MainView Infrastructure (Version 6.1.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 21-Jun-2018
End Of Support Date : 31-Dec-2019

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 6.1.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
10-Oct-2019 (ID 781) MainView Infrastructure: An integrity issue affects all MainView products when you invoke them using the MainView CLIST PDF
04-Oct-2019 (ID 773) MainView products using a LOAD library in their address spaces might experience errors PDF
08-Nov-2017 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Explorer might stop responding due to an NVBAPI connection failure PDF
14-Jun-2016 BMC Runtime Component System: Applying PTF BP00336 or BP00337 when using CA ACF2 Release 15, or using CA ACF2 Version 16 without applying the PTFs, will cause a security failure to occur in MainView products PDF
14-Apr-2016 MainView Infrastructure: An expired certificate causes Java Security to block access to MainView Explorer PDF
29-Jan-2016 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY0926 causes MVE to use incorrect credentials to access views and data PDF
29-May-2015 MainView Products: A performance issue occurs when running MainView products on an IBM z13 processor PDF
01-Oct-2014 MainView Infrastructure: A storage overlay might occur if the PAS experiences an S878 abend or other short-on-storage condition. PDF
10-Sep-2014 Updated - MainView Infrastructure: MainView address spaces might stall during initialization, hang during execution, or abend. PDF
15-Apr-2014 BMC Software is alerting users to a serious issue where some BMC Products and services might be vulnerable to the OpenSSL flaw known as Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160). PDF |
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: The BBI-SS PAS might stall during initialization. PDF | HTM
Technical Bulletin
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
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
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
29-Sep-2017 MainView products now support running on Version 2.3 of the IBM z/OS system 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
10-May-2017 UIM: Announcing support for versions 1.1 and 1.2 of TLS 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
09-Dec-2016 UIM: BMC is providing instructions for creating SSL/TLS certificates for use with UIM 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 DBC: An improved locking mechanism enables DBC to better support the multi-use runtime operation 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
01-May-2016 MainView Infrastructure: When browsers phase out support for NPAPI plugins, MainView Explorer will not run as an applet in those browsers 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
06-Nov-2015 After applying PTF BQY0612, running MainView Explorer for several days might trigger a storage leak leading to multiple failures PDF
01-Oct-2015 MainView Infrastructure: Enhancements to MainView Infrastructure to support UIM/USC usage and HTTPS PDF
22-Jul-2015 Installation System: $177ACCF job fails PDF
02-Jul-2015 MainView for z/OS and MainView Infrastructure: Announces enhancements that enable you to detect jobs that might be in a CPU loop and jobs that have exceeded defined maximum values 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
27-May-2015 MainView Infrastructure: Announces release of patch 2 PDF
18-May-2015 MainView Infrastructure: Correcting PTF available: A CPU loop can occur in the PAS if the BBIPARM DD statement defines only one data set PDF
06-May-2015 PUT1501B is available PDF
15-Apr-2015 QM001687304 UIM: PTFs erroneously made 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
25-Mar-2015 QM001875896 Updated - MainView Infrastructure: A CPU loop can occur in the PAS if the BBIPARM DD statement defines only one data set. PDF
09-Mar-2015 BMC Documentation Center: The primary Documentation Center is now available without a support login. PDF
30-Jan-2015 MainView Infrastructure: The MainView Explorer client session will now reconnect to the MainView host server automatically after an interruption. PDF
09-Jan-2015 Installation System: New requirement for MainView product installation PDF
24-Dec-2014 Installation System: Required maintenance to select and install new MainView solutions PDF
05-Dec-2014 PUT1402B is available PDF
22-May-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY0162 or BQY0171 might cause truncated MainView Alternate Access passwords or pass phrases. PDF
07-May-2014 PUT1401B is available PDF
17-Apr-2014 BMC Software is alerting users to check the BMC Support Home page for the latest information about products assessed for vulnerability. Only a few assessed products are affected. 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
24-Jan-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Upgrading to JRE 1.7.0_51 causes a general exception when you start MainView Explorer. PDF
22-Jan-2014 MainView Infrastructure: External security manager pass phrase support is now available. PDF
04-Nov-2013 BMC Documentation Center: Enhancements have been made to the Documentation Center and a Messages Documentation Center is now available. PDF
21-Oct-2013 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alarm Manager might cause a CPU loop or a U1808 abend in the coordinating address space (CAS) PDF
30-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: Information about requesting support for the MainView Threshold Advisor component is available PDF | HTM
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: A checklist for implementing MainView Threshold Advisor is available. PDF | HTM
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: New environment discovery views are available. PDF | HTM
19-Aug-2013 Updated - Mainview Infrastructure: Installing version 6.1 into an SMP/E zone that contains version 6.0 or earlier can cause an APPLY error PDF | HTM
14-Jul-2013 MainView Infrastructure: Abend U1808 can occur in a MainView task PDF | HTM
22-May-2013 PUT1301B is available PDF | HTM
10-May-2013 MainView Explorer now enables you to build an Applications tree PDF | HTM
29-Apr-2013 Upgrading to JRE 1.7.0_21 causes a security warning in MainView Explorer. 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
31-Jan-2013 MainView Explorer Authentication Certificate will expire March 29, 2013. PDF | HTM
10-Jan-2013 Change to the PUT maintenance schedule PDF | HTM
21-Dec-2012 Deployment of calendar periods, threshold sets, and threshold selections fails, and calendar period initialization takes an excessive amount of time. PDF | HTM
05-Dec-2012 Announcing enhancements to the BMC Documentation Center. 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 |
Release Notes
13-Jun-2019 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.11.00 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 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
19-Oct-2012 Revised - Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.1.00. 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 Runtime Component System Configuration and Administration Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MAINVIEW Best Practices: Event Management 19-May-2008 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 17-Nov-2010 PDF
MainView Alarm Management User Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView Alarm Manager User Guide Version 2.1 14-May-2004 PDF
MainView Alternate Access Implementation and User Guide Version 5.0 15-Dec-2005 PDF
MainView Customization Reference 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView Security Guide 17-Nov-2010 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView Threshold Management Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView User Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF