IronSphere Agent: Is z/OS 2.1 is supported?

IronSphere Agent: Is z/OS 2.1 is supported?

IronSphere Agent for Z/OS is supported on all IBM z/OS supported versions, starting at version 2.1. However, prior versions of Z/OS version 2 are supported  under limitation of the following (text is a copy of IBM document at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0za100/mvs_web_enablement_v2r1.htm):

IBM intends to make available a portion of the z/OS® client web enablement toolkit in z/OS Version 2 Release 1 (V2R1) with SPE APAR OA46575 toward the end of the first quarter of 2015. This portion of the toolkit provides a generic, default z/OS Java™ Script Object Notation (JSON) parser for z/OS applications. JSON is a text-based, open standard that is designed for human-readable data interchange, as described in RFC 4627.

This topic describes new z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit function in z/OS V2R1 with appropriate APARs installed:
The z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit:
Applications running in traditional z/OS environments can choose to play the client role of a RESTful web application and initiate a request to a web server that resides on z/OS or any other platform that supports web applications. In z/OS Version Release 1 with appropriate APARs installed, the new z/OS Client Web Enablement toolkit enables these applications to more easily participate in this client/server space by providing a built-in:Start of change
  • z/OS JSON parser to parse JSON text that is coming from any source and the ability to build new JSON text or add to existing JSON text. (Provided with APAR OA46575).
  • z/OS HTTP/HTTPS protocol enabler that uses interfaces similar in nature to other industry-standard APIs. (Provided with APAR OA46622.)
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The intention of the toolkit is to enable traditional z/OS programs apart from a Java virtual machine (JVM) environment to have easy access to these types of services. Programs running as a batch job, as a started procedure or running in almost any address space on a z/OS system now have APIs that they can use in a similar manner to any standard z/OS APIs provided by the operating system. Furthermore, programs can invoke these APIs in the programming language of their choice. C/C++, COBOL, PL/I, and assembly languages are fully supported.

When change was introduced:
z/OS V2R1 with APARs OA46575 and OA46622.
Reference information:
When the JSON parser portion of the z/OS client web enablement toolkit becomes generally available, the documentation will be available at Web enablement APAR OA46575.pdf upon the closure of APAR OA46575. The same information will also be included in the next edition of z/OS MVS™ Programming: Callable Services for High-Level Languagesfor z/OS.

A follow-on portion of the z/OS client web enablement toolkit to provide HTTP support will also become available on z/OS V2R1 with SPE APAR OA46622 later in 2015 and will also be documented in z/OS MVS Programming: Callable Services for High-Level Languages for z/OS .