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z/VSE Newsflash December 2020

  

Overview:

  • Important z/VSE 6.2 APARs/PTFs
  • Upcoming conference 15th European GSE/IBM Technical University for z/VSE, z/VM, KVM and Linux on IBM Z from 21. - 23. June 2021 in Leipzig

I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy, successful, and healthy New Year! Stay safe and enjoy your holidays.

Important z/VSE 6.2 APARs/PTFs

  • APAR DY47843 “WHEN USING * $$ PUN MEM= VSE/POWER may abend with 1Q2CI PSW=… ILC=2, CC=20 SEGMENT TRANSLATION… PHASE=IPW$$XJ” resolves VSE/POWER abends when using * $$ PUN MEM= to redirect Punch Output to a Librarian sublibrary member. It is flagged HIPER and is included in the PSP Upgrade ZVSE620, Subset ZVSE/62C.
  • APAR DY47837 “ENSURE A PROPER DUMP IS TAKEN IN CASE SUBTASK IKQRDSTK CANCELS” enhances dumps taken in case the VSAM Capture Exit or VSAM Redirector terminate abnormally.
  • APAR DY47838 “ZHPF: MISSING TRANSLATIONS FOR VSAM AND DL/I COMMAND-MODE CHANNEL PROGRAMS” enables more command-mode channel programs for translation to zHPF transport-mode resulting in faster I/Os.

Please see the z/VSE Service and Support - Corrective Service web page for complete lists of the latest APARs by z/VSE components and products.

Upcoming conference 15th European GSE/IBM Technical University for z/VSE, z/VM, KVM and Linux on IBM Z from 21. - 23. June 2021 in Leipzig

The conference 15th European GSE/IBM Technical University for z/VSE, z/VM, KVM and Linux on IBM Z is scheduled to take place from 21. - 23. June 2021 in Leipzig, Germany. More information will be available soon on the conference web site.

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