OpenEdition(TM) services Available on MVS/ESA SP Version 4
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IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP94-0246 dated March 08, 1994.
IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP94-0246 dated March 08, 1994.
See final section for details of availability and limitations.
Title
OpenEdition(TM) services Available on MVS/ESA SP Version 4 Release 3 (JES2 and JES3)Program Number
Program Number: 5695-047 MVS/ESA SP-JES2 Version 4 Release 3
5695-048 MVS/ESA SP-JES3 Version 4 Release 3
Abstract
IBM announces the availability of OpenEdition Services feature for MVS/ESA SP 4.3 (JES2 and JES3). Included in this availability announcement is the information required to order the following.
- MVS/ESA SP 4.3 support feature for OpenEdition services.
- OpenEdition Shell and Utilities feature.
- OpenEdition Debugger feature.
OpenEdition services (with co-requisite products LE/370 Release 3 and AD/Cycle C/370 Release 2 Compiler) provide significant expansion of MVS/ESA's role in an open-systems environment by providing POSIX (1) interfaces as a base to enable interoperability of applications within a heterogeneous network, and increase portability of applications, data, and skills with other environments conforming to the same open systems standards. A new set of services is offered called OpenEdition services. OpenEdition services in conjunction with LE/370 Release 3 runtime library conforms to the following standards:
- ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990/IEEE (2) POSIX 1003.1-1990 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Portable Operating System Interface).
- A subset of IEEE POSIX 1003.1a (Draft 6 July 1991) will be supported.
- ISO/IEC DIS 9945-2:1992/IEEE POSIX 1003.2-1992 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Portable Operating System Interface).
- A subset of IEEE POSIX 1003.4a (Draft 6 February 1992) will be supported.
OpenEdition Services has been successfully tested with the PCTS :FIPS-151-2:compliance test suite and has requested registration with NIST for certification at the FIPS-151-2 level.
OpenEdition Services consists of:
- An OpenEdition Application Programming Interface (API) The OpenEdition API supports a set of assembler language interfaces; together with LE/370, the OpenEdition API supports a set of C function calls as specified in POSIX 1003.1 and a subset of POSIX 1003.1a.
- An OpenEdition Shell and Utilities IBM has licensed and modified the popular Mortice Kern Systems' InterOpen (3)/Shell and Utilities source code which conforms with POSIX 1003.2.
- A Hierarchical File System supporting the OpenEdition offering The OpenEdition file system, as specified in IEEE POSIX 1003.1, is a hierarchical file system familiar to UNIX (4) programmers. The file system will be supplied by DFSMS/MVS (TM).
- An Extended User Interface
The Extended user interface consists of a set of user
commands that run on TSO/E which enable the user to:
- Access the OpenEdition Shell and Utilities.
- Write and test a POSIX application.
- Execute an application on the MVS/ESA OpenEdition offering.
- An OpenEdition dbx debugger
The OpenEdition dbx debugger is an interactive tool for debugging C language applications that use OpenEdition Services. It is based on the popular 'dbx' debugger familiar to UNIX programmers. (1) POSIX trademark of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (2) IEEE trademark of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (3) InterOpen trademark of MKS Corporation. (4) UNIX registered trademark UNix System Laboratories, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Novell, Inc.
General Availability
Planned General Availability Date is March 25, 1994
Ordering Information
Consult your IBM Marketing Representative.
Current users must reorder this update.
Programming Requirements:
OpenEdition MVS Services Requirements
The following programs, or equivalent, must be installed to use OpenEdition MVS Services. Details about version and release levels, prices and installation will be available prior to general availability of OpenEdition MVS.
- TSO/E Version 2 Release 4 (5685-025) or higher
- SMP/E Version 1 Release 8 (5668-949) or higher
- AD/Cycle C/370 (Ordering and availability information for support of MVS/ESA SP 4.3 OpenEdition services will be published in March 1994.)
- AD/Cycle LE/370 (Ordering and availability information for support of MVS/ESA SP 4.3 OpenEdition Services will be published March 1994.)
- RACF (Ordering and availability information for support of MVS/ESA SP 4.3 OpenEdition Services will be published at a later date.)
- DFSMS/MVS (Ordering and availability information for support of MVS/ESA SP 4.3 OpenEdition Services will be published in March 1994.)
To take advantage of the OpenEdition MVS Services, MVS/ESA SP Version 4 Release 3 optionally requires the following programs to be installed at or above the release level specified:
- RMF Version 4 Release 3 (5685-029) with PTFs UY90518, UY90519
- SDSF Version 1 Release 3.3 (5665-488)
- BookManager (TM) READ/MVS Version 1 Release 2 (5695-046)
Publications
A memo, program directory and one copy of the following publications are supplied automatically with the basic machine-readable material:
OpenEdition MVS Services
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS POSIX.1 Introducing OpenEdition MVS GC23-3010 Conformance Document GC23-3011 MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS User's Guide SC23-3013 MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Command Reference SC23-3014 MVS/ESA Planning: OpenEdition MVS Management SC23-3015 MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Management Supplement SC23-3016 MVS/ESA Application Programming Reference: OpenEdition MVS Assembler Callable Services SC23-3020 MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Support Feature GC23-3021 Program Directory
OpenEdition MVS Shell and Utilities Feature
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Shell and Utilities
Feature Program Directory GC23-3022
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS POSIX .2 Conformance Document GC23-3012
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Command Reference GC23-3014
MVS/ESA Planning: OpenEdition MVS Management SC23-3015
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Advanced Application
Programming Tools GC23-3017
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Shell and Debugger Messages GC23-3780
(This manual will be available within 1 month of GA)
OpenEdition MVS Debugger Feature
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Debugger Feature Program GC23-3023
Directory
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Command Reference SC23-3014
MVS/ESA Planning: OpenEdition MVS Management SC23-3015
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Advanced Application
Programming Tools GC23-3017
MVS/ESA OpenEdition MVS Shell and Debugger Messages SC23-3780
(This manual will be available within 1 month of GA)
Associated Publications
AD/Cycle C/370 Manuals
Additional Information on using the POSIX 'C' programming interface and compiling C applications to use OpenEdition POSIX services can be found in the following AD/Cycle C/370 Manuals.
IBM SAA AD/Cycle C/370 Master Index SC09-1760
IBM SAA AD/Cycle C/370 Library Reference SC09-1761
IBM SAA AD/Cycle C/370 Language Reference SC09-1762
IBM SAA AD/Cycle C/370 User's Guide SC09-1763
IBM SAA AD/Cycle C/370 Programming Guide
for IBM SAA LE V1R3 SC09-1840
MVS/ESA RMF 4.3 Manuals
Information on using RMF with OpenEdition MVS can be found in the following RMF manuals.
MVS/ESA RMF Support for OpenEdition MVS Users Guide GC33-6475 MVS/ESA RMF Support for OPenEdition MVS Analyzing RMF Reports LY33-9175Subsequent updates (technical newsletters or revisions between releases) to the publications shipped with the product will be distributed to the user of record for as long as a license for this software remains in effect. A separate publication order or subscription is not needed.
Professional & Technical Services
Services providing for the efficient installation, implementation
and/or integration of this product are available from IBM as either
standard or customized offerings.
Contact your Marketing Representative for the full scope of the
available services.
Charges, Terms & Conditions
Charges, Terms and Conditions are the same as those of the base product.
Announcement Countries
All European, Middle Eastern and African Countries.
The data in this letter is subject to the disclaimer in Letter ZS90-0112, which is available from IBM on request.