The latest enhancements to IBM z/OS Container Platform (zOSCP) 1.1, including open-source upgrades, are now available via PTFs.

IBM z/OS Container Platform, zOSCP, utilizes industry-standard open-source technologies to build, deploy, run and manage containerized z/OS UNIX applications natively on z/OS. The product delivers a container runtime, Kubernetes orchestration, and High Availability and load balancing capabilities to manage the availability and scalability demands of a Kubernetes cluster.

This IBM z/OS Container Platform 1.1 update, the 4th 2025 Continuous Delivery (CD2504), is shipped with PTFs for the following APARs: OA68572, OA68630, OA68631, OA68632, OA68633, OA68634, OA68635, OA68636, OA68637, OA68638, OA68639, OA68640, OA68641, OA68645

Enhancements

Open-source component upgrades:

• IBM z/OS Control Plane Appliance (zCPA) is upgraded to 1.34.1
• Kubelet for IBM z/OS is upgraded to version 1.34.1
• cri-o for IBM z/OS is upgraded to version 1.34.1

Podman 5 Netavark Support Coming Soon

We are excited to announce that upcoming deliveries will include Netavark integration, replacing CNI as Podman’s default networking backend, enabling improved network capabilities and performance.

For more information on updates with this delivery, see the Release notes in the IBM z/OS Container Platform documentation.

Further details of APARs

Further details of APAR OA68572 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68572

Further details of APAR OA68630 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68630

Further details of APAR OA68631 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at

 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68631

Further details of APAR OA68632 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at

 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68632

Further details of APAR OA68633 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68633

Further details of APAR OA68634 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68634

Further details of APAR OA68635 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68635

Further details of APAR OA68636 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68636

Further details of APAR OA68637 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68637

Further details of APAR OA68638 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68638

Further details of APAR OA68639 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68639

Further details of APAR OA68640 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68640

Further details of APAR OA68641 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68641

Further details of APAR OA68645 for IBM z/OS Container Platform are available at 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA68645

Unlock the Power of Containerization for Your z/OS UNIX Apps

Leverage the available z/OS container images to run your z/OS UNIX applications natively on z/OS. These images are available on the IBM Container Registry (icr.io) and include:

• z/OS base

• IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Go

• IBM SDK for z/OS, Java Technology Edition, Version 8

• IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, Version 17

• IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, Version 21

• IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS

• IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python

• IBM Open Enterprise SDK for node.js

• IBM z/OS Connect

• IBM CICS TS Resource Builder

Getting started

 To learn more and get started with IBM z/OS Container Platform today, see

Product page

Content Solution

• Getting started experience with podman:  use Podman to build, run and manage containers. Explore containers technology or leverage it to create a development and test environment.

• Orchestration with Kubernetes: use Kubernetes to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications in production environments. Automate deployment, scaling, and management of multiple containers across Kubernetes clusters.

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