SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE for DB2 (Version 6.2.01)

Version Support Status : FULL SUPPORT
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View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 6.2.01
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
26-Mar-2024 UPDATED (ID 330217) PLUS UTILITIES and Backup & Recovery: Applying IBM's z/OS 3.1 PTF UJ93114 with SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE (XBM) zIIP component active might cause unresolved hangs and S37B abends HTM
22-Dec-2021 UPDATED (ID1518) BMC AMI Ops products: Log4Shell security vulnerability affects a subset of BMC AMI Ops products and components HTM
23-Sep-2020 UPDATED (ID 1047) SUF: A program storage security vulnerability occurs when XBM or SUF is active PDF
10-Sep-2020 (ID 1006) SUF: When XBM or SUF is active, it is possible that a storage overlay might occur PDF
24-Jun-2020 (ID 981) Maintenance: A RECEIVE ORDER job failure connecting to the BMC server occurs PDF
11-Jul-2018 UPDATED XBM or SUF: A loop might occur in XBM or SUF when processing a snapshot PDF
02-Jul-2018 Using XBM or SUF for a snapshot of an encrypted data set might result in an IBM DB2 system abend after you apply PTFs BPE0480 and BPE0488, and a DB2 page-size attribute issue might cause you to receive message BMC47410E PDF
28-Jun-2018 XBM or SUF: A loop might occur in SUF when processing a snapshot request PDF
17-Nov-2017 UPDATED Flash — An S0C4 abend might occur in the XBM Snapshot I/O modules when performing snapshot functions PDF
21-Sep-2017 An S0C4 or SDC2 abend occurs when the IBM PTF for the IBM APAR OA51900 is applied PDF
Technical Bulletin
01-Apr-2024 (ID 330620) Maintenance: RSL2404 is available HTM
08-Jan-2024 UPDATED (ID 318798) Technical bulletin: A CSA overlay occurs when you use the SUF zIIP offload component HTM
02-Jan-2024 (ID 322301) Maintenance: RSL2401 is available HTM
19-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 312644) Maintenance: RSL2310 is available HTM
02-Oct-2023 (ID 309513) Technical bulletin: The BMC Mainframe Security and Integrity portal is available HTM
03-Jul-2023 (ID 302060) Maintenance: RSL2307 is available HTM
15-Jun-2023 (ID 304017) Installation System: A new password to access the ESD file servers takes effect on July 6, 2023 HTM
31-Mar-2023 (ID 295335) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com and SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER services and changes to file server HTM
29-Mar-2023 (ID 294714) ALL BMC Mainframe customers: Our SFT service will no longer support the TLS 1.1 and 1.0 protocols beginning on April 19, 2023 HTM
02-Jan-2023 (ID 281951) Maintenance: RSL2301 is available HTM
08-Dec-2022 (ID 283121) Installation System: Reminder of upcoming changes to the eFix PTF distribution services for BMC AMI products HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 272071) Maintenance: RSL2210 is available HTM
18-Aug-2022 (ID 270072) Installation System: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services HTM
01-Jul-2022 (ID 262813) Maintenance: RSL2207 is available HTM
16-Jun-2022 (ID 264371) Installation System: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2022 HTM
11-May-2022 (ID 261440) New EV SSL certificate for FTPS services takes effect on May 21, 2022 HTM
01-Apr-2022 (ID 253278) Maintenance: RSL2204 is available HTM
04-Jan-2022 (ID 1466) Maintenance: RSL2201 and RSL2201C are available HTM
13-Oct-2021 (ID 1446) Maintenance: Reminder of upcoming changes to the maintenance delivery services for BMC AMI products HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1358) Maintenance: RSL2110 is available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1416) SUF and XBM: SPE2110 enhancement to the SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE of the EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER (XBM) product HTM
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 HTM
09-Aug-2021 (ID 1355) Technical bulletin: Product Alert emails will soon link to a notice webpage instead of to a PDF PDF
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
12-Nov-2020 (ID 936) SUF and XBM: SPE2011 enhancements to the SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE (SUF) of the EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER (XBM) product are available 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
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
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
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available 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
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
01-Jun-2018 Support for IBM z Systems Pervasive Encryption (zSPE) for BMC products for DB2 and MainView PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
17-Apr-2018 BMC plans to deliver support for IBM z Systems Pervasive Encryption (zSPE) PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
04-Apr-2018 EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER: Announcing the final phase of EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER for DB2 (XBM) withdrawal PDF
06-Nov-2017 EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER: The PSS component does not start when INITSIZE or SIZE is less than 6 MB PDF
Release Notes
03-Apr-2024 Release notes: Version 4.06.00 of the Installation System HTM
21-Nov-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.05.00 HTM
03-Oct-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.04.00 HTM
06-Jul-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.03.00 HTM
09-Feb-2023 UPDATED Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.01.00 HTM
17-Jun-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.00.00 HTM
31-May-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.18.00 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
08-Dec-2016 EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER and SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE: Announces changes and new features for version 6.2.01 PDF
Online Technical Documentation
30-Jan-2023 Online documentation for version 12.1 of the BMC Recovery for Db2 solution HTM
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
20-Oct-2017 Online documentation for SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE for DB2 HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
BMC Products and Solutions for DB2 Customization Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
Locating and generating PDFs of documentation 20-Mar-2020 PDF
SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE 6.2 space for DB2 20180207 08-Feb-2018 PDF