File Manager supported software environments
Supported software products that can be used with various File Manager functions in a z/OS® environment:
- IBM Enterprise COBOL
- IBM Enterprise PL/I (included internally with File Manager and usable only for compiling copybooks)
- IBM CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS
- IBM Information Management System (IMS™)
- IBM Db2®
- IBM MQ for z/OS
Install the latest File Manager maintenance to resolve issues that might not be directly associated with the basic support for a software product.
File Manager supports software products with either:
- A general availability (GA) release with no maintenance applied.
- A GA release with the specified PTF (UInnnnn) or APAR (PHnnnnn) applied.
Note:
The minimum software product level is the level
listed in the table or the current minimum level supported by IBM, whichever is most
recent.
| Supported environment | Supported environment version | File Manager V16 minimum maintenance level |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise COBOL | V6.5 | GA (V16.1.2 UO05337 required for VLM support of JAVAIOP, LSACHECK and CONDCOMP) |
| V6.4 | GA (V16.1.2 UO05337 required for VLM support of JAVAIOP, LSACHECK and CONDCOMP) | |
| V6.3 | GA | |
| V6.2 | GA | |
| V4.2 | GA | |
| Enterprise PL/I | V6.1 | GA |
| V5.2 | GA | |
| CICS Transaction Server | V6.3 | GA |
| V6.2 (750) | GA | |
| V6.1 (740) | GA | |
| V5.6 | GA | |
| V5.5 | GA | |
| V5.4 | GA | |
| IMS | V15.6.x | GA |
| V15.5.x | GA | |
| V15.4.x | GA | |
| V15.3.x | GA | |
| V15.2.x | GA | |
| Db2 for z/OS | V13.1 (Function level 505) | V16.1.1 (UI99257) |
| V13.1 | GA | |
| V12.1 (Function level 500 or higher is required) | GA | |
| z/OS | V3.1 | GA |
| V2.5 | GA | |
| V2.4 | GA | |
| V2.3 | GA | |
| IBM MQ for z/OS | V9.4 | GA |
| V9.3 | GA | |
| V9.2 | GA | |
| V9.1 | GA |