Operating System Release Activity - Z/OS
Note: The Z/OS VnRn (HNAS vrm)
identifiers below typically refer to the
minimum HNAS vrm level required to support
the denoted Z/OS level.
(i.e. - Z/OS V1R4 and above requires HNAS 220 or
higher).
Z/OS.e Support
2005-01-19 - Z/OS.e - Product is currently under investigation. (IBM
documentation indicates that Z/OS.e supports VTAM and
TCP/IP but doesn't support: X25 NPSI, ACF/NCP or ACF/SSP
and was developed specifically for web applications).
Z/OS V1R11 Support
2010-01-20 - Z/OS V1R11 (HNAS 240) - HNAS support for this Z/OS release
is currently undergoing testing. No special PTF updates
currently required in the HNAS 240 code.
2009-09-01 - Z/OS V1R11 (HNAS 240) - HNAS support for this Z/OS release
is currently undergoing preliminary review.
We don't anticipate any special requirements for this Z/OS
level under HNAS 240 although preliminary compatibility
testing has not been conducted in-house as of this date.
Z/OS V1R10 Support
2009-01-26 - Z/OS V1R10 (HNAS 240) - Officially supported under HNAS
240 release.
Reminder - you MUST either reinstall HNAS or run the HNAS
maintenance installation job (HNASMNT) in order to pick up
the most current version of the z/OS TCPIP and VTAM macros.
The HNASMNT job is part of the original HNAS distribution
(see Chapter 6 Maintenance Information for additional
information). Running HNASMNT under the new version of
z/OS will make HNAS compatible with the new z/ OS version.
If HNAS was installed using SMP/E then a refresh PTF must
be installed.
2008-12-24 - Z/OS V1R10 (HNAS 240) - HNAS support for this Z/OS release
is currently undergoing production testing. No special
PTF updates were required in the HNAS 240 code.
Z/OS V1R9 Support
2007-12-29 - Z/OS V1R9 (HNAS 240) - Certification completed and is now
officially supported under HNAS 240. No special PTF
updates were required in the HNAS 240 base code.
Reminder - See reminder notice under z/OS V1R10 above.
Note that IBM PMR 30328 was opened by a user to address a
TSO RECEIVE (IEBCOPY) CLEARDIR program change in V1R9 that
can cause a step in the HNAS install to fail with RC-8.
Refer to HNAS Problem Log entry 2007363A for additional
information. (2008-01-03)
2007-11-15 - Z/OS V1R9 (HNAS 240) - Currently running production at
customer site(s) and in test mode at another without any
problems. No changes required under HNAS 240 for Z/OS
V1R9 support. Expect official customer certification to
be completed with-in the next 45 days.
2007-10-26 - Z/OS V1R9 (HNAS 240|230) - HNAS support for this Z/OS
release is currently undergoing preliminary review.
Z/OS V1R8 Support>
2007-10-01 - Z/OS V1R8 (HNAS 240) - Certification completed and is now
officially supported under HNAS 240. No special PTF
updates were required in the HNAS 240 base code (several
customers have been running under Z/OS V1R8 for quite
some time without any reported incidents).
We apologize for the late posting of this status.
2006-12-20 - Z/OS V1R8 (HNAS 230) - Currently running production at
customer site(s) and in test mode at others without any
problems. No changes required under HNAS 230 (or above)
for Z/OS V1R8 support. Expect the official customer
certification to be completed with-in the next 45 days.
2006-11-14 - We don't anticipate any special requirements for this
Z/OS level under HNAS 230|240 although preliminary
compatibility testing has not been conducted in-house.
2006-07-26 - Z/OS V1R8 (HNAS 230|240) - HNAS support for this Z/OS
release is currently undergoing preliminary review.
Z/OS V1R7 Support
2006-03-22 - Z/OS V1R7 (HNAS 230) - Certification completed and is now
officially supported under HNAS 230. No special updates
were required in the HNAS 230 base code (customers have
been running under Z/OS V1R7 for quite some time without
any reported incidents).
2006-01-18 - Z/OS V1R7 (HNAS 230) - Currently undergoing testing on a
customers test system for the several weeks without any
problems.
2006-01-03 - Z/OS V1R7 (HNAS 230) - HNAS support for this z/OS release
is currently undergoing preliminary review.
Z/OS V1R6 Support
2005-08-10 - Z/OS V1R6 (HNAS 230) - Certification completed and is now
officially supported under HNAS 230. No special updates
were required in the HNAS 230 base code.
2005-07-08 - Z/OS V1R6 (HNAS 230) - Currently running in production at
customer site(s). No changes required under HNAS 230 for
Z/OS V1R6 support. Expect official customer certification
to be completed with-in the next 60 days.
2005-03-18 - Z/OS V1R6 (HNAS 230) - Currently undergoing testing at some
customer sites.
2004-10-22 - Z/OS V1R6 (HNAS 230) - HNAS support for this z/OS release is
currently undergoing preliminary compatibility/certification
review. We don't anticipate any special requirements for
this Z/OS level under HNAS 230.
Z/OS V1R4 Support
2003-04-28 - Z/OS V1R4 (HNAS 220) - Certification completed and is now
officially supported under HNAS 220. No special updates
were required in the HNAS 220 base code.
2003-04-14 - Z/OS V1R4 (HNAS 220) - Certification currently in progress.
2003-03-26 - Z/OS V1R4 (HNAS 220) - HNAS support for this z/OS release is
currently undergoing preliminary compatibility/certification
review. We expect certification of this z/OS release to be
completed by the end of April 2003.
Z/OS V1R2 Support
2002-05-24 - Z/OS V1R2 (HNAS 210) - Officially supported.
2002-05-01 - Z/OS V1R2 (HNAS 114) - Due to the complexity of the logic
changes necessary for Z/OS V2R1 support will not be made
available under HNAS V1R1M4. Customer requiring this
support will need to upgrade to the more robust HNAS V2R1M0
product.
OS/390 Support
- OS/390 V2R5 and earlier releases run under the IUCV interface
and requires a special HNAS distribution.
- OS/390 V2R8 and later run under the MAPI interface.
Host NAS (HNAS) Release Activity
HNAS V2R4M0 - Release Status
2006-07-31 - HNAS 240 General Availability - Official Release date.
2005-07-05 - General Availability release delayed for 1-2 weeks so
that HNAS BUILD PRTSWLST= and TIMESTAMP= enhancements
and the Console DLU/DVC SESSINIT VC call status display.
Please refer the 240 Changes and New Features section
for addition information.
2005-06-01 - The HNAS 240 product is now under Early Ship (eshp) mode,
Beta testing completed.
2006-05-16 - HNAS 240 General Availability tentatively scheduled for
July 1, 2006.
2005-11-21 - The HNAS 240 product is under the final stages of Alpha
testing. Documentation development and Beta testing
will begin in December 2005.
The implementation of this release is initially being
provided for Datafono (ISARX25) users although all other
users will be able to upgrade to this product soon after.
This product will replace the special customer 230.c
distribution and ultimately 230 (later in the year).
We suggest that you refer to the V2R4M0 Features list
(when available) for a description of the enhancements.
General Availability for Datafono users expected in the
1st Qtr 2006 While General Availability for all other
users is expected in the 2nd QTR 2006.
HNAS V2R3M0 - Release Status
2007-04-01 - HNAS 230 End-of-Maintenance, standard APAR maintenance in
no longer issued for this release. HNAS 230 (or earlier)
users should upgrade to 240 at their earliest convenience.
2006-12-27 - HNAS 230 The End-of-Maintenance date for this release is
scheduled for April 1, 2007. We recommend that users
upgrade to the 240 release at their earliest convenience.
2004-03-22 - HNAS 230 General Availability - Official Release date.
2004-03-05 - HNAS 230 General Availability deferred to 03-22-2004,
Pending completion of QLLC Callout documentation.
2004-03-04 - HNAS 230 Base product established, Service Notice,
Begin_Maintenance/APAR_Cycle.
2004-02-15 - HNAS 230 product release delayed due to inclusion of QLLC
Callout enhancements and additional Console commands. SMP/E
distribution revised after Beta testing was completed.
2004-01-20 - HNAS 230 SMP/E beta distribution installation testing underway.
2003-11-12 - HNAS 230 product release delayed due to inclusion of SMP/E
support and other New Features requested by Customers and
Business Partners.
Although Beta testing is underway the official release may
not be released for General Availability until January 2004.
2003-08-01 - Optional HNAS product SMP/E edistribution development is now
underway. This support is slated to be available in the 4th
Qtr 2003.
2003-05-27 - The HNAS 230 product is under the final stages of development
and Alpha testing. Documentation and Beta testing will begin
in early June 2003. The HNAS V2R2M1 product implementation is
being replaced by V2R3M0 because this release is more than a
modification level maintenance update.
We suggest that you refer to the following V2R3M0 Features
list (when available) for a description of the enhancements.
- General Availability expected in 4th Qtr 2003.
HNAS V2R2M0 - End of Maintenance Service Notice
2004-12-31 - We no longer issue standard maintenance for this interim release.
HNAS 220 users should upgrade to release 230 or above at their
earliest convenience.
HNAS V2R2M0 - Standard Release Available
2002-11-11 - General Availability - Official Release date.
HNAS V2R2M0 Release Documentation
2002-11-08 - The HNAS 220 product documentation is now becoming available on the
HNAS FTP Server. We suggest that you refer to the following HNAS
V2R2M0 Product Documentation Information link for update status and
availability.
V2R2M0 (220)Documentation Summary
HNAS V2R1M1 - End of Maintenance Service Notice
2004-06-01 - We no longer issue standard maintenance for this interim release.
HNAS 211 users should upgrade to release 220 or above at their
earliest convenience.
HNAS V2R1M1 Maintenance Release Replaces V2R1M0
2002-07-01 - The HNAS 211 product maintenance release and documentation replaces
support for HNAS 210. We suggest that you refresh or upgrade to this
newer release for continued maintenance support.
HNAS 114 users should also consider upgrading to release 211 which
contains several new features and improvements over their existing
HNAS product support.
HNAS V2R1M0 - End of Maintenance Service Notice
2002-07-10 - We no longer issue standard maintenance for this interim release.
HNAS 210 users should upgrade to release 211 at their earliest
convenience.
HNAS V1R1M4 - End of Maintenance Service Notice
2002-11-12 - We no longer issue standard maintenance for this release. HNAS 114
users should consider upgrading to release 211 or 220.
Comm-Pro will make every effort to provide emergency support for
this distribution level although you may be required to upgrade
to a newer level to resolve problems addressed by APARs (PTF) in
newer releases.
Other Activity
Daylight Saving Time
2007-01-03 - There will be no impact on your HNAS|NAS system when Daylight
Savings time is toggled.
HNAS timers utilize a special one-second system utility timer
that is independent from the time-of-day clock. Changes to the
time-of-day clock do not affect processing of the HNAS system
utility timer process.
FTP Services and Availability
Notice: (2005-06-08) HNAS FTP Server comm-pro4ftp.com Access:
Notice: (2005-06-02) HNAS FTP Server comm-pro4ftp.com Access: - Completed
Last Update - January 20, 2010