Summary of changes
November 2024, V15R1M6
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 6. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- File Manager provides updated internal COBOL and PL/I compilers with this
version.
To determine which File Manager COBOL compiler is to be used, a new option, ALTCOB, has been added. See ALTCOB for more information about the available COBOL compilers.
To determine which File Manager PL/I compiler is to be used, a new option, ALTPLI, has been added. See ALTPLI for more information about the available PL/I compilers.
To discover the level of the internal PL/I compiler being used, a new command is available, SHOWPLI, from both batch and the File Manager command line. See Customizing for processing PL/I include books for more information about submitting this command. - FM/Db2 IVP updates for supported versions of Db2 Version 12 and later. See the section Verifying the customization of FM/Db2 for the updates.
June 2024, V15R1M5
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 5. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- A comma character (,) is now supported in place of a decimal separator when processing numeric values. This new support includes a new File Manager installation option, COMMADEC
- File Manager provides the SHOWCOB command, from both batch and the File Manager command line, to determine which COBOL compiler is being used, internal or external. When the File Manager internal COBOL compiler is being used, more detailed messages are provided with this release to indicate why it is being used. See Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks for more information.
March 2024, V15R1M4
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 4. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- In the options module, if the record-level sharing (RLS) option, RLS=YES, is specified on the FMN0POPI macro, then File Manager opens the VSAM data set in non-RLS mode if it determines that the VSAM file was QUIESCED, VSAM QUIESCED=YES. This prevents data sets being opened in RLS mode while they are in the quiesced state. For more information about the RLS option and behavior, see RLS.
- The default and recommended method for generating dynamic PSBs when IMS manages ACBs is using the IMS Data Definition
utility (DFS3ID00). The other method uses the IMS Catalog Populate utility (DFS3PU00), but this method has now been
deprecated and is no longer the default. As a result, the default value for the USEDDL parameter on the FMN0POPI macro statement is now Y.
See Dynamic PSBs, IMS management of ACBs, and USEDDL for more detailed information.
October 2023, V15R1M3
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 3. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- FM/Db2 V15.1.3 now supports running against Db2® Version 12 function
level 100 subsystems. This support introduces a new FM/Db2 sample,
FMN2BN1K, to be used in place of FMN2BN2K when binding against Db2® V12 FL100 subsystems.
See Binding Db2 (required) for more information about this new support.
June 2023, V15R1M2
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- FM/IMS has been enhanced with the following features:
- Support for the specification of the IMSplex that the IMS™ subsystem is in.
- FM/IMS serializes the use of dynamic PSBs across the IMSplex when they are used to access IMS subsystems that share ACBs with other IMS subsystems in an IMSplex (ACBSHR=Y).
March 2023, V15R1M1
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 1. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- File Manager provides internal PL/I compilers that are used regardless of any external PL/I compiler previously installed. If you want to use File Manager view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a PL/I include book, you must use the runtime support provided by the Language Environment®. To discover the level of the internal PL/I compiler, you can use the SHOWPLI command from both batch and the File Manager command line. See Customizing for processing PL/I include books for more information about submitting this command.
- FM/IMS has been enhanced to support using the IMS Data Definition Utility (DFS3ID00) to generate dynamic program specification blocks (PSBs) when IMS manages the runtime application control blocks (ACBs). See the new FM/IMS option, USEDDL, that specifies whether or not FM/IMS uses the IMS Data Definition utility (DFS3ID00) to generate dynamic PSBs when IMS management of ACBs is enabled (ACBMGMT=CATALOG).
October 2022, changes for V15R1 First Edition
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.
- 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.
- FM/Db2 supports Db2® version 13.
- With File Manager version 15.1.0, the default value for the FM/CICS FMN3POPI option, START, is now START=TASK. In previous versions, the default value was START=BATCH. See START for the complete syntax.
- Removed the USERLMS parameter from the LMS File Manager option in the FMN0POPI macro statement.
- The security method using the FMNSECUR security exit has been removed from the product.