Software requirements

An IBM supported operating system z/OS (V2.1 or later) is required. If your operating system version does not meet these requirements please contact Micro Focus support.

Mainframe Access requirements:

• IBM Communications Server
• Two APPLIDs, two TCP/IP ports
• Availability of APF security authorization support personnel
• Access to a network share with acceptable space for source and data, as well as the ability to access the IP address and ports used to access MFA

Mainframe Access z/Server feature requirements:

• ISPF
• Binder
• High Level Assembler
• Language Environment
• RACF or an equivalent product
• z/OS Communications Server - IP Services
• IBM REXX Library

To run user applications requested via TCP/IP client calls, there may be additional optional software requirements depending on the application. Typical optional requirements are:

• IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS
• IBM Enterprise PL/I
• IBM DB2 for z/OS

Support for Error Feedback (displaying compiler error messages in an Enterprise Developer error view) requires the following additional compiler options:

• For COBOL: EXIT(ADEXIT('/N 100 /W 50',TAURTOCX)), ADATA
• For PL/I: XINFO(XML)
• For Assembler: EXIT(ADEXIT(TAURTOAX('/N 100 /W 25'))),ADATA

To compile CICS applications, a compiler supporting the CICS Transaction Server 2.1 or later is required:

• COBOL applications compiled using any of:
  • IBM® COBOL for OS/390® &VM, Version 2 Release 2, program number 5648-A25, with APAR PQ49375 applied.
  • IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and OS/390, Version 3 Release 1, program number 5655-G53, and later COBOL releases.
• PL/I applications compiled using any of:
  • IBM VisualAge PL/I for OS/390 Version 2 Release 2.1, program number 5655-B22, with APAR PQ45562 applied.
  • IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS and OS/390, Version 3 Release 1, program number 5655-H31, and later PL/I releases.