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TESTING MXG VERSION 43.01 is dated Apr 1, 2025 thru Change 43.018.
REDATED MXG VERSION 42.42 was dated Jan 24, 2025, thru Change 42.105
ANNUAL MXG VERSION 42.42 was dated Jan 3, 2025, thru Change 42.101
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Contents of member CHANGES:
I. Current MXG Software Version 43.01 is available upon request.
II. SAS Version requirement information.
III. WPS Version requirement information.
IV. MXG Version Required for Hardware, Operating System Release, etc.
V. Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG 43.01.
VI. Online Documentation of MXG Software.
VII. Changes Log
Member NEWSLTRS contains old Technical Notes. many of which are still
valid, but the last was in 2018. Now, TECHNOTES and FLASHes are in
CHANGES/CHANGESS. which are also online.
Member CHANGES contains the changes made in this current MXG version.
Member CHANGESS contains all changes that have ever been made to MXG.
CHANGESS and NEWSLTRS are also online at http://www.mxg.com,
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I. MXG VERSION 43.01 DATED Apr 1, 2025, THRU CHANGE 43.018
==MAJOR CHANGES ADDED IN MXG 43.01, DATED Apr 1, 2025 THRU 43.018.==
ERRORS CORRECTED
VMACBVIR 43.017 INPUT EXCEEDED BVIRTYPE=33 in History File record.
VMACIMS 43.010 MACRO _SIMS45 missing semicolon, 1375 vars IMS450FT.
VMXGRMFI 43.015 R71MAX list of variables corrected from MX to AV.
VMAC120 43.007 Undoc SMF 120 ST 100 ODM Offset, no ABEND, bad data.
NEW SUPPORT
VMAC115 43.003 Support for V933 MQ SMF 115 Subtype 216 TY115216.
VMAC119 43.001 Support for SMF 119 Subtype 11 Policy Segment
VMAC98 43.011 Support for Type 92 Subtype 1025 creates TYPE98JI.
VMAC30 43.013 Variable SMF30_RAXFLAG6 z/OS 3.1+ new description.
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II. SAS Version requirement information:
SAS Versions
The current version nomenclature is SAS 9.4 TS1M8 (9.4M8),
"M8", or with options VERSIONLONG;
"SAS 9.4 (9.04.01M8P080520)" on z/OS
9.4 (TS04.01M8P08052020)" on ASCII.
SAS V9.4 M8 is RECOMMENDED, but MXG executes without error
using SAS Version 9.4 M0-M2 or M4-M6 or SAS Version 9.3 M0-M2.
SAS V9.4.M7 and M8 for ASCII execution require SAS HOT FIX 69871.
SAS V9.4 M5 is REQUIRED with z/OS 2.3 with Eight-Byte USERIDs
for Interactive TSO (DMS) SAS Sessions. SAS Note 61339.
Only on z/OS, SAS 9.4 "M5" requires MXG 35.36+ because it adds the
NOERRORSTOP option to protect all MXG PROC SQLs from the M5 defect
described in SAS Note 61672. But SAS apparently does not plan for
a defect correction since the MXG Circumvention solves for MXG and
the text of 61672 simply describes the circumvention needed because
MXG's use of OPTIONS OBS=0 without NOERRORSTOP exposed the defect.
See Change 35.309 for more details on using NOERRORSTOP for your
own PROC SQLs.
SAS V9.4 M3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. See Change 36.128 SAS Note 61906
that reports 40% Increase in CPU time with M3.
SAS V9.4 (ALL) and SAS V9.3 (ALL) are at LEVEL A SAS Support.
SAS V9.3 SAS 9.3 TS1M2 was RECOMMENDED. SAS 9.3 TS1M1 works ok.
But SAS 9.3 at TS1M0, the HOT FIX for SAS Note SN-43828,
see CHANGE 29.169, IS REQUIRED:
The %MACRO compiler error is in processing %LET
statements. While only two MXG members failed
repeatedly in MXG QA tests on z/OS, there were random
%LET errors in ASCII QA tests, so ANY use of %LET
statement on ANY platform are vulnerable to this
error, as the %MACRO compiler is SAS portable code,
used on all platforms. So this is NOT just an MXG
error, but impacts ALL SAS programs.
SAS9.3 is LEVEL B support from SAS.
SAS V9.2 Was recommended, prior to 9.3, and was error-free with
MXG 26.03 SAS Hot Fix for SAS Note 37166 is required to
use a VIEW with the MXG EXITCICS/CICSFIUE CICS/DB2
Decompression Infile Exit. but SAS V9.2 does execute on
that platform.
9.2 is LEVEL B Support from SAS, as of Sep 30, 2013.
SAS V9.1.3 causes JCLTEST9/TESSOTHR to ABEND, TOO MANY ARGUMENTS
FOR COUNTW() requires SAS Version 9.2 so 9.1.3 can NOT
safely be used for MXG. See CHANGE 41.046, Jun 21, 2023.
SAS V9.1.3 on z/OS 1.10 requires SAS Hot Fix for SN-35332 and is at
Support level C by SAS Institute, Sep 30, 2013.
SAS V9.1.3 is NOT supported by SAS on Windows SEVEN.
SAS V9.1.3 SAS Problem Note 17038 Hot Fix is required for
DSNTYPE=LARGE.
SAS V8.2 SUPPORT LEVEL C BY SAS INSTITUTE; NOT ALL OF MXG WORKS!
with SAS 8.2.
SAS 8.2 is Level C Support from SAS as of Dec 31, 2011.
JCL in MXGSAS94 or MXGSAS93 can be used, or MXGNAMES can be used
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As documented in Change 27.356, for SAS V9.2 or later):
The standard SAS JCL Procedure can be used for MXG with SAS V9.2+
// EXEC SAS,CONFIG='MXG.SOURCLIB(CONFIMXG)'
//MXGNAMES DSN=MXG.USERID.SOURCLIB(MXGNAMES),DISP=SHR
But CONFIMXG is required for sites with NLS issues, and you must
use JCLCONFI to create/update the MXG.FORMATS catalog if you use
CONFIG='MXG.SOURCLIB(CONFIMXG)'.
For no NLS, you can use the MXGSAS94 JCL Procedure example.
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MXG 26.03 thru MXG 43.01 will execute under the previously listed
SAS Versions on all supported platforms
Unrelated to the above SAS Note/Hot Fix, ODS users will want to
use MXG 29.06+, because SAS V9.3 did expose incompatibilities in
MXG code for ODS reporting, that were fixed in MXG Version 29.06.
See Changes 29.159 and 29.169.
And, only for z/OS 1.10 with SAS V9.1.3 with ANY version of MXG,
the SAS Hot Fix for SN-35332 is REQUIRED (to be completely safe).
Without this Hot Fix, "LIBREF XXXXXXXX IS NOT ASSIGNED" errors
can occur even though //XXXXXXXX DD is a valid SAS Data Library.
This error ONLY occurs with z/OS 1.10 and SAS V9.1.3; it does
NOT occur with SAS V9.2, nor with z/OS 1.9. It can be
circumvented by adding a LIBNAME statement that specifies the
ENGINE name. See the Technical Note in Newsletters for SN-35332.
Note that SAS V9.1.3 is now at "Level B" Support from SAS.
Old MXG code may continue to execute with SAS V8.2, but V8 is now
"Level C" support from SAS Institute, and there are known errors
in V8.2 that are only fixed in SAS V9. I no longer QA with V8.2;
While many MXG programs (accidentally) will still execute under
V8.2, I cannot guarantee that all of MXG executes error free.
PLEASE INSTALL V9.2/V9.3/V9.4, TO AVOID FIXED PROBLEMS!
If you are absolutely stuck on V8, you need to copy MXG member
V8GETOBS into USERID.SOURCLIB and rename to VGETOBS.
MXG Software has not executed under SAS V6 in many years.
The "PDB" libraries (i.e., SAS data libraries) must be created by
SAS V8 or later, but any of those data libraries can be read or
updated by the SAS Versions that MXG Supports, above.
For SAS Version V9.3:
SAS 93 TS1M1 is RECOMMENDED; for TS1M0, SAS Hot Fix in SAS Note
SN43828 is REQUIRED. See text of Change 29.159.
With SAS 93 TS1M1, (or TS1M0 with that Hot Fix) MXG Versions
26.03 or later execute under SAS V9.3 on all platforms.
SAS Data Libraries created by SAS V8.2, V9.1.3, V9.2, V9.3 and
SAS V9.4 are interchangeable and can be read/written by any of
those versions, provided they are on the same platform.
BUT: on ASCII, the 32-bit and 64-bit SAS versions are NOT the
same "platform" and attempting to read/use the FORMAT catalog
created on one of those "platforms" on the other "platform"
will error out to remind you of that difference!
SAS V9.4 did change some V9.3 ODS processing defaults and syntax
that might cause errors with MXG 29.05 or earlier; MXG 29.06,
Change 29.160 documents the major revisions made in MXG to fully
support ODS, and MXG 29.06 is STRONGLY recommended for ODS with
SAS V9.3 or SAS V9.4.
For (Archaic) SAS Version V9.2 (TS1M0):
Big Picture: SAS Version V9.2 is COMPATIBLE with MXG Software.
On z/OS, SAS changed the DSNAMES for some of the SAS libraries,
so you do need to use the new MXGSAS92 JCL Procedure for MXG,
but it still uses the CONFIGV9 configuration file.
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However, NEW, and documented in Change 27.356, with SAS V9.2+:
The standard SAS JCL Procedure can be used for MXG:
// EXEC SAS,CONFIG='MXG.SOURCLIB(CONFIMXG)'
//MXGNAMES DD DSN=MXG.USERID.SOURCLIB(MXGNAMES),DISP=SHR
instead of using the MXGSAS92 JCL Procedure example.
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SAS Data Libraries are compatible for V8.2, V9.1.3, V9.2, V9.3,
and V9.4. "PDBs" can be read/written interchangeably between
these SAS versions.
MXG Versions 26.03+ do execute with SAS V9.2 with NO WARNINGS
and with NO ERRORS reported.
Pre-MXG 26.03, SAS Hot Fix F9BA07 was required to suppress a
new SAS V9.2 WARNING, that on z/OS, set CC=4 (condition/return
code). That warning is harmless (to MXG code) and all MXG
created SAS datasets were correct, even with that warning.
The ONLY exposure was ONLY on z/OS, and ONLY if condition code
tests are used in your MXG jobstreams.
SAS Version 9.2 requires z/OS 1.7 or later, both officially as
documented by SAS Institute, and actually as V9.2 fails with 0C4
under z/OS 1.4.
For SAS V9.1.3 on z/OS with Service Pack 4:
On z/OS 1.10, Hot Fix SN-35332 is REQUIRED.
CONFIGV9 now specifies V9SEQ instead of V6SEQ. As V6SEQ does
not support long length character variables, it can't be used.
SAS V9.1.3 with current Service Pack 4 was STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
For (back-level!) SAS V9.1 or V9.1.2 on z/OS:
SN-013514 is REQUIRED to be able to read datasets that were
created by V6SEQ (tape) engine.
SN-012437 is REQUIRED to prevent creation of corrupt/unreadable
datasets with tape engines V7SEQ, V8SEQ, or V9SEQ.
Both fixes ARE included in SAS V9.1.3, but V9.1 or 9.1.2 is NOT
SAFE without those two hot fixes, and if you do NOT have those
two fixes on 9.1 or 9.1.2, you MUST set V6SEQ in CONFIGV9.
With MXG 23.02 or later, V9SEQ is the default sequential engine
specified in CONFIGV9, but if you are back at SAS V9.1 or V9.1.2
you MUST install the two hot fixes listed above.
For SAS Version 8.2, HotFix Bundle 82BX08 (or later) was required
as an absolute minimum level when that SAS Version was last
supported by MXG Software. PLEASE INSTALL SAS V9.x ASAP.
Sequential Engine Status:
V9SEQ was fixed in V9.1.3; it has been default in CONFIGV9.
V8SEQ was always safe under SAS V8.2, but it wasted CPU time
by always compressing when writing in tape format.
V6SEQ, if used under V9.1.2, requires SN-013514, but V6SEQ
should no longer be used, as it does not support long
length variables.
GENERAL STATEMENT FOR MXG QA TESTS AND SAS VERSIONS:
MXG QA tests are executed with V9.4, on z/OS, on Windows TEN and
Linux on 64-bit hardware, but MXG users execute MXG on MANY
(ALL??) SAS platforms, including AIX, Linux, and other 'nix'
variants, on many different hardware platforms, and since they all
work we don't need to list them. If SAS executes so does MXG.
Prior QA tests have been run with all SAS releases available at
that time on Linux RH8 on Intel, on Solaris v2.8 on a Model V880,
and on HP-UX v11.11 model rp5470, confirming full compatibility.
MXG should execute under ALL SUPPORTED SAS VERSIONS on EVERY SAS
platform without errors! Each new MXG version is also tested with
the SAS ITSV/ITRM product by the ITRM developers.
III. WPS Version requirement information:
WPS Version 4.04 (04.04.01.00.005305 has been tested.
DO NOT USE 4.03.01 nor 4.04.00, INVALID CPU BUSY in TYPE70.
Error was introduced in 4.03.01 and 4.04.00. See Change 39.171.
Must be at 4.03.02.00.8569+ or 4.04.00.03.3277+/
WPS Version 4.01 USER 4037 ABEND, See Change 37.116.
WPS Version 4.0 reportedly fixed version 3 problems.
WPS Version 3.02 (03.02.03.00.016221) is required Change 34.266.
and other errors with 3.00 or 3.01 have been corrected in the
current WPS version.
WPS Version 3.01.1 maintenance level 731 required for PDB to tape
WPS Version 3.01 (also shows 3.1.1) is required for AUTOEZOS.
WPS Version 3.01 is required for MOBILWRK, PICTURE fails in 2.5.
WPS Version 3.01 executed MXG 32.03 BUILDPDB with no errors.
WPS Version 3.0 requires MXG 31.09 (see Change 31.251).
WPS Version 2.4 required MXG 27.09 (see Change 27.239).
WPS Version 2.3.5 required MXG 27.05.
See NEWSLETTERS for WPS Support Statement.
WPS prints this message ERROR: COULD NOT CREATE DATA SET "PDB.ID"
when the LIBNAME PDB does not exist; there would also have been a
prior log message NOTE: Library PDB does not exist as the clue.
IV. MXG Version Required for Hardware, Operating System Release, etc.
MXG is usually NOT sensitive to z/OS Hardware changes, but:
-Support for z/16 processor data.
MXG 38.07 or later is needed, but 40.01 will ABEND, see below
SMF: Only SMF 113 records were incompatibly changed, but there is no
execution error as only counter labels and values were changed,
causing coefficients for the calculated variables (RMI,etc) to
also be changed and default coefficients are changed to z/16,
You should use separate SAS steps for each processor type; MXG
will OUTPUT only the processor type you requested in //SYSIN,
and will skip other processor type records, so you do NOT need
to pre-process SMF records to select processor type. You will
want to rename one pair of datasets if you want to put them in
the same PDB Data Library.
For z/15 you would use
//SYSIN DD *
%LET MACKEEP= MACRO _XLA113 _XLA11F %
%INCLUDE SOURCLIB(TYPS113,ASUM113);
and for z/16 you would use
//SYSIN DD *
%LET MACKEEP= MACRO _XLA113 _XLA11G %
%INCLUDE SOURCLIB(TYPS113,ASUM113);
to get correct values in TYPE1131 and ASUM1131 datasets.
MXG Support for z/16 for SMF 113 requires 40.05 for z/OS and
40.03 for zVM.
MXG 40.01 will ABEND due to a TYPE30 error exposed by the z/16.
with z/OS 2.5 or APAR OA61511. You can correct by changing the
line 1812 in VMAC30 from 192 to 220, or ask support for the
current VMAC30 member with Change 40.050.
Many other SMF and Data Gatherer records were updated in 40.04.
RMF ASMRMFV processes RMF III data with no errors, Change 40.068
added some new fields. New DNG3 table support was in 40.05.
-Support for z/15 processor data.
The z/15 and z/15 T02 processors INCOMPATIBLY changed the SMF 113
records by inserting 32 new EXTEND and 4 CRYPTO counters, causing
ARRAY SIZE EXCEEDED with BUILDPDB which processes the SMF 113s.
Support for counter changes for both models was in MXG 37.08.
If you use MIPS in reports, the format $MGRMIPS provides the
MIPS/MSU value for each processor; the z15 values were updated
in MXG 37.08, and the z15 TO2 values were updated in MXG 38.04.
These MXG programs use $MGRMIPS: ASUMMIPS GRAFCEC GRAFWLM
GRAFWRKX and TYPERMFV (RMF III).
The z/14 also inserted SMF 113 fields, supported in MXG 36.07.
The z/13 with 61+ LPARs requires MXG 32.05 IF NON-SMT MODE.
The z/EC12 with 85+ engines required MXG 30.07.
Support for 255 engines was added in MXG 31.04.
And z/VM on the z15 requires MXG 38.02, PRCMFC/MFM COUNTERS caused
HARDWARE COUNTER messages, PRCMFC/PRCMFM no obs. Change 38.048.
The z13 processor INCOMPATIBLY CHANGED, the new SMT-MODE RMF 70, and
MXG 34.03 was REQUIRED (PCTCPUBY WRONG!), to read the SMT-format RMF
(which are written if you have zIIP engines AND have enabled the new
PROCVIEW CORE option for Multi-Threading, even if only one thread is
enabled).
SMF Back Levels: MXG 37.08 or later is required for both z15 & z/16
SMF 113 change, but those back level versions could fail due
to other records changed by subsystem updates you made for the
z/16 (e.g.CICS TS/6.1 which requires MXG 40.02) that didn't
exist when that back=level was created..
The new zEDC/EADM compression hardware requires MXG 38.05 to support
new metrics.
Availability dates for the IBM products and MXG version required for
error-free processing of that product's data records:
Product's
Availability MXG Version
Product Name Date Required
MVS/ESA 4.1 Oct 26, 1990 8.8
MVS/ESA 4.2 Mar 29, 1991 9.9
MVS/ESA 4.2.2 Aug 15, 1991 9.9
MVS/ESA 4.3 Mar 23, 1993 10.10
MVS/ESA 5.1.0 - compatibility Jun 24, 1994 12.02
MVS/ESA 5.1.0 - Goal Mode May 3, 1995 13.01
MVS/ESA 5.2.0 Jun 15, 1995 13.05
MVS/ESA 5.2.2 Oct 19, 1995 13.09
OS/390 1.1.0 Feb 22, 1996 14.01
OS/390 1.2.0 Sep 30, 1996 14.05
OS/390 1.3.0 Compatibility Mode Mar 28, 1997 14.14
OS/390 1.3.0 WLM Goal Mode Mar 28, 1997 15.02
OS/390 2.4.0 Sep 28, 1997 15.06
OS/390 2.5.0 Feb 24, 1998 15.06
OS/390 2.6.0 Sep 24, 1998 16.04
OS/390 2.7.0 Mar 26, 1999 16.09
OS/390 2.7.0 APAR OW41318 Mar 31, 2000 18.03
OS/390 2.8.0 Aug 24, 1999 16.09
OS/390 2.8.0 FICON/SHARK Aug 24, 1999 17.08
OS/390 2.8.0 APAR OW41317 Mar 31, 2000 18.03
OS/390 2.9.0 Mar 31, 2000 18.03
OS/390 2.10.0 Sep 15, 2000 18.06
OS/390 PAV Oct 24, 2000 18.09
z/OS 1.1 Mar 30, 2001 18.11
z/OS 1.1 on 2064s Mar 30, 2001 19.01
z/OS 1.1 with correct MSU Mar 30, 2001 19.02
z/OS 1.2 Oct 31, 2001 19.04
z/OS 1.1,1.2 APARs to 78 Oct 31, 2001 19.05
z/OS 1.2+ APAR OW52227 Apr 26, 2002 20.02
z/OS 1.3+ APAR OW52227 Apr 26, 2002 20.02
z/OS 1.2 JESNR Z2 MODE Apr 26, 2002 20.03
z/OS 1.3 JESNR Z2 MODE Apr 26, 2002 20.03
z/OS 1.4 Tolerate Sep 27, 2002 20.03
z/OS 1.4 Support Sep 27, 2002 20.06
z/OS 1.4 Over 16 CPUs/LPARs May 29, 2003 21.02
z/OS 1.4 DFSMS/rmm, RACF Aug 29, 2003 21.04
z/OS 1.5 Mar 31, 2004 21.21
z/OS IRD ASUM70PR/ASUMCEC Sep 22, 2003 *24.10
z/OS IRD TYPE70PR Mar 11, 2004 *24.10
z/OS IRD TYPE70,RMFINTRV Mar 22, 2002 *24.10
z/OS 1.6 - No IFAs Sep 30, 2004 *22.09
z/OS 1.6 - With IFAs Sep 30, 2004 *22.11
z/OS 1.7 (COMPATIBLE CHANGES) Sep 30, 2005 *24.10
z/OS 1.7 (SPLIT70 CORRECTION) Sep 30, 2005 *24.10
z/OS IFA data in RMF 79s Sep 30, 2005 23.10
z/OS 1.8 - ASMTAPEE assembly Sep 30, 2005 *25.03
z/OS 1.8 - SMF 119 INCOMPAT Sep 30, 2005 *25.06
z/OS More than 32 LPARs Jan 30, 2006 *24.24
z/OS SPLIT RMF 70 records Jan 30, 2006 *24.24
z/OS Dupe SYSTEMs in a SYSPLEX Jan 30, 2006 *24.02
z/OS IRD errors corrected May 15, 2006 24.03
z/OS ASUMCEC errors corrected May 15, 2006 *24.24
z/OS ASUM70LP errors corrected Jun 13, 2006 *24.24
z/OS zIIP Processor Support Jun 22, 2006 *24.24
z/OS Dedicated zIIP Support Mar 8, 2008 *26.01
z/OS Dedicated zAAP Support Mar 8, 2008 26.01
z/OS 1.8 (COMPATIBLE CHANGES) Sep 20, 2006 *24.24
z/OS 1.9 (INCOMPAT, 54 CPs) Sep 27, 2007 25.10
z/OS 1.9 MXGTMNT at ML-39 reASM Sep 27, 2007 25.10
z/OS new z10 variables Mar 5, 2008 26.01
z/OS 1.8 With HiperDispatch Sep 15, 2008 *26.10
z/OS 1.9 With HiperDispatch Sep 15, 2008 *26.10
z/OS 1.10 (INCOMPAT, MXG code) Sep 15, 2008 26.07
z/OS 1.10 With HiperDispatch Sep 15, 2008 *26.10
z/OS 1.10 RMF III, SMF 119 Jul 20, 2009 27.05
z/OS 1.11 Sep 2, 2009 27.08
z/OS 1.11 New 30 variables Apr 14, 2010 *28.02
z/OS 1.12 Aug 17, 2010 *28.05
z/OS 1.12 SMF 85 Subtype 79 Aug 17, 2010 *29.03
z/OS 1.12 VMGUEST option Aug 17, 2010 *29.06
z/OS 1.13 Sep 30, 2011 29.03
z/OS 1.13 - MXGTMNT only Dec 15, 2011 29.08
z/OS 1.13 SMF 119 ST 6 INCOMPAT Feb 7, 2012 30.01
z/OS 2.1 - Most Records support Jul 23, 2013 30.05
z/OS 2.1 - ID=0 ERROR MESSAGE Jul 23, 2013 31.07
z/OS 2.1 - ID=85 INCOMPAT Jul 23, 2013 32.03
z/OS 2.1 - ID=70 SMF70CPA Jul 23, 2013 32.03
z/OS 2.1 - INPUT STATEMENT EXCEEDED ERROR SMF 74 33.10
z/OS 2.2 COMPATIBLE CH 33.189 Aug 19, 2015 33.08
z/OS 2.2 MXGTMNT ABEND S0E0-28 Sep 15, 2015 33.09
REQUIRES ASMTAPE ML-55 Sep 15, 2015 33.09
z/OS 2.2 OAM SMF 85 ABEND 33.067 Apr 5, 2016 34.02
z/OS 2.2 SPLIT 73, ABEND 33.068 Apr 5, 2016 34.02
z/OS 2.2 JES2 8-char JOBCLASS Oct 7, 2016 34.07
z/OS 2.2 NEW SMF 124 IOS Spvr Oct 7, 2016 34.07
z/OS 2.3 Many new variables Sep 24, 2017 35.166 35.09*
z/OS 2.3 RMF III Support Sep 24, 2017 35.190 35.09*
z/OS 2.3 type 2 st 2 STOPOVER Sep 24, 2017 35.190 35.09*
z/OS 2.3 type 90 st 38 STOPOVER Sep 24, 2017 35.199 35.09*
z/OS 2.4 Compatible from SMF Manual Sep 2019 37.166 37.07.
z/OS 2.4 Compatible from SMF Manual May 2020 38.105 38.05.
z/OS 2.4 Compatible from SMF Manual Apr 2021 39.075 39.03.
z/OS 2.4 Compatible RMF III PGMR Apr 1 2021 39.074 39.03.
z/OS 2.5 Compatible from SMF Aug 12,2021 39.06.
z/OS 2.5 Compatible RMF III Aug 12,2021 39.08.
z/OS 2.5 RMF III 4 new tables Aug 12,2021 39.08.
z/OS 2.5 Protects Possible New 72.3 fields (40.078) 40.04.
z/OS 3.1 Support in MXG 39.08 New vars in 41.05 CH 41.092.
z/OS 3.1 MXG 42.03 required for RMF III TYPERMFV CH 42.069
z/OS 3.1 Support is in MXG 41.05+ (42.03 for RMF III RMFV).:
Change 41.092 Support for z/OS 3.1 SMF Manual changes (COMPATIBLE).
VMAC26J2 We and several customers have tested z/OS 3.1 records
VMAC30 with back levels of MXG that support z/OS 2.5 (39.08)
VMAC7072 with no errors reported, and we expect no issues.
VMAC79 Change 41.096 added the new AI data in TYPE99 and
Oct 26, 2023 there were other APARs in 3.1, but we expect no issues.
New variables were added, see Change 41.092 full text.
This change was in MXG 41.05.
z990 CPUs - CPUTYPE '2084'x Aug 25, 2003 21.04
z890 CPUs - CPUTYPE '2086'x Jun 24, 2004 22.07
z9 CPUs - CPUTYPE '2094'x Jul 20, 2005 *24.24
z9EC CPUs - CPUTYPE '2094'x:
with 64-bit z/OS - no change required *24.24
with 32-bit z/OS only: Aug 26, 2006 24.06
z9BC CPUs - CPUTYPE '2096'x:
with 64-bit z/OS - no change required 24.01
with 32-bit z/OS only: Jul 27, 2006 *24.24
z10 CPUs - CPUTYPE '2097'x Dec 7, 2008 25.11
z10 HiperDispatch/Parked Time Mar 3, 2008 *26.10
z196 (INCOMPAT IF GT 64 ENG) Aug 17, 2010 28.05
zEC12 Nov 14, 2012 30.07
z13 non-SMT Mode May 27, 2014 32.05
z13 SMT Mode Change 33.217 Sep 15, 2015 *33.09
z13 SMT Mode NRZIPCPU 34.106 May 10, 2016 34.03
z13 SMT MT=2 CPUZIPTM TYPE70 Mar 21, 2016 35.03
z14 SMF 113 INCOMPAT, ABEND Oct 2, 2017 35.11
z14 113 LPARBUSY missing value Aug 8, 2018 36.07
z14 ZR1 New SMF70MAXPU variable May 8, 2018 36.04
z15 New SMF 113 fields INCOMPAT Nov 18, 2020 37.08
z15 z/VM MFC counters, INCOMPAT Mar 23, 2020 38.02
z15 ANAL9914 Support CH 39.006 Jan 14, 2021 39.01
z/16 NEW SMF113 values, NO ABEND See CHANGE 40.070 40.03
z/16 MXG 38.07 OR LATER IS NEEDED. 38.07
CICS/CTG V9 Transaction Gateway ?? ?? 2013 31.31
CICS/ESA 3.2 Jun 28, 1991 9.9
CICS/ESA 3.3 Mar 28, 1992 10.01
CICS/ESA 4.1 Oct 27, 1994 13.09
CICS/ESA 5.1 aka CICS/TS V1R1 Sep 10, 1996 14.07
CICS-Transaction Server V1R1 Sep 10, 1996 14.07
CICS-TS V1R1 with APAR UN98309 Sep 15, 1997 15.06
CICS/TS V1R2 CICS/TS 1.2 Oct 27, 1997 15.06
CICS/TS V1R3 CICS/TS 1.3 Mar 15, 1999 17.04
CICS/TS V2R1 CICS/TS 2.1 Mar 15, 2001 18.11
CICS/TS V2R2 CICS/TS 2.2 Feb 9, 2002 19.19
CICSTRAN subtype 1 support only *19.19
CICSTRAN subtype 2 completed *19.08
CICS-TS V2R3 CICS?TS 2.3 Dec 19, 2003
Using UTILEXCL to create IMACEXCL: 21.04
Reading un-Excluded CICS with TYPE110, no IMACEXCL:*22.04
CICS/TS V2R3 CICS/TS 2.3 Aug 13, 2004 22.04
CICS/TS V3R1 CICS/TS 3.1 Jan 18, 2005 22.22
CICS-TS for Z/OS Version 3.1 Mar 15, 2005
Using UTILEXCL to create IMACEXCL: 22.13
Reading un-Excluded CICS with TYPE110, no IMACEXCL: 22.22
CICS/TS V3R2 CICS/TS 3.2 Dec 6, 2007 25.11
CICS/TS for Z/OS Version 3.2 Jun 29, 2007 25.03
CICS/TS 3.2 Compressed Records Nov 3, 2007 25.11
CICS/TS 4.1 (CICSTRAN INCOMPAT) Mar 13, 2009 27.01
CICS/TS 4.1 (STATISTICS ST=2) Sep 18, 2009 27.08
CICS/TS 4.2 CICSTRAN/STATISTICS Jun 24, 2011 29.03
CICS/TS 4.2 CICSRDS MNSEGCL=5 Jun 24, 2011 *29.05
CICS/TS 4.2 INVALID STID=116 Jan 31, 2012 *30.01
CICS/TS 5.1 (INCOMPATIBLE) Dec 14, 2012 *30.08
CICS/TS 5.1 for valid TASZIP/ELG Jan 21, 2013 *30.30
CICS/TS 5.1 MNSEGCL=5 INCOMPAT Jun 17, 2013 *31.03
CICS/TS 5.2 COMPATIBLE CICSTRAN Jun 13, 2014 *31.03
CICS/TS 5.2 INCOMPAT Statistics Jun 13, 2014 *32.03
CICS/TS 5.3 INCOMPAT CICSTRAN Apr 29, 2015 33.04
CICS/TS 5.3 RESOURCE SEGCL=5 Sep 31, 2015 33.09
CICS/TS 5.3 CICSTRAN INCOMPATIBL Oct 29, 2015 33.11
CICS/TS 5.3 GA date Dec 11, 2015 33.33
CICS/TS 5.3 MNSEGCL=5 INPUT ERR Mar 21, 2016 34.02
CICS/TS 5.4 OPEN BETA Aug Aug 11, 2016 34.06
CICS/TS 5.4 OPEN BETA Nov Nov 11, 2016 34.09
CICS/TS 5.4 GA Jun 17, 2017 35.03
CICS/TS 5.5 GA (INCOMPAT) Jan 29, 2018 36.11
CICS/TS 5.6 GA (INCOMPAT) Jun 1, 2020 38.07
CICS/TS 5.6 NEW DATA (COMPAT) Oct 5, 2020 38.09
CICS/TS 6.1 ONE NEW (INCOMPAT) Jan 11, 2020 40.01
CICS/TS 6.1 ONE NEW (INCOMPAT) Sep 20, 2020 40.02
CICS/TS 6.1 UTILEXCL/IMACEXCL OK Aug 15, 2022 40.05
CICS/TS 6.1 VMAC110 NO IMACEXCL May 31, 2023 41.02
CICS/TS 6.2 INCOMPATIBLE BETA16 Sep 20, 2023 41.04
DB2 2.3.0 Oct 28, 1991 10.01
DB2 3.1.0 Dec 17, 1993 13.02
DB2 4.1.0 Tolerate Nov 7, 1995 13.07
DB2 4.1.0 Full support Sep 11, 1996 14.07
DB2 5.1.0 Tolerate Jun 27, 1997 14.14
DB2 5.1.0 Full support Jun 27, 1997 15.02
DB2 6.1.0 initial support Mar 15, 1999 16.09
DB2 6.1.0 all buffer pools Mar 15, 1999 18.01
DB2 6.1.0 parallel DB2 Mar 15, 1999 19.19
DB2 7.1.0 parallel DB2 Mar 31, 2001 19.19
DB2 7.1.0 corrections Mar 31, 2001 20.06
DB2 8.1 Tolerate, no packages Mar 31, 2004 20.20
DB2 8.1 New Data Packages wrong Mar 31, 2004 21.08
DB2 8.1 Support with Packages Mar 31, 2004 *23.09
DB2 8.1 with all zIIP Variables Sep 30, 2006 24.08
DB2 8.1 +PK47659 Sep 12, 2008 26.08
DB2 9.1 See Change 25.265. Dec 7, 2007 25.11
DB2 9.1 Full Support +PK/56356 Sep 12, 2008 26.08
DB2 10.1 Tolerate Oct 1, 2010 28.06
DB2 10.1 New vars + Compressed Nov 1, 2010 *28.07
DB2 10.1 Invalid Header pre APAR Jan 12, 2011 *28.28
DB2 10.1 IFCID=225 INCOMPAT Sep 23, 2011 *29.07
DB2 10.1 QWHCCV for QWHCATYP=8 Oct 3, 2011 *30.07
DB2 10.1 DBID/OBID decode Jan 21, 2013 *30.30
DB2 10.1 QLSTxxxx vars corrected Jun 21, 2013 *31.04
(ONLY IMPACTS DB2STATS)
DB2 11.1 TOLERATE DB2 V11.1 Jun 21, 2013 30.30
DB2 11.1 DB2STATS QLST CORRECT Jun 21, 2013 31.04
DB2 11.1 SUPPORT NEW VARIABLES Jun 21, 2013 31.08
DB2 11.1 IRLM NEW SEGMENT Jun 21, 2013 32.10
DB2 12.1 COMPATIBLE Oct 5, 2016 34.08
DB2 12.1 NETEZZA CORRECTIONS Oct 5, 2016 34.08
DB2 12.1 QLAC INSERTS DB2ACCT May 15, 2017 35.05*
DB2 13.1 NEW DATA NO ERRORS Jan 2017 40.40
DB2 13.1 IDAA/NETEZZZ ONLY ABEND Mar 19, 2013 41.01
DB2 13.1 ABEND 41.06/41.41 102 Jan 12, 2024 42.01
DFSMS/MVS 1.1 Mar 13, 1993 11.11
DFSMS/MVS 1.2 Jun 24, 1994 12.02
DFSMS/MVS 1.3 Dec 29, 1995 13.09
DFSMS/MVS 1.4 Sep 28, 1997 15.04
DFSMS/MVS 1.4 HSM Sep 23, 1998 16.04
DFSMS/MVS 1.5 ??? ??, 1999 16.04
DFSORT SMF V1R5 Mar 1, 2006 24.02
MQM 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 Apr 25, 1996 14.02
MQ Series 1.2.0 May 26, 1998 16.02
MQ Series 2.1.0 Oct 2, 1999 17.07
MQ Series 5.2 Dec 16, 2000 18.10
MQ Series 5.3 Dec 16, 2002 21.05
MQ Series 6.0 Feb 14, 2006 23.23
Websphere MQ Series 7.0 ??? ??, 2009 *28.06
Websphere MQ Series 7.1 MAR 12, 2011 29.03
Websphere MQ Series 8.0 Jun 24, 2011 29.05
Websphere MQ Series 9.1 Mar 20, 2017 35.03
NETVIEW 3.1 type 37 ??? ??, 1996 14.03
NPM 2.0 Dec 17, 1993 12.03
NPM 2.2 Aug 29, 1994 12.05
NPM 2.3 ??? ??, 1996 15.08
NPM 2.4 Nov 18, 1998 17.01
NPM 2.5 Feb ??, 2000 18.02
NPM 2.6 Nov ??, 2001 19.06
RMDS 2.1, 2.2 Dec 12, 1995 12.12
RMDS 2.3 Jan 31, 2002 19.11
TCP/IP 3.1 Jun 12, 1995 12.12
TCP/IP 3.4 Sep 22, 1998 16.04
WebSphere 5.0 APAR PQ7463 Aug 19, 2003 21.04
WebSphere 6.0 Feb 18, 2006 23.23
WebSphere 7.0 Oct 7, 2010 28.06
WebSphere 8.0 Jul 17, 2011 29.05
DOS/VSE POWER V6.3.0 Dec 19, 1998 16.08
VM/ESA 2.0 Dec 23, 1992 10.04
VM/ESA 2.1 Jun 27, 1993 12.02
VM/ESA 2.2 Nov 22, 1994 12.06
VM/ESA 2.3 Jun 1, 1998 16.08
VM/ESA 2.4 Mar 1, 2001 19.03
z/VM 3.1 Mar 1, 2001 19.03
z/VM 3.1 DATABYTE=0 May 2, 2002 20.02
z/VM 4.2 ?? May 2, 2002 20.02
z/VM 4.4 Jan 22, 2005 22.22
z/VM 5.1 Jan 22, 2005 22.22
z/VM 5.2 Jan 22, 2006 24.01
z/VM 5.3 TOLERATE Jun 7, 2007 25.05
z/VM 5.3 NEW VARIABLES Sep 12, 2008 26.08
z/VM 5.4 (COMPATIBLE) Sep 12, 2008 *27.01
z/VM 6.1 (NO CHANGES) Jul 7, 2008 27.01
z/VM 6.2 Dec 2, 2011 29.04
z/VM 6.3 INCOMPATIBLE Jul 23, 2013 31.05
z/VM 6.3 z/13 Jan 23, 2016 33.33
z/VM 6.4 SYTLCK Incompat Apr 26, 2016 34.04
z/VM 6.40061802 ABEND Jan 22, 2019 37.02
z/VM 7.1 INCOMPAT ABEND Feb 14, 2019 37.02
z15 z/VM MFC counters, INCOMPAT Mar 23, 2020 38.02
IMS log 4.1 Jul 4, 1994 12.02
IMS log 5.1 Jun 9, 1996 14.05
IMS log 6.1 ??? ?, 199? 20.03
IMS log 7.1 ??? ?, 200? 20.03
IMS log 8.1 May 21, 2003 21.02
IMS log 9.1 Mar 96, 2004 *26.01
IMS log 10.1 Mar 06, 2007 *26.01
IMS log 11.1 Apr 1, 2010 *28.02
IMS log 12.1 Jan 23, 2012 *29.29
IMS log 13.1 (NOT 56FA) May 25, 2013 31.03
IMS log 13.1 (56FA RECORD) May 27, 2014 32.05
IMS log 14.1 COMPATIBLE Dec 19, 2015 33.07
IMS log 15.1 NO CHANGES Mar 1, 2018 35.07
IMS log 15.4 NO CHANGES Mar 1, 2018 35.07
IMS log 15.4 Minor Chg 42.033 May 8, 2024 42.02
AS400 3.7.0 Nov 1, 1996 15.01
AS400 4.1.0 Dec 30, 1996 15.08
AS400 4.2.0 Apr 27, 1998 16.02
AS400 4.4.0 Sep 27, 1999 17.07
AS400 4.5.0 Jul 27, 2000 18.07
AS400 5.2.0 - Most records Jul 23, 2003 21.03
AS400 5.2.0 - QAPMMIOP Jul 23, 2003 22.04
AS400 5.3.0 Jan 22, 2005 22.22
AS400 5.4.0 Aug 26, 2006 24.06
AS400 6.1.0 Jun 29, 2008 26.05
Note: Asterisk by the version number means the Version number
was changed (to the MXG version required), after an earlier
MXG version was listed as supporting this product release,
usually because an APAR modified the product's data records.
Or a coding error in MXG could be the reason for the change!
Availability dates for non-IBM products and MXG version required:
MXG Version
Product Name Required
Demand Technology
NTSMF Version 1 Beta 14.11
NTSMF Version 2.0 15.05
NTSMF Version 2.1 15.06
NTSMF Version 2.2 16.04
NTSMF Version 2.3 17.10
NTSMF 2.4.4 Aug 9, 2002 20.04
NTSMF 2.4.5 INCOMPAT Apr 1, 2003 21.02
NTSMF 2.4.7 Sep 30, 2004 22.08
NTSMF 3.1.4 Mar 15, 2009 27.01
NTSMF 4.0 Mar 15, 2011 29.03
Landmark
The Monitor for DB2 Version 2 13.06
The Monitor for DB2 Version 3.0 16.02
The Monitor for DB2 Version 3.1 20.04
The Monitor for DB2 Version 4.0 22.10
The Monitor for DB2 Version 5.0 30.02
The Monitor for CICS/ESA 1.2 - 12.12
The Monitor for CICS/ESA 1.3 - 15.01
The Monitor for CICS/ESA 2.0 - 15.06
The Monitor for CICS TCE 2.1 - 20.04
The Monitor for CICS TCE 2.2 - 20.335, 21.134 21.04
The Monitor for CICS TCE 2.3 including CICS/TS 3.1 22.08
The Monitor for CICS TCE 3.2 (almost all) 25.11
The Monitor for CICS TCE 3.2 (almost all) 27.01
The Monitor for CICS TCE 3.3 (for CICS/TS 4.1,4.2) 29.07
TMON/CICS 3.4 (for CICS/TS 5.1) 30.30-32.12
(Do not use 32.13,32.32,33.01,33.02,33.03 for 3.4)
TMON/CICS 3.4 (for CICS/TS 5.1 - Change 33.099) 33.04
TMON/CICS 4.0 (for CICS/TS 5.2 - Change 33.195) *33.09
TMON/CICS 4.1 (for CICS/TS 5.3 - Change 34.257 34.08
The Monitor for MVS/ESA 1.3 - 12.05
The Monitor for MVS/ESA 1.5 - 12.05
The Monitor for MVS/ESA 2.0 - 15.09
The Monitor for MVS/ESA 3.0 - 19.19
TMON/MVS Version 4.4 32.04
Candle
Omegamon for CICS V200 User SMF 12.05
Omegamon for CICS V300 User SMF 13.06
Omegamon for CICS V400 User SMF 16.02
Omegamon for CICS V400 type 110 segments 16.02
Omegamon for CICS V500 User SMF 18.01
Omegamon for IMS V110 (ITRF) 12.12
Omegamon for IMS V300 (ITRF) 14.04
Omegamon for IMS V550/V560 (ITRF) 25.05
Omegamon for MVS V300 13.05
Omegamon for MVS V400 13.06
Omegamon for DB2 Version 2.1/2.2 13.05
Omegamon for VTAM V160 12.04A
Omegamon for VTAM V400 15.15
Omegamon for VTAM V500 18.08
Omegamon for SMS V100/V110 12.03
CA-BROADCOM
ACF2 6.2 was 16.04 but ABEND, ACSMFREL=0 May 2018 36.05
ASTEX 2.1 14.04
IDMS 18 32.05
IDMS 19 (INCOMPAT after PTF R084146 Change 34.164) 33.05
NETSPY 4.7 14.03
NETSPY 5.0 14.03
NETSPY 5.2 16.05
NETSPY 5.3 18.03
NETSPY 6.0 20.10 20.305
NETSPY 7.0 20.10 20.305
SAR/VIEW R11 23.07 23.196
BMC, was Boole & Babbage
APPTUNE V11R2 SMF 102 33.11 33.264
IMF 3.1 (for IMS 5.1) 12.12
IMF 3.2 (for IMS 6.1 only) 15.09
IMF 3.2 (for IMS 5.1 and 6.1+) 16.04
IMF 3.3 (for IMS 7.1 and 8.1) *22.08
IMF 4.1 (for IMS 9.1) *26.02
IMF 4.4 (for IMS 9.1) *31.08
IMF 4.5 (for IMS 11.1) (No change since 4.4) 31.08
IMF 4.6 a/k/a Mainview IMS *31.08
IMF 5.1 a/k/a Mainview IMS *34.01
IMF 5.2 a/k/a Mainview IMS 34.01
IMF 5.3 a/k/a Mainview IMS 35.03
Mainview for MQ Version 4.4 29.03
Mainview for MQ Version 5.1 30.02
Mainview for MQ Version 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 33.01
Mainview for CICS Version 6.5 (CICS/TS 5.1) 30.30
Mainview for CICS Version 6.4 (CICS/TS 4.2) 30.04
Mainview for CICS Version 6.1 26.26
Mainview Auto Operator data file 28.28
Mainview for DB2 THRDHIST file 20.20
Mainview for TCP/IP 20.20
Mainview for IP 34.??
Mainview for Batch Optimizer 19.19
Memorex/Telex
LMS 3.1 12.12A
Oracle V9, V10 24.06
SYNCSORT
2.1 33.05
1.4 33.08
Amdahl
APAF 4.1, 4.3 16.08
Velocity Software
XAMAP 3.4 22.10
XAMAP 3406 24.03
XAMAP 3.7 27.10
XAMAP 4.1 Now Renamed to ZVPS 4.1 29.07
XVPS 4.2 31.06
ZVPS 5.4 *33.07
V. Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG 42.42.
1. Incompatibilities introduced in MXG 42.42:
a. Changes in MXG architecture made between 42.42 and prior versions
that can introduce known incompatibilities.
IF YOU HAVE MEMBER E2TY70 IN YOUR USERID.TAILORING SOURCE LIBRARY,
YOU MUST CHANGE _LTY70 to _WTY70 in that member. CHANGE 38.105.
The error before this correction will be:
ERROR: DATA SET "PDB.TYPE70" was not specified on the DATA stmt.
2. Installation and re-installation procedures are described in detail
in member INSTALL (which also lists common Error/Warning messages a
new user might encounter), and sample JCL is in member JCLINSTT for
SAS Version 9.
MXG Definitions with regard to MXG Software Changes:
COMPATIBLE A change in a data record which did not alter either
COMPAT the location or the format of all of the previously-
kept MXG variables is COMPATIBLE, and you can continue
to run the old version of MXG software, which will read
the new records without error, but none of any new data
fields or any new record subtypes will be created/kept
until you install the MXG Version with this change.
INCOMPAT A change in a data record that causes the current MXG
version to fail, visibly or invisibly, with or without
error conditions or messages, and the output datasets
may contain wrong values and incomplete observations,
and/or observations may have been lost.
You MUST install the new MXG Version with this change
to process data records that have been INCOMPATIBLY
changed by their vendor.
TOLERATE In other words, the old MXG Version TOLERATES the new
data records, if they are COMPATIBLY changed.
EXPLOIT Once you use the new MXG Version to read the changed
records, all of the new fields, subtypes, etc, that are
described in this change will be created in the MXG
datasets, so the new MXG Version EXPLOITS the new data,
and you have full support of the new data records.
An MXG Version never "expires" nor "goes out of Support". When
you put in a new product/subsystem/Release/APAR that incompatibly
changed its records then you must install the current MXG Version
or at least be using the minimum level of MXG that is currently
documented in the preceding list in section IV.
COSMETIC Some Changes will start with COSMETIC. This indicates
that that change only alters a displayed value or may
be a spelling error in a label, but it is "cosmetic"
in that it ONLY affected the display, and the output
data sets created are NOT impacted by this change.
VI. Online Documentation of MXG Software.
MXG Documentation is now described in member DOCUMENT.
See also member INDEX, but it may be overwhelming.
VII. Changes Log
--------------------------Changes Log---------------------------------
You MUST read each Change description to determine if a Change will
impact your site. All changes have been made in this MXG Library.
Member CHANGES always identifies the actual version and release of
MXG Software that is contained in that library.
The CHANGES selection on our homepage at http://www.MXG.com
is always the most current information on MXG Software status,
and is frequently updated.
Important changes are also posted to the MXG-L ListServer, which is
also described by a selection on the homepage. Please subscribe.
The actual code implementation of some changes in MXG SOURCLIB may be
different than described in the change text (which might have printed
only the critical part of the correction that need be made by users).
Scan each source member named in any impacting change for any comments
at the beginning of the member for additional documentation, since the
documentation of new datasets, variables, validation status, and notes,
are often found in comments in the source members.
Alphabetical list of important changes in MXG 43.01:
Dataset/
Member Change Description
TECHNOTE 43.008 Don't Install MXG in a SAS Directory
VMAC115 43.003 Support for V933 MQ SMF 115 Subtype 216 new vars.
VMAC119 43.001 Support for SMF 119 Subtype 11 Policy Based TYP11911
VMAC120 43.007 Undoc SMF 120 ST 100 ODM Offset, no ABEND, bad data.
VMAC30 43.013 Variable SMF30_RAXFLAG6 z/OS 3.1+ new description.
VMAC98 43.011 Support for Type 92 Subtype 1025 creates TYPE98JI.
VMACBVIR 43.017 INPUT EXCEEDED BVIRTYPE=33 in History File record.
VMACIMS 43.010 MACRO _SIMS45 missing semicolon, 1375 vars IMS450FT.
VMXGRMFI 43.015 R71MAX list of variables corrected from MX to AV.
See member CHANGESS for all changes ever made to MXG Software, or
the CHANGES frames at https://www.mxg.com.
Inverse chronological list of all Changes in MXG Version 43.01.
.
NEXTCHANGE:
====== CHANGES THRU 43.018 ARE IN MXG 43.01 DATED Apr 1, 2025 ======
Change 43.018 -Dataset T102S254 new variables:
VMAC102 QW0254AR='DATA*AREA*RESIDENCY*TIME'
Mar 26, 2025 QW0254ER='DIRECTORY*ENTRY*RESIDENCY*TIME'
-Dataset T102S196 variable QW0196ET value corrected.
Thanks to Jan Tielemans, KBC, BELGIUM
Change 43.017 BVIR History File BVIRTYPE=33x has a short 64 byte last
VMACBVIR segment, now detected and only GCDTTRIN and GCDTTRFM are
Mar 26, 2025 are INPUT so GCLVMTOC and subsequent variables in BVIR331
dataset will be missing values in those observations, and
the INPUT STATEMENT EXCEEDED STOPOVER is avoided.
-New BVIRTYPE=36 record is not yet supported.
Thanks to Harald Seifert. HUK-COLBURG, GERMANY.
Thanks to Maria Paola Bramost, V-TServices.com
Change 43.016 SMF Record Type 105 has subtypes but the MVSXAFLG bit 1
VMACSMF that says a record has subtypes is not on so SUBTYPE=0
Mar 25, 2025 was set, impacting ANALID reports on SMF records, but
not impacting 105 processing as VMAC105 INPUT SUBTYPE.
ID=105 is added in _SMF to the INPUT for those IDs that
don't set the subtype bit: 42,103,105,108,119,120
Thanks to Scott Barry, SBBTechLLC, USA.
Change 43.015 The R71MAX= list of variables contained some variables
VMXGRMFI that did not have a MAX value; they were changed to use
Mar 24, 2025 the Average value. These are the changed variables:
CSFRSRAV CSFRWLAV CSFRFXAV CSFRLSAV CSFRTOAV CSFRAVMX
ESFRLSAV ESFRTOAV ESFRAVMX ESFRSRAV ESFRWLAV ESFRHSAV,
Thanks to Stephen Hoar, Lloyds Banking, ENGLAND
Change 43.014 The maximum text length of an IPV4 IP address is $15
VMAC119 which is the length of most IPV4 variables in TYPE 119
Mar 19, 2025 datasets, where the $CHAR4 record field is converted to
text. However, four fields input as $16 were kept as $16
and that raised a conflict when datasets were merged.
The %VMXGIPV4 %macro is pervasive, changing it to $15
could create more serious errors. so the circumvention is
to use DATA TYP119xx;
LENGTH SMF119SC_SARIP $15 ;
SET PDB.TYP119xx;
if one of these variables is used in a MERGE
SMF119SC_SARIP SMF119SC_SALIP
S11912SASRVIP S11912SACLTIP
Thanks to Michael K Yuan, Navy Federal Credit Union, USA
Change 43.013 Variable SMF30_RAXFLAG6 new description RAX6*R2V*UNAUTH,
VMAC30 added in the z/OS Release after 3.1.
Mar 14, 2025
Change 43.012 Cosmetic Cleanup with no error. BASExxxx token is used
VMXGALOC to name the directory where output is written, but three
Mar 11, 2025 tokens, BASECICS, BASEDB2, and BASEMQ created directories
and set KEEP* when they were not used. Now the default
is to do nothing when they are not specified.
Thanks to Richard Way, Office Depot, USA.
Change 43.011 Support for Type 98 Subtype 1025 record creates new
EXTY98JI DDDDDD DATASET Description
VMAC98 TY98JI TYPE98JI IMS EXCEPTIONAL JOB LIST
VMXGINIT These datasets now contain both IMS and CICS SUBTYPEs
FORMATS TY98B1 TYPE98B1 CICS IMS BUCKET 1
Mar 10, 2025 TY98B2 TYPE98B2 CICS IMS BUCKET 2
TY98EX TYPE98EX CICS IMS EXCEPTIONAL INDEX
and this data set is unchanged
TY98JB TYPE98JB CICS EXCEPTIONAL JOB LIST
Thanks to Luxmi Gnanamuttu, TD, CANADA.
Thanks to Cornelio Navarro, TD, CANADA.
Thanks to Lynn Ly, TD, CANADA.
Change 43.010 The MACRO _SIMS45V was missing the ending semicolon in
VMACIMS line 1619 causing MACRO _VIMS45O to be undefined which
Feb 20, 2025 caused 1375 variables to be created in dataset IMS450FT.
Thanks to Bradley Leis, TELUS, CANADA.
Change 43.009 Cosmetic. MXG 42.42 replaced some average variables
VMXGRMFI with maximum value variables (xxxxxxAV to yyyyyyMX)
Feb 19, 2025 CSLPFXAV FIXEDAV FIXLOAV LPAFXAV LSQAFXAV PRVFXAV
PVTAFCAV SQAFXAV
but they were still in LABEL and LENGTH statements, so
those variables were created with missing values.
They are removed and no longer created.
Thanks to Piara Bhamra, Lloyds Banking Group, ENGLAND.
Change 43.008 We do NOT RECOMMEND Installing MXG in a "SAS" DIRECTORY,
TECHNOTE like SASHOME or WorldProgramming or their subdirectories
Feb 9, 2025 BECAUSE A NEW SAS INSTALL OR UPDATE could wipe out MXG
SOURCLIBs and ANY Tailored/Updated members you or your
predecessor might have made.
Change 43.007 SMF 120 Subtype 100 ODM Offset changed trashing values
VMAC120 but NOT causing an ABEND. No documenting of the change.
Feb 9, 2025
Thanks to Scott Barry, SBBTechLLC, USA.
CHANGE 43.006 Change 38.107 modified the allowable length of INCODE
ADOCABND from 32767 to 65535 but then checked it for LE 32767.
VMXGSUM Now checks for the value of 65535. Member ADOCABND was
Feb 6, 2025 updated to match the corrected error message
Change 42.005 VMXGALOC prints a critical error message on the log and
BLDSMPDB terminates processing if one or more LIBNAMEs could not
VMXGALOC be allocated. This change enhances the visibility of the
Feb 6, 2025 message and adds a new message to VMXGALOC when it is
not called by BUILDPDB
Change 43.004 SMF 113 calculation of MEMP for the z16 was wrong, and
ASUM113 caused large values for RNI, because the z15 equation was
VMAC113 used. Martin Packer's MEMLP and MEMRP variables were also
Feb 6, 2025 wrongly using the z15 equation.
Thanks to Michael Flessig, HUK-COBURG, GERMANY
Thanks to Jan Tielemans, KBC, BELGIUM
Change 43.003 Support for V933 MQ SMF 115 SUBTYPE 216 added 64 vars
VMAC115 to dataset TY1152216.
Feb 3, 2025
Thanks to Jan Tielemans, KBC, BELGIUM
Change 43.002 Typo in line 934 of BUILD005 of aPUN30_1= SUM(SPUN30_1
BUILD005 fortunately has no impact. While the count field is
Jan 30, 2025 not incremented, the spinning record is correctly output
and the count field in one of the other records for this
job will be used to determine the OKFLAG status.
Thanks to Bradley Leis, TELUS, CANADA.
Change 43.001 Dataset TYP11911 has four new variables added from
VMAC119 the new segment Subtype 11 'Policy Based Enforcement'
Jan 30, 2025 SMF119IPSECPOL='ZERT*IPSEC*POLICY*RULE*NAME'
SMF119TLSPOL ='ZERT*TLS*POLICY*RULE*NAME'
SMF119SSHPOL ='ZERT*SSH*POLICY*RULE*NAME'
SMF119NOPOL ='ZERT*NONE*POLICY*RULE*NAME'
Thanks to Douglas C. Walter, CITIGROUP, USA..
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