As of: May 31, 2022All currently supported releases of BMC Compuware Products have been verified for support with these currently supported IBM hardware features/systems:
- IBM z196, z114, zEC12, zBC12, z13, z13s, z14, z14-ZR1, z15 T01 & T02 and the newest z16 Toleration Support
BMC Compuware has successfully toleration tested all supported GA releases of BMC Compuware products with the newest IBM z16 processor, type 3931, model A01.
See BMC Compuware’s Day One IBM z16 announcement
here.
Exploitation SupportExploitation support, that is, using or supporting our products of new IBM software or hardware features on the newest IBM processors is under various stages of evaluation, design, and enablement, as detailed in the chart below:
Specific IBM hardware features of note
Feature | Product | Release | PTFs Required Description |
IBM DS8888F All-Flash Data Systems | All | All | None required |
IBM DS8888F All-Flash Data Systems | All | All | None required |
IBM z16 all instructions | BMC Compuware Strobe | 18.02/21.01 | SBG579A / SBH058A |
IBM z14 all instructions | BMC Compuware Enterprise Common Components | 17.02 | CXR360A & CXS660A |
IBM z15 all instructions | BMC Compuware Enterprise Common Components | 17.02 | None required |
IBM z14 all instructions | BMC Compuware Xpediter for TSO & IMS | 17.02 | XTN008A |
IBM z14 all instructions | BMC Compuware Xpediter for CICS | 17.02 | PTFs XDQ024O CTS V4.1 XDQ024P CTS V4.2 XDQ024Q CTS V5.1 XDQ024R CTS V5.2 XDQ024S CTS V5.3 XDQ024T CTS V5.4 XDQ024U CTS V5.5 |
IBM z15 all instructions | BMC Compuware Xpediter for TSO & IMS | 17.02 | None required |
IBM z15 all instructions | BMC Compuware Xpediter for CICS | 17.02 | None required |
IBM System Recovery Boost | BMC Compuware ThruPut Manager Standard Edition | 18.02 | April 2020 Build PTF TMT7122 provides the ability to exploit the additional capacity available for driving batch in the recovery window |
ARCH recommendations | BMC Compuware Strobe | 18.02 | Strobe Advisor will detect the Z hardware level and recommend a higher performing ARCH Level as compared to the running COBOL ARCH level |
Customers enter enhancement request details on our
Customer Ideas. Our product teams will then prioritize and schedule your requirements using votes and comments to understand your important ideas.
The preceding information is for informational purposes only and is subject to change or withdrawal by BMC Compuware at any time.