Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise (Version 3.0.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 21-Jan-2022
End Of Support Date : 21-Jan-2024

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 3.0.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
15-Sep-2022 UPDATED (ID 272597) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY3162 might cause a S0C4 abend and failure to start Alarm Management in the CAS HTM
24-Aug-2022 UPDATED (ID 264455) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: An S0C4 or S0C1 abend might occur in the MVE Host Server HTM
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
07-Feb-2022 UPDATED (ID 1548) Flash: The BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure Host Server component might malfunction and cause failures when logging in to the CRA or the BMC AMI Ops UI HTM
22-Dec-2021 UPDATED (ID1518) BMC AMI Ops products: Log4Shell security vulnerability affects a subset of BMC AMI Ops products and components HTM
08-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1342) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: An unusual error causes the BsamFile to enter a retry loop that might cause messages to flood the SYSLOG and exhaust the address space storage PDF
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1441) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2869 might cause a storage leak and failure of every PAS containing history dataset HTM
29-Jun-2021 (ID 1322) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: The MVE Host Server might exceed its connection limits and require a restart PDF
15-Apr-2021 UPDATED (ID 1202) NGL: Unpredictable results might occur in the Next Generation Logger component PDF
12-Feb-2021 (ID 1153) CRA: When installing the Common REST API the root directory is overwritten PDF
08-Oct-2020 UPDATED (ID 1067) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: MODIFY commands might fail when MAXDCGCL is specified for all managed LPARs PDF
14-Sep-2020 (ID 1034) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: MODIFY commands might fail when MAXDCGCL is specified for all managed LPARs 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
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
18-Apr-2019 UPDATED (ID 661) All products that run in the DBC component: An abend in BBM0ZLCS or OSZXCNSL might cause a storage overlay problem in the private area of the DBC address space PDF
11-Apr-2019 (ID 653) All MainView products: An abend in BBM0ZLCS or OSZXCNSL might cause a storage overlay problem in the private area of the DBC address space PDF
11-Jan-2019 MainView Infrastructure: UPDATED MainView Alternate Access does not operate if IBM PTF UA98016 or UA98017 is applied PDF
20-Dec-2018 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alternate Access does not operate if IBM PTF UA98016 or UA98017 is applied PDF
10-Aug-2018 Incorrect capping of an LPAR might occur when a policy or subpolicy utilization (% MSULIMIT) is close to 95% PDF
24-May-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: Incorrect MSU distribution might occur when the combined 4HRA of all managed LPARs and groups is approaching the MSU limit PDF
Technical Bulletin
03-Jan-2024 (ID 320128) SPE2401 enhancement to version 2.1 of Common REST API is available HTM
03-Jan-2024 (ID 322762) SPE2401 enhancements to version 7.1 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available HTM
02-Jan-2024 (ID 322301) Maintenance: RSL2401 is available HTM
19-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 312644) Maintenance: RSL2310 is available HTM
16-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 314049) SPE2310 enhancements to version 7.1 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available HTM
03-Oct-2023 (ID 308320) SPE2310 enhancement to version 2.1 of Common REST API is available HTM
02-Oct-2023 (ID 309513) Technical bulletin: The BMC Mainframe Security and Integrity portal is available HTM
06-Jul-2023 (ID 298972) SPE2307 enhancements to version 7.1 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available HTM
06-Jul-2023 (ID 301878) SPE2307 enhancements to version 2.1 of Common REST API are 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
08-May-2023 (ID 298984) Technical bulletin: New EV SSL certificates for FTPS services take effect on May 27, 2023 HTM
20-Apr-2023 (ID 296716) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for epddownload.bmc.com and changes to file server HTM
12-Apr-2023 UPDATED (ID 279045) Common REST API: Version 2.1.00 of Common REST API now supports 64-bit Java HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 291446) Maintenance: RSL2304 is available HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 293068) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2304 enhancements to version 7.1 are available HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 293070) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2304 enhancement to version 7.0 is available 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
05-Jan-2023 (ID 280158) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2301 enhancements to version 7.1 are available 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
03-Oct-2022 (ID 272747) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2210 enhancement to version 7.1 is available HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 272861) SPE2210 enhancements to version 2.1 of Common REST API are available HTM
18-Aug-2022 (ID 270072) Installation System: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services HTM
14-Jul-2022 UPDATED (ID 265762) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTFs BQY3012 and BQY3013 might cause new errors 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
04-Apr-2022 (ID 255687) Next Generation Logger: SPE2204 enhancement to version 10.4.00 of the NGL component HTM
01-Apr-2022 (ID 253278) Maintenance: RSL2204 is available HTM
28-Mar-2022 (ID 1557) Technical bulletin: SPE2204 enhancement to version 2.0 of BMC Common REST API is available HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1472) Technical bulletin: SPE2201 enhancements to version 2.0 of the BMC Common REST API are available HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1511) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2201 enhancements to version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are 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 1420) Technical bulletin: SPE2110 enhancements to version 2.0 of the BMC Common REST API are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1344) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2869 results in a storage leak that might cause S878 abend PDF
01-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1421) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2110 enhancements to version 7.0.00 are available 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
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1264) Technical bulletin: SPE2107 enhancements to version 2.0 of BMC Common REST API are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1305) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: July 2021 enhancements for version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure 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 1134) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2104 enhancements to version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1136) BMC Common REST API: SPE2104 enhancements to version 2.0 of BMC Common REST API are available 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 1033) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: New charts in MainView Explorer depict LPAR and policy activity over time 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
16-Jul-2020 (ID 995) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: An abend might occur when RSL2007 is applied and you activate an iCap policy 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 UPDATED (ID 968) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: A PAS loop might occur when PTF BQY2413 is applied, a priority-1 LPAR or group exceeds its MAXDCGCL, and the policy exceeds 95% of the MSU limit 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
21-May-2020 (ID 955) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: A PAS loop might occur when PTF BQY2413 is applied, a priority-1 LPAR or group has MAXDCGCL, and the policy exceeds 95% of the MSU limit 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
02-Apr-2020 (ID 913) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: The table data map is now available PDF
19-Mar-2020 (ID 895) Technical bulletin: iCap reduces the likelihood of capping on priority-1 LPARs PDF
08-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 862) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending files to Customer Support 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
14-Nov-2019 (ID 794) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: A discrepancy might occur when iCap calculates discount MSUs for capped LPARs that are running container and mobile workloads PDF
06-Nov-2019 (ID 801) An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, and EPD PDF
24-Oct-2019 (ID 785) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: When iCap approaches the MSU limit, LPARs might be capped and lose their mobile or container discount PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 771) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: The MSULIMIT value is not correctly calculated and causes the cost benefit of mobile and container workloads to be reduced PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available PDF
26-Sep-2019 (ID 744) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: iCap now accommodates a dynamic MSU limit 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
01-Aug-2019 (ID 727) Technical bulletin: iCap might restore DCs and GCLs incorrectly PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 722) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: iCap might set low defined capacities for LPARs on a CPC 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
24-May-2019 (ID 669) Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: A capped LPAR might cause iCap to miscalculate discounts PDF
07-May-2019 (ID 666) MainView Infrastructure: An S0C4 abend may occur in MainView identified as ????????(????????+********) PDF
01-May-2019 UPDATED (ID 664) MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY1876, BQY1877, or BQY1878 can delay PAS initialization PDF
15-Apr-2019 (ID 590) MainView Infrastructure: Issuing IBM MVS MODIFY commands to obtain version information might cause a security issue PDF
03-Apr-2019 (ID 642) Maintenance — RSL1904 is available PDF
27-Mar-2019 Applying PTF BQY1876, BQY1877, or BQY1878 can delay PAS initialization PDF
14-Feb-2019 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: Policy MSU limits might be exceeded when an unknown 4HRA triggers a switch of the master PAS to observe mode 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
13-Dec-2018 MainView products now support product administration with the EZADMIN view PDF
26-Oct-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: An October 2018 enhancement for version 3.0.00 is available PDF
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is available PDF
13-Sep-2018 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Explorer can now be launched from a stand-alone package PDF
03-Jul-2018 Maintenance: RSL1807 and RSL1807C are available PDF
21-Jun-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: iCap now allocates extra MSUs to LPARs that have had an IPL PDF
31-May-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: S378 abends and S0C4s might occur if multiple master PASs are running in a CASPlex PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
18-May-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: iCap views can now display the 4HRA for the container MSUs that an object consumed PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
29-Mar-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: You can now view the status of the iCap master PAS by issuing the STATUS command PDF
16-Feb-2018 iCap might incorrectly issue message DYCNE010W upon detecting an LPAR in the HMC when no active agent is running on the associated CPC PDF
26-Jan-2018 iCap supports running version 3.0 agents with a 2.0 master PAS PDF
18-Jan-2018 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: iCap might incorrectly calculate workload percentages for LPARs that consume a large amount of MSU PDF
14-Dec-2017 MainView Explorer hangs when MVI host server restarted with SSL=N PDF
14-Dec-2017 MainView Infrastructure December 2017 enhancements for version 6.2 are available PDF
Release Notes
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
11-Apr-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.02.00 HTM
09-Feb-2023 UPDATED Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.01.00 HTM
17-Jun-2022 BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Announces changes and new features in version 7.1.00 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 BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Announces changes and new features in version 7.0.00 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
14-Dec-2018 Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise: Announces changes and new features in version 3.0.00 PDF
13-Dec-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.9.00 PDF
21-Jun-2018 MainView Cost Optimization: Provides an overview of the MainView Cost Optimization solution and describes the key features and installation requirements for version 6.3.00 PDF
21-Jun-2018 MainView Infrastructure: Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.3.00 PDF
03-May-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.6.00 PDF
14-Dec-2017 Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise: Provides an overview of the product and explains how to use it. PDF
12-Oct-2017 Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise: Announces changes and new features in version 2.3.00 PDF
Online Technical Documentation
04-Oct-2023 Online documentation for version 7.1 of the BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure product HTM
28-Feb-2023 Online documentation for version 3.0 of the Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise product HTM
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
28-Feb-2023 Online documentation for Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise 3.0 and its service packs and patches HTM
 
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