Summary of changes

November 2022, V14R1M18

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 18. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

  • Improved the usability and task orientation of the documentation that explains how File Manager can use FM/CICS to access CICS resources from different environments. The documentation has been reworked and organized, and a checklist clearly defines the steps based on the environment. For more information, see Preparing to access CICS resources from File Manager.
  • The Database Access Control facility has been enhanced to support writing a RACF audit record to SMF when users are denied access to a database. See The Database Access Control facility for more information.

June 2022, V14R1M17

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 17. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

February 2022, V14R1M16

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 16. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

  • The FM/IMS Database Access Control facility has been enhanced to give the security administrator the option of controlling users' access to databases when FM/IMS functions run in DLI mode. See Controlling access to databases by FM/IMS functions for more information.

October 2021, V14R1M15

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 15. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

March 2021, V14R1M13

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 13. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

  • Random and repeatable scrambling can now be optimized with a new option. The option can be customized at installation time (default behavior for scrambling). The default behavior can be overridden by specifying the option when copying and scrambling data. The option can be set to one of the following values: OFF, ON, or MAX. See OPSCRAM.

October 2020, V14R1M12

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 12. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

March 2020, V14R1M10

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 10. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-08.

  • FM/IMS now supports dynamic PSBs when IMS management of ACBs is enabled. For more information, see IMS management of ACBs and Providing a DOPT ACBLIB data set. Refer to FMN1POPD and FMN1POPI macros for details of the macro parameters that are added (ACBSHR; CATALIAS; REGCATLG) or changed (ACBMGMT; BSDSHLQ; DBDLIBn; DBRC; DFSDF; DYNACB; DYNPRFX; PROCLIB; PSBLIBn).
  • XDOPTLB describes a change to the behavior of the XDOPTLB parameter, and explains a check that you might need to perform if XDOPTLB was previously set to N.
  • A new topic explains how to secure access to IBM® MQ resources when using File Manager functions. See Setting up the security environment for IBM MQ.

SC27-9042-08: December 2019, V14R1M9

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 8. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-07.

  • New DSINFO File Manager option provides additional information in batch reports about input and output data sets for the DSP, DSM, DSC, and FCH commands. See DSINFO.

SC27-9042-07: September 2019, V14R1M8

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 8. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-06.

SC27-9042-06: June 2019, V14R1M7

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 7. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-05.

SC27-9042-05: March 2019, V14R1M6

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 6. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-04.

SC27-9041-04: September 2018, V14R1M4

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 4. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-03.

SC27-9041-03: June 2018, V14R1M3

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 3. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-02.

  • New option specifies whether VSAM RLS support is active. See RLS.

SC27-9041-02: March 2018, V14R1M2

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-01.

SC27-9041-01: December 2017, V14R1M1

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 1. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9041-00.

  • New option specifies whether VSAM RLS support is active. See RLS.
  • Updated product names to reflect current offerings.

SC27-9041-00: September 2017, V14R1M0

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition, for Version 13 Release 1, SC19-4118-10.