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, and one TCP/IP port
• 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 TSO Application Server 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.