SHIP25 MAINTENANCE SUMMARY
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Date: July 1, 2000
Memorandum
To: All Comm-Pro Users at the SHIP25 Distribution Levels.
All references to SHIP25 also includes support for SHIP25 Mod 1
(SHIP25M1) and SHIP25 Mod 2 (SHIP25M2) unless otherwise noted.
The following is a summary of SHIP25 maintenance (APARs, etc.)
issued as of the noted dates. This summary is provided as a
reference for problem resolution or preventative maintenance.
The summary record contains the following information:
APAR - Assigned Comm-Pro APAR number (S25nnn)
REF/NOTE - Comm-Pro internal identification (R_name) for
miscellaneous fixes and enhancements.
CP_NOTE - Comm-Pro product or support issues.
IBM_NOTE - IBM product or support issues, including early
warning of IBM PTF/APAR or error conditions.
COMPONENT - The Comm-Pro package or resource type that the
corrective logic addresses.
DATE - For APARs and Enhancements, this date reflects
when the actual corrective logic was applied
to the standard Comm-Pro SHIP25 distribution
libraries.
For all others, this date reflects when the item
was added to the summary.
DESCRIPTION - Brief description of the problem. Refer to the
actual APAR Memo for additional information
and corrective logic, if available.
Please refer to the SHIP25 documentation manual in APPENDIX F
(Maintenance) for additional information.
SHIP25 Maintenance Summary Detail
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APAR/REF - COMPONENT
DATE DESCRIPTION.
CP_NOTE - ACF/NCP Version 7 Release 8 Support,
07-01-2000 Our current SHIP25 Mod 2 release now includes support for NCP
V7R8 and PEP (NCP V7R8 with EP R14) environments. SSP V4R8 is
required for NCP V7R8.
Note that you will generally require a distribution tape with
a TCD (tape creation date) of 07-01-2000 or later for this
support. Customers with recent (mid to late 1999) product
distributions may qualify for our simple macro update pack
instead of a CUME refresh or upgrade. Please contact Comm-Pro
for details.
- SSP Version 4, Release 8 support for OS/390, MVS/ESA, VM/ESA
and VSE/ESA, SSP V4R8 products are required for load module
generation and utility functions for ACF/NCP V7R7, V7R8 and EP
R1V14 support. Note that this product is downward compatible
with earlier NCP and EP distributions still supported by IBM.
Both SSP V4R8 and V4R7 require that the High Level Assembler
be installed at you location.
- EP Version 1 Release 14 Standalone product support is currently
on hold.
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SHIP25 Maintenance Summary Detail End
Last Update - August 15, 2000