Natural v8.2.4 compatibility with CICS v5.3 & V5.4

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Hello Team,

I would like to check on the compatibility of Natural v8.2.4 with CICS v5.3 & V5.4 as we are planning for CICS upgrade.
Kindly guide me to proceed further.

Thanks,
Sakthi

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Natural version 8.2.4 on z/OS is out of support since 2016-10-31. Highest z/OS supported for v8.2.4 was z/OS 2.1.

It supported running on
CICS TS for z/OS 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
so CICS v5.3 and v5.4 were never supported.

It might work, but it is not a supported version.

CICS 5.3 was supported starting from Natural 8.2.6:
CICS TS for z/OS 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 for Natural CICS Interface Version 8.2.6
4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 for Natural CICS Interface Version 8.3.3

Natural 8.2.6 is still supported; Natural 8.3.3 is the latest available.

Please see Empower (https://empower.softwareag.com) for additional details and information.

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Hi Douglas Kelly,

Thank you for the quick response and for the detailed information.

Regards,
Sakthivel