OA65724: UPGRADED ZOWE CROSS-MEMORY SERVER, RAISED MINIMUM VERSION OF JAVA

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APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• OMEGAMON Data Broker:
  -  OMEGAMON Data Provider now supplies
     the Zowe cross-memory server from
     Zowe 2.12.0.
  OMEGAMON Data Connect:
  -  Now requires Java 17, or later,
     64-bit edition.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All OMEGAMON Data Provider users.            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: OMEGAMON Data Broker:                   *
  *                      -  OMEGAMON Data Provider now supplies  *
  *                         the Zowe cross-memory server from    *
  *                         Zowe 2.12.0.                         *
  *                      OMEGAMON Data Connect:                  *
  *                      -  Now requires Java 17, or later,      *
  *                         64-bit edition.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  OMEGAMON Data Broker and OMEGAMON Data Connect both depend on
  underlying software. In both cases, the version of that
  underlying software has been raised:
  
  -  OMEGAMON Data Broker is a plug-in for the Zowe cross-memory
     server.
  
     Previously, OMEGAMON Data Provider supplied the server from
     Zowe 1.28.2.
  
     To take advantage of new server features, such as dynamic
     version checking for plug-in compatibility, OMEGAMON Data
     Broker requires a server from a more recent version of Zowe.
  
     OMEGAMON Data Provider now supplies the server from Zowe
     2.12.0.
  
     If you are an existing user of OMEGAMON Data Provider, then
     you must upgrade your OMEGAMON Data Broker configuration
     to use the newer server. This upgrade includes editing the
     server PARMLIB configuration member to refer to a new
     plug-in, ZISDYNAMIC, supplied as load module
     TKANMODP(KAYSISDL).
  
  -  OMEGAMON Data Connect is a Java application developed using
     the Spring Boot framework.
  
     Previously, OMEGAMON Data Connect used a version of Spring
     Boot that is based on Java 8. That version of Spring Boot
     has an end of support date of 24 November 2023.
  
     To continue to take advantage of ongoing Spring Boot support,
     including fixes and new features, OMEGAMON Data Connect now
     uses a more recent version of Spring Boot that is based on
     Java 17.
  
     If you are an existing user of OMEGAMON Data Provider, then
     you must upgrade the Java runtime environment that you use
     for OMEGAMON Data Connect to Java 17, or later, 64-bit
     edition.
  
  Other enhancements:
  
  -  OMEGAMON Data Broker:
  
     -  New MODIFY command to dynamically set the logging level
        while OMEGAMON Data Broker is running. Previously, you
        had to set the logging level in the configuration member,
        and then restart the Zowe cross-memory server that runs
        OMEGAMON Data Broker.
  
  -  OMEGAMON Data Connect:
  
     -  Each output, including each TCP sink and each HTTP
        endpoint, now has its own internal queue. Previously,
        all outputs shared a single internal queue. If a
        destination for one output was connected to OMEGAMON Data
        Connect but not accepting data (for example, because it
        was out of space), then all outputs were blocked, and no
        destinations received data. Now, issues with the
        destination of one output do not affect other outputs.
  
     -  Kafka output now supports truststore and keystore SSL
        parameters that refer to RACF key rings.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• User Action:
  New users installing OMEGAMON Data Provider for the first time:
  1. SMP/E Apply the fix.
  
  Existing users must follow these upgrade steps:
  1. If you have modified files in the OMEGAMON Data Connect
     directory (DDDEF name TKAYHFS), back up the modified files
     to another location.
     This PTF replaces all files in the OMEGAMON Data Connect
     directory.
  2. SMP/E Apply the fix.
  3. Perform the upgrade steps described in the OMEGAMON
     Data Provider product documentation (https://www.ibm.com/
     docs/SSFHX8_5.6.0/OMDP/source/kay-upgrade.html).
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UJ94340

Modules/Macros

• KAY11PAX KAY11ZIP KAY1BDP  KAY1ODP  KAY4BDP  KAY4ODP  KAYB0001
  KAYBNETL KAYCONN  KAYOPEN  KAYSIP00 KAYSIS01 KAYSISDL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  OMEGA DATA PROV

• Fixed component ID

  5698B6605

Applicable component levels

• R110 PSY UJ94340

     UP23/12/21 P F312  

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