Adabas & Natural
In keeping with our Adabas & Natural 2050+ agenda, we continue to extend our offerings and focus on solutions that help you protect, modernize and optimize your high-performing Adabas & Natural applications.
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1.1 Adabas & Natural for z/OS
Natural for z/OS 9.2.3 includes new features that improve operations and developer productivity.
Natural ISPF and Natural for Db2® are now compliant with our license model. You will need the product licenses to install the latest version of these products.
You asked, we delivered!
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To simplify ISN access, a new option was added allowing you to set range of ISN with READ ISN FROM TO.
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New statement PARSE JSON allows you to parse your JSON payload directly in your Natural application.
We enhanced debugging capabilities in the INPUT/CALLNAT statements. When any incompatibility error occurs, the field name will be visible in the error message.
SMF records can now be processed on zIIP using a new Natural user exit. This will eliminate switches between GP and zIIP.
Adabas for z/OS 8.6.1 and the Adabas for z/OS family of products include a significant number of incremental improvements in response to customers’ Aha! ideas. The interfaces also fully support Adabas Manager.
Progress is being made to provide Adabas for z/OS full 64-Bit with its buffer pool. This is reflected in changes of internal data structures. However, there is still more work to be done to complete this major change.
Adabas Manager added new administration features, enhanced queues and files for Adabas for z/OS, and now supports Delta Save, Cluster Services, Parallel Services and Adabas Event Replicator. In the security space, Adabas Passphrase Login is also supported.
Adabas & Natural products running z/OS are now available on CICS TS version 6.2 (z/OS). For additional information, follow this link.
Release Highlights
| Adabas & Natural for IBM z/OS Release Highlights | ||
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| Adabas Event Replicator | ARF 4.2.1 | - Support wild card options for destination commands and subscriptions - Filter/Find for PLOG list of SYSRPTR - Secured further online functions - Support for ADA 8.6 |
| Adabas for z/OS | ADA 8.6.1 | - Dynamic allocation of SORT and TEMP data sets - ADARES BACKOUT using DDBACK as DISK data set - AOS: Refresh for UQE-Display - AOS Modify File Parameters: Show Target-ID in case of Replication-ON - AOS: New filters in display queue menus for simplified monitoring - AOS: Improved CLOG/PLOG switch handling - ADA nucleus shutdown statistics: Show Date and Time like in AOS high watermarks - Keep record counts in FCB to save GP time - UTIONLY mode now shows a console message, like READONLY - ADA/ALS documentation update on “Inhibit Single Mode Backup on actively clustered nucleus” - ADASEL: Show backout flag - ADARES PLCOPY writes improved error message, when import records are too long - L1/L4 commands support Natural READ DESCENDING BY ISN - Various enhancements to support Adabas Manager |
| Adabas Manager | AMN 9.3 | - Adabas Manager continues to expand the number of capabilities that are administered for Adabas for z/OS: – Adabas Passphrase Login – Adabas Delta Save – Adabas Cluster Services – Adabas Parallel Services – Adabas Event Replicator - Enhancements on administration of queues and files - General improvements to enhance layout and usability |
| Event Replicator Target Adapter | ART 3.10 | - Ships with minor improvements - Improved throughput |
| Natural for z/OS | NAT 9.2.3 | - Natural ISPF and Natural for Db2 are now compliant with our license model - New! PARSE JSON statement to control your JSON payload directly in Natural - zMFA (IBM Z Multi Factor Authentication) was tested and works seamlessly with Natural online application - Natural Development Server and Natural Web IO Server support shared ports - Error message of INPUT/CALLNAT statements will display the field name in case of incompatibility - New! User exit to write SMF records on zIIP - New! READ ISN can now use range FROM… TO - New! Natural API to retrieve information from DUMP ZAPS - The user exit descriptions in SYSEXT available in the documentation |
| Natural Batch for Db2 for zIIP | NDZBT 9.2.3 | - Password encryption - Support Db2 Store Procedures |
| Natural Development Server | NDV 9.2.3 | - View and monitor current NDV sessions via the HTML monitor |
| Natural for Db2 | NDB 9.2.3 | - Option to obtain dynamic information |
| Natural Security | NSC 9.2.3 | - Maintenance release |
| Predict | PRD 8.6.1 | - Maintenance release |
1.2 Adabas & Natural for Linux and Cloud
Natural for Linux 9.3.2 and its product family, in alignment with Natural for z/OS, provides new features and new statements as shown in the table below.
In this release, performance on distributed architectures has been enhanced. The READ/WRITE to the Buffer Pool performs faster than ever. This new capability is only available in the NAT package.
Natural Availability Server, released last year, ensures that your applications can continue to operate in case of serious incidents or disasters and are able to recover to an operational state within a reasonably short period of time. Combined with Adabas Cluster for Linux, your Adabas & Natural systems can realize the highest levels of availability provided by your underlying infrastructure.
Token based authentication is now supported for Natural applications.
OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an advanced method for verifying a user’s identity, commonly used to secure applications and services. Secure access to Natural applications ensures only authorized personnel can access sensitive data. Available clients are Natural for Ajax and Natural Availability Server.
The Adabas on Linux & Cloud ecosystem continues to focus on security and high availability.
Adabas for Linux ships with usability enhancements for all utilities running in interactive mode:
- HELP provides a link to the respective documentation set
- All commands auto complete while typing
- The history of commands from the previous session is available
- The installation procedure of the REST Administration Server is improved
RBAC (Role Based Access Control) for security initialization is significantly simplified. The load format changed, so it can be loaded with any block size (BLKSIZ). During initialization, users can be individually defined per database. Logging, as well as import and export of definitions, is improved.
Adabas Encryption for Linux supports encryption of all major containers and files, like PLOG, Backup, WORK, SORT and TEMP. Moreover, Microsoft Azure Vault and Google Cloud Platform are supported as Key Management Systems. Mass update utilities like unload / load (ADAULD / ADAMUP) and import / export (ADAORD) are supported with encryption. Also, Adabas Cluster internal data structures are now encrypted.
Adabas Cluster for Linux continues its high availability journey: Restart of cluster nodes is improved, and import / export (ADAORD) are supported. PRIMARY_ONLY allows backup of the primary cluster node in particular, and individually.
2 new cluster actions (PRIMARY_NODE_SWITCH, LOST_QUORUM) allow immediate alerting in unusual cluster conditions.
Adabas Manager aligns its installation handling with Adabas. Monitoring of Adabas on Linux & Cloud is significantly enhanced. In addition, SORT and TEMP files can also be managed.
Entire Net-Work rolls up all fixes and is synchronized with the latest ACL kit.
| Adabas & Natural for Linux and Cloud Release Highlights | ||
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| Natural for Linux and Cloud | NAT 9.3.2 | - New! PARSE JSON statement controls JSON payload directly in Natural - Token based authentication is supported using OpenID Connect with Natural for Ajax and Natural Availability Server - Buffer pool performance improvements on NAT Package - Re-catalog of unchanged GDAs does not require a catalog of all referencing Natural objects - Error message of INPUT/CALLNAT and MOVE BY NAME statements will display the field name in case of incompatibility - Admin can edit Buffer Pool when it is in max capacity - The Debug Attached Server now supports TLS and Linux. - The user exit descriptions in SYSEXT available in the documentation |
| Adabas for Linux | ADA 7.3 | - RBAC (Role Based Access Control): Improved load format of INITIAL load, so that it can be directly loaded with any block size (BLKSIZ) - RBAC: Initialization can now authorize users per database individually. The respective information is now kept DB-internal, i.e. no INI files for this - RBAC: Improved import / export of definitions - RBAC: Improved logging options - Improved installation of REST Administration Server - End-criterion for L1 command to support Natural “READ BY ISN FROM TO” - ADAOPR STOPI=*** implemented to purge old user queue elements - Minor REST Administration Server enhancements support Adabas Manager - Usability of Interactive Mode (All utilities): - HELP provides a link to respective documentation set - Auto-completion for commands - History of commands from previous session - Documentation: Single- and multi-function utilities documented more clear |
| Adabas Encryption for Linux | AEL 7.3 | - Encryption of PLOG and Backup files (BCK) - Encryption of SORT and TEMP - Support Key Management with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Encryption of unload / load files (ADAULD and ADAMUP) - Encryption of export / import files (ADAORD) - Encryption of cluster-internal structures (ADC) |
| Adabas Cluster for Linux | ADC 7.3 | - File Mass update (Export and Import; ADAORD) - Improved operational restart of a cluster node - ADABCK parameter PRIMARY_ONLY allows backup on the primary node only. - PRIMARY_NODE_SWITCH will trigger an action if the primary node is switched to a different node. - LOST_QUORUM condition will trigger an action if the cluster lost its quorum and becomes inoperable |
| Adabas Manager | AMN 9.3 | - Enhanced monitoring for Adabas on Linux & Cloud - More Adabas utilities can now be called - Management of SORT and TEMP files - Installation handling is aligned with Adabas on Linux & Cloud. Log and tmp folders will now be created by installation user instead of root. - General improvements to enhance layout and usability |
| Entire Net-Work | WCP 7.9.3 | - Bug fix rollup and synchronization with the latest ACL kit |
| Natural Availability Server | NHA 9.3.2 | - New! Token based authentication support - Added support for File Data Transfer - New Health Check |
| Natural Security | NSC 9.3.2 | - New API to manage LDAP profiles - Allow command restrictions in Private Mode |
| Predict | PRD 8.6.1 | - Maintenance release |
1.3 NaturalONE and Natural for Ajax
NaturalONE 9.3.2
The default development environment supports the statement enhancements on Natural for z/OS and Natural for Linux and Cloud.
On the Server view, advanced search capabilities are now available with a robust selection of parameters.
| NaturalONE and Natural for Ajax Release Highlights | ||
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| NaturalONE | ONE 9.3.2 | - New! Advanced search on Server View - Enrich Object properties in ONE - Support of new statements - READ ISN FROM TO - New! PARSE JSON (available Nov. 13, 2024) - Support DBID/FNR fields in SYSSEC for a different FUSER. - Debugging view enhancements, incl. new Memory View - Improve filter view visibility - Attach Debug Server and TLS |
| Natural for Ajax | NJX 9.3.2 | - Completion of century by leap year parameter - Edit tab pages in ROWTABAREA - New! Responsive context menu - New! Token based support |
2 ESM
Entire Systems Management (ESM) increases automation of data center operations and reduces the costs of administration and operations. Entire Output Management is for automation and administration of output in an enterprise. Entire Operations is for automation of monitoring and control of all IT-supported production-processes for classical data-center operation. Entire System Server is the base technology for operating system access.
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| Entire Operations | NOP/OGC 5.5.3 | - Set end date of a network schedule definition - Further enhancements in the web client |
| Entire Output Management | NOM/NGC 3.5.3 | - Active help for keywords - Option to choose combination “and” / “or” using keyword search - New keywords in “List active Reports by Keyword” - Find Report Function increased number of results |
| Entire System Server (z/OS) | NPR 3.7.3 | - Display zIIP processing time in ACTIVE JOB |
3 CONNX
We continue to improve the user experience and features of CONNX. Significant improvements have been made to CONNX documentation. The next product release is scheduled for 2025. Be sure to explore the latest CONNX Data Integration documentation