BMC Discovery for z/OS - License Add On (Version 1.6.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 01-Jun-2021
End Of Support Date : 01-Jun-2022

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 1.6.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
22-Aug-2022 (ID 271820) BMC AMI Ops UI and CRA: Installing IBM fix pack 11 for Java 8.0.7 might cause BMC AMI Ops user interface and CRA to abend HTM
05-Oct-2020 (ID 1065) User Interface Middleware: A loop or abend might occur in the User Interface Middleware (UIM) Server PDF
02-Oct-2020 (ID 1063) MainView Infrastructure: A loop might occur in the MainView Explorer host server due to unexpected errors PDF
02-Oct-2020 (ID 1064) MainView Infrastructure: A loop or abend might occur in the MainView Explorer host server when opening or closing a window PDF
24-Jun-2020 (ID 981) Maintenance: A RECEIVE ORDER job failure connecting to the BMC server occurs PDF
17-Apr-2020 (ID 939) MainView Explorer: Applying BQY2284 for the MainView Explorer host server might create a severe error PDF
05-Mar-2020 (ID 910) Next Generation Logger: Canceling the DBC address space while an NGL client is still running results in a loop PDF
10-Oct-2019 (ID 781) MainView Infrastructure: An integrity issue affects all MainView products when you invoke them using the MainView CLIST PDF
07-Oct-2019 UPDATED (ID 761) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
04-Oct-2019 (ID 773) MainView products using a LOAD library in their address spaces might experience errors PDF
11-Jul-2019 (ID 718) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
23-Feb-2017 MainView for z/OS, CMF MONITOR, MainView SYSPROG Services, Discovery for z/OS, MainView AutoOPERATOR: After applying PTF BPB1407, you might experience an abend S0C4 during I/O reconfiguration or re-initialization of the BBXS Subsystem PDF
08-Jul-2011 If you are using hardware without the Parsing-Enhancement Facility and you have applied BP00186, RTCS will fail with S878 PDF | HTM
21-Dec-2010 Describes how to apply a fix for issue QM001676712, where some physical Solaris boxes are incorrectly discovered on UNIX machines as BMC_SolarisVirtualSystem instead of BMC_ComputerSystem. Describes how to delete the incorrect CIs and install a hotfix. PDF | HTM
Technical Bulletin
14-Jul-2022 UPDATED (ID 265762) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTFs BQY3012 and BQY3013 might cause new errors HTM
01-Apr-2022 (ID 253278) Maintenance: RSL2204 is available HTM
04-Jan-2022 (ID 1466) Maintenance: RSL2201 and RSL2201C are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1358) Maintenance: RSL2110 is available HTM
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 HTM
30-Jul-2021 (ID 1341) Installation and maintenance: We are discontinuing production of the cumulative RSL maintenance by December 31, 2021 PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1247) Maintenance: RSL2107 and RSL2107C are available PDF
07-Jun-2021 (ID 1278) Installation and maintenance: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2021 PDF
04-Jun-2021 (ID 1256) Maintenance: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services (eFix) on December 31, 2021 PDF
29-Apr-2021 (ID 1240) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2021 PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1145) Maintenance: RSL2104 is available PDF
03-Mar-2021 (ID 1172) All BMC mainframe customers: New SHA-2 Global Root Certificate to access mft.bmc.com PDF
25-Jan-2021 (ID 1023) All BMC Mainframe customers: BMC is announcing the transformation of the BMC Mainframe product lines to BMC AMI PDF
21-Jan-2021 (ID 1087) Maintenance: RSL2101 and RSL2101C are available PDF
18-Nov-2020 (ID 1091) Maintenance: We are withdrawing BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) on December 31, 2020 PDF
04-Nov-2020 (ID 1083) Installation and maintenance: An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, and web-based RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1002) Maintenance: RSL2010 is available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1061) Maintenance: Announcing a web-based maintenance request service for RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Sep-2020 (ID 741) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 1011) Technical bulletin: Submit ideas for enhancements via BMC Communities PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 741) Technical bulletin: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
31-Jul-2020 (ID 1005) Maintenance: An outage is scheduled for RECEIVE ORDER and BMC ISR PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 942) Maintenance: RSL2007 and RSL2007C are available PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 993) MainView Explorer: Announcing a change to how MainView Explorer is launched PDF
02-Jul-2020 (ID 957) Technical bulletin: Common REST API basic Tomcat authentication is no longer required PDF
17-Jun-2020 (ID 976) MainView Explorer might be blocked by Java security PDF
11-Jun-2020 (ID 953) Installation and maintenance: New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 16, 2020 PDF
04-Jun-2020 (ID 876) Common REST API: May 2020 updates are available PDF
27-May-2020 (ID 952) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on June 20, 2020 PDF
21-May-2020 (ID 922) Maintenance: Change in the PTF publication process PDF
16-Apr-2020 (ID 930) Maintenance: Change in GA dates for quarterly RSLs PDF
02-Apr-2020 (ID 879) Maintenance: RSL2004 is available PDF
08-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 862) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending files to Customer Support PDF
03-Jan-2020 (ID 834) Maintenance: RSL2001 and RSL2001C are available PDF
18-Dec-2019 (ID 856) Installation: Failure to apply the November update for the Installation System results in incorrect installation jobs PDF
17-Dec-2019 (ID 786) Maintenance: BMC now supports IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for BMC mainframe products PDF
06-Nov-2019 (ID 801) An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, and EPD PDF
17-Oct-2019 (ID 750) MainView Alternate Access now includes a TIMEOUT parameter PDF
10-Oct-2019 (ID 782) MainView Infrastructure: A new REST API allows users to access MainView data from outside of MainView. This enables using MainView dat in other tools for reporting and analysis. PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available PDF
19-Sep-2019 (ID 724) MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alarm Management deployment enhancements are now available PDF
05-Sep-2019 (ID 737) MainView Explorer now includes a TIMEOUT parameter PDF
04-Sep-2019 (ID 736) Installation and maintenance: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com services and BMC ISR, server changes, and new EV SSL certificate PDF
30-Aug-2019 (ID 752) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending information to Customer Support PDF
07-Aug-2019 (ID 735) All supported BMC mainframe products: You can now use your favorite search engine to find information in BMC product documentation PDF
03-Jul-2019 (ID 710) Maintenance: RSL1907 and RSL1907C are available PDF
05-Jun-2019 (ID 681) New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 3, 2019 PDF
03-Apr-2019 (ID 642) Maintenance — RSL1904 is available PDF
17-Jan-2019 MainView Infrastructure now supports TCP/IP encryption PDF
03-Jan-2019 RSL1901 and RSL1901C are available PDF
24-Dec-2018 BMC ISR extract job $E05XTRT and retrieve job $J05RETV are missing the COPYSTEP and SFTP steps PDF
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is available PDF
03-Jul-2018 Maintenance: RSL1807 and RSL1807C are available PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
03-Jan-2018 Maintenance: RSL1801 and RSL1801C are available PDF
16-Nov-2017 BMC is announcing licensing permission for running BMC products and solutions for IBM z/OS in the IBM zD&T and zPDT environments but will not extend BMC Customer Support services to the virtual environments PDF
02-Oct-2017 Maintenance: RSL1710 is available PDF
06-Jul-2017 Maintenance: RSL1707 and RSL1707C are available PDF
14-Jun-2017 New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2017 PDF
27-Apr-2017 Quicker and easier access to BMC mainframe product documentation is now available PDF
04-Apr-2017 Maintenance: RSL1704 is available PDF
10-Feb-2017 RTCS: The OSZHTML hypertext document library in the RTCS subsystem start-up procedure is no longer required PDF
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available PDF
03-Oct-2016 Maintenance: RSL1610 is available PDF
18-Aug-2016 BMC ISR: BMC has scheduled an outage for BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) PDF
06-Jul-2016 Installation System: RSL1607 and RSL1607C are available PDF
16-Jun-2016 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2016 PDF
18-Mar-2016 Installation System: Announcing release, maintenance, and service levels PDF
18-Mar-2016 RSL: Introducing Recommended Service Level (RSL) maintenance PDF
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available PDF
22-Jul-2015 Installation System: $177ACCF job fails PDF
29-Jun-2015 BMC Runtime Component System: An enhancement adds new commands to simplify operational shutdown PDF
01-Jun-2015 Installation System: Enable configuration and running of products from SMP/E target libraries PDF
06-May-2015 PUT1501B is available PDF
05-Apr-2015 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 5, 2015 PDF
05-Dec-2014 PUT1402B is available PDF
07-May-2014 PUT1401B is available PDF
07-Apr-2014 Installation System: New passwords for the Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) and BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 7, 2014 PDF
30-Jan-2014 PUT1302B is available PDF
22-May-2013 PUT1301B is available PDF | HTM
10-Apr-2013 The new passwords for the epddownload.bmc.com and filedownload.bmc.com FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2013 PDF | HTM
10-Jan-2013 Change to the PUT maintenance schedule PDF | HTM
05-Dec-2012 PUT1202B is available PDF | HTM
14-Nov-2012 If you select option 2 from the Electronic Software Distribution FTP Option Specifications panel, an error occurs when generating the JCL from the Install System JCL Generation Option Panel. PDF | HTM
12-Oct-2012 Announcing the BMCDOC utility, which can make preparing and sending support issue-related files to BMC Customer Support easier. PDF |
14-Sep-2012 PUT1202A is available PDF | HTM
27-Jun-2012 If you install BMC ISR by using merged libraries, the DDDEFs for the ABMRCLIB and ABMRLOAD libraries are incorrectly named. PDF | HTM
06-Jun-2012 BMC is alerting users to an extension of the BMC maintenance period which affects BMC Internet Service Retrieval (ISR) PDF | HTM
06-Jun-2012 PUT1201B is available PDF | HTM
28-Feb-2012 PUT1201A is available PDF | HTM
13-Feb-2012 The new password for the epddownload.bmc.com FTP site takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on February 28, 2012 PDF | HTM
31-Jan-2012 The MainView Explorer host server might abend, loop, or hang under certain conditions. PDF | HTM
07-Dec-2011 Installation System - Describes additional issues and resolutions for version 2.3.25 of the Installation System PDF
07-Dec-2011 PUT1102B is available PDF
17-Aug-2011 Installation System - Describes the enhancements to version 2.3.20 of the Installation System PDF | HTM
17-Aug-2011 PUT1102A is available PDF | HTM
27-May-2011 Enhancements to MainView Explorer for short-term history and support of double-byte Unicode characters PDF | HTM
27-May-2011 Installation System - Describes the enhancements to version 2.3.15 of the Installation System PDF | HTM
27-May-2011 PUT1101B is available PDF | HTM
09-May-2011 Installation System - The installation profile data set sometimes loses data PDF | HTM
08-Apr-2011 Installation System - Describes additional issues and resolutions for version 2.3.10 of the Installation System PDF | HTM
08-Apr-2011 Various errors occur in the MainView Explorer host server PDF | HTM
21-Feb-2011 Describes the resolution to an issue where changes to the mainframe environment are not reported by BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping version 8.2.00, PDF | HTM
17-Feb-2011 MainView Explorer Authentication Certificate expires on April 29, 2011 PDF | HTM
11-Jan-2011 Status of products that are now part of MainView Infrastructure PDF | HTM
16-Nov-2010 High CPU utilization might occur in the MainView for DB2 BBI-SS PAS if the BMC Atrium Discovery for z/OS - License Add-On product is installed PDF | HTM
22-Sep-2010 MainView Documentation CD Announcement, Volume 62 PDF | HTM
21-Sep-2010 Provides information on product name changes, finding documentation and reporting issues on the BMC Customer Support website. PDF | HTM
15-Sep-2010 Describes BMC Atrium Discovery for z/OS License Add-On 1.6.00 requirements for BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping 8.2.00 PDF | HTM
19-May-2010 Installation System - Describes the enhancements to version 2.2.90 of the Installation System PDF | HTM
06-May-2010 Describes the solution to a discovery problem that occurs when the IBM z/OS sysplex name is less than 8 bytes long. PDF
17-Feb-2010 Describes corrected problems, issues and workarounds, and product improvements for patch 7.5.01.02, together with the download and installation instructions. PDF
17-Feb-2010 MainView Documentation CD Announcement, Volume 61 PDF | HTM
15-Feb-2010 Installation System - A new password for the epddownload.bmc.com FTP site becomes effective at midnight GMT on February 17, 2010 PDF | HTM
22-Jan-2010 Announces the extension of full support of version 1.6.00 of the BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery product. PDF
Release Notes
17-Jun-2022 BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Announces changes and new features in version 7.1.00 HTM
04-Apr-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.17.00 HTM
01-Apr-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.16.00 PDF
21-Jan-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.15.00 PDF
15-Oct-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.14.00 PDF
16-Jul-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.13.00 PDF
30-Apr-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.12.00 PDF
13-Jun-2019 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.11.00 PDF
13-Dec-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.9.00 PDF
03-May-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.6.00 PDF
14-Dec-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.5.00 PDF
22-Jun-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.3.00 PDF
22-Mar-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.2.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.1.00 PDF
04-Dec-2015 Installation System and RTCS: Announces changes and new features in versions 3.0.00 and 2.1.00, respectively PDF
06-May-2015 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.10 PDF
12-Feb-2015 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.05 PDF
29-Dec-2014 Installation System: Updated - Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.00 PDF
12-Feb-2010 Contains new release information for BMC Discovery for z/OS version 1.6.00, including new features, resolved problems and product compatibility. PDF
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping CDM Extension Diagrams, Version 7.5.00 09-Mar-2009 PDF
BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Installation Overview Card, Version 7.5.00 01-Mar-2009 PDF
BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping: Discovering and Managing Configuration Data, Version 7.5.00 09-Mar-2009 PDF
BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping: Planning and Installation, Version 7.5.00 09-Mar-2009 PDF
BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping: Populating BMC Atrium CMDB, Version 7.5.00 09-Mar-2009 PDF
BMC Discovery for z/OS Agent Installation Guide 12-Feb-2010 PDF
Locating and generating PDFs of documentation 20-Mar-2020 PDF
MAINVIEW Administration Guide 09-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW Common Customization Guide 09-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW Security Guide 04-Dec-2009 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Sep-2016 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 08-Apr-2011 PDF
MainView Customization Reference 08-Apr-2011 PDF
MainView Customization Reference 22-Sep-2010 PDF
MainView Customization Reference Manual 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Security Guide 17-Nov-2010 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 22-Sep-2016 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 07-Dec-2011 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 08-Apr-2011 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 17-Feb-2010 PDF