from Fault Analyzer V14.1 to V15.1 is provided.
- With this release, the Fault Analyzer option, PDTCCopts, is no longer supported and has been deprecated. The option is ignored if specified in an options file.