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What's New - Smartcrypt of z/OS

V16.1.6




V16.1.5






V16.1.4






V16.1.1
ReferenceChange Summary
8448Add new support for using HSM keys through KeyAgent
8466Added support to track source of keys used in archive
8521Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes
8528Extended file time support
8551Improved return code checking with PKGKSX
8557Corrected an Abend SOC4 that may occur during startup
8559Corrected an intermittent Abend S0C1 when FLEFAST is enabled
8563Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member
8566Correct mode stored for zero byte compressed files
8567

Corrected a Abend S0F4 IVPLMOD that may occur using IEBCOPY UNLOAD

8569Corrected an error where the wrong compression level may be used
8570Corrected an error decrypting OpenPGP files having a packet length value of zero
8573Corrected an error where the wrong key value may used with FLEFAST
8574Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files
8587Corrected DCB allocation for UNLOAD and RELOAD steps
8589Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I
8591Corrected an issue where a missing INFILE data set may cause  program to terminate.
8592Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK
V16.1.0
ReferenceChange Summary
8417Add new support for fully qualified custom CKDS key labels
8436Add support to show key label name for CKDS_INDEX
8437PKGKSX enhancements: Key Agent log file rotation
8438Corrected the possibility for storing incorrect file size information
8439Corrected an UNZIP error when using FILE_NAME_API
8445Added proxy support using Smartcrypt Manager to provide keys using Key Agent
8447Add new support for FLE initialization with CICS to not require PLTPI
8450Corrected possible issue with CKDS_INDEX version ID for CKDS label generation
8451Corrected an issue with V16 where dynamic allocation may fail
8452Corrected several issues using _CORENAME
8453Corrected an issue where CICS transaction may hang when PKZIP is called
8475Corrected an issue where FLEFAST processing may retain HMAC PKKDSPFX
8478Corrected an issue where IBMCMPSC may fail with zero-byte files
8480Removed version check for using KeyMaker with ISPF
8496Added KMC_PRNG for expanded random data generation
8508Updated FACILITY_COMPRESS to include IBMZEDC as the preferred method
8518Improved compiling CALLCOB5 sample on Cobol 6
8524Corrected possible SOC4 error handling VBA output for zero length record
8525Corrected possible OC4 using FTP with trailing null in destination field
8530Corrected possible extract failure using very long records with OUTFILE_LONGREC(WRAP)
16.0.13






16.0.12
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-119Revised zero byte file to show compression method as Deflate instead of Store
LPS-120Corrected an error where the wrong compression level may be used (aka 8569)
LPS-1099Added new VOLSER=CLOUD to support data sets backed by virtual cloud devices
LPS-1109Resolved a SOC1 that may occur on PKZAMGR using -TECHSUPP=NOTRAP
LPS-1113Resolved an error where PKZTMGR was found to be missing from INSTLIB(LPACOPY).
LPS-1121Added latest codes to DYNALLOC DARC and updated ACFMDARC.
LPS-1125Resolved incorrect ACZDFLTS when using multiple params such as ZIIP_RUNOPTS=Y,WARN
LPS-1145Resolved an intermittent SOC4 error in ACCMGR when using -NOSYSPRINT
16.0.11
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-1102Improved PKLKMSGC ICSF RC message information
LPS-1089Changed CLIST to use SLEEP instead of PKZRWAIT
LPS-1064Extend license checks to correctly support high model numbers
LPS-1052Corrected ABEND when extracted data set spans two tape volumes
LPS-1049Corrected an error with symbolic date substitution output
LPS-1030Extended license support for midrange IBM z15 Model T02 (8562)
LPS-957Add support for execution-protected storage environments
LPS-952Verified ARCHIVE-TRANSFER operation over AT-TLS 1.3 on z/OS 2.4
V16.0.9
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-953Fixed an FLE decryption error reporting reason: 3599 kPKErr_PassWordInvalid
LPS-985Fixed an error with PKGKSX reading temporary IngrianNAE.properties file
LPS-1016Fixed an error causing Abend S0C4 using IEBGENER to process PANVALET SYSIN
LPS-1022Fixed an issue of IGGCSI00 catalog service request to return catalog field ENCRYPTF fails
LPS-1023Fixed a module licensing error reporting missing /LicID
LPS-1032INSTIB comment error
LPS-1040S0C4 ABEND when extracting 3490 tape after upgrade
LPS-1041Incorrect out-of-range message detected for 8561
LPS-1042Provide APF mark on SVC module for installations requiring APFREQ with SETPROG LPA
V16.0.8
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-31Corrected an issue where VIEW sort was not working
LPS-34Improved display output to show values exceeding 9GB
LPS-35Improved ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK to support SMS-compressed ZIP archives
LPS-36Resolved BSAM SYNAD end of SMS compressed data set error
LPS-42Corrected an error that may occur when OUTFILE_VOLUMES is not used when extracting VSAM ESDS
LPS-84Corrected DCB allocation for UNLOAD and RELOAD steps (8587)
LPS-87Added support for activation reporting with SCRT 27.1
LPS-93Added support to create and extract ZIP archives with files located beyond a 1TB offset
LPS-94Corrected an error that created stored archives beyond the value set for STORE_MODE_THRESHOLD
LPS-95Updated ZPAM0071 display to support terabyte data
LPS-105Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I (8589)
LPS-113Improved return code checking with PKGKSX (8551)
LPS-117Corrected an intermittent Abend S0C1 when FLEFAST is enabled (8559)
LPS-118Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member (8563)
LPS-121Corrected an error decrypting OpenPGP files having a packet length value of zero (8570)
LPS-122Corrected an error where the wrong key value may used with FLEFAST (8573)
LPS-124Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK (8592)
LPS-125Fixed ABEND ASRA SOC4 PKZAPIO using FLEFAST with CICS
LPS-127Fixed HLQ temp file error using CREATE job
LPS-136Improved high capacity PDS member extraction efficiency
LPS-140Fixed FLE ACPRINTF ABEND non-JSTCB call
LPS-166Corrected possible SOC4 error handling VBA output for zero length record (8524)
LPS-167Added new "ALL" parameter for using RLIST to display additional information (8526)
LPS-168Corrected possible extract failure using very long records with OUTFILE_LONGREC(WRAP) (8530)
LPS-169Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes (8521)
LPS-170Corrected a Abend S0F4 IVPLMOD that may occur using IEBCOPY UNLOAD (8567)
LPS-172Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files (8574)
LPS-889Resolved an issue with XTAPE streaming is disabled by ARCHINDD
LPS-893Resolved issue where multi-volume tape archive ignores CLOSE TYPE=T error
LPS-917Resolved PKWMT01E ABEND detected with MODULE CALLPIPI
LPS-919New support for IBM PS-E, VSAM, and PDSE encryption
LPS-940Fixed additional incidence SOC1 error for Data Descriptor Archive
LPS-964New support for IBM Basic and Large data set encryption
V16.0.7
ReferenceChange Summary
8411Corrected a possible SOC4 error when attempting to read archive with ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK=Y
8483Improved handing for condition ARC1197I HSM TRAP for RC=0097
8492PKGKSX enhancements (Key Agent)
8493Added improved syntax checking for Field Level Encryption command processing
8502Enhanced GZIP file detection capabilities
8504Improved handling of SMS-Compressed data set processing to avoid a possible extraction failure condition
8506Corrected possible extract error for GZIP files having a short trailer record
8516Corrected a condition resulting in ZPAP030E Unrecognized CALL parameter type encountered error 
8517Removed unneeded VSE checking
8522Corrected ZPEX001W INFLATE ERR condition



What's New - PKZIP

V16.1.6




V16.1.5






V16.1.4








V16.1.1
ReferenceChange Summary
8448Add new support for using HSM keys through KeyAgent
8466Added support to track source of keys used in archive
8521Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes
8528Extended file time support
8551Improved return code checking with PKGKSX
8557Corrected an Abend SOC4 that may occur during startup
8559Corrected an intermittent Abend S0C1 when FLEFAST is enabled
8563Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member
8566Correct mode stored for zero byte compressed files
8567

Corrected a Abend S0F4 IVPLMOD that may occur using IEBCOPY UNLOAD

8569Corrected an error where the wrong compression level may be used
8570Corrected an error decrypting OpenPGP files having a packet length value of zero
8573Corrected an error where the wrong key value may used with FLEFAST
8574Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files
8587Corrected DCB allocation for UNLOAD and RELOAD steps
8589Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I
8591Corrected an issue where a missing INFILE dataset may cause  program to terminate.
8592Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK
V16.1.0
ReferenceChange Summary
8417Add new support for fully qualified custom CKDS key labels
8436Add support to show key label name for CKDS_INDEX
8437PKGKSX enhancements: Key Agent log file rotation
8438Corrected the possibility for storing incorrect file size information
8439Corrected an UNZIP error when using FILE_NAME_API
8445Added proxy support using Smartcrypt Manager to provide keys using Key Agent
8447Add new support for FLE initialization with CICS to not require PLTPI
8450Corrected possible issue with CKDS_INDEX version ID for CKDS label generation
8451Corrected an issue with V16 where dynamic allocation may fail
8452Corrected several issues using _CORENAME
8453Corrected an issue where CICS transaction may hang when PKZIP is called
8475Corrected an issue where FLEFAST processing may retain HMAC PKKDSPFX
8478Corrected an issue where IBMCMPSC may fail with zero-byte files
8480Removed version check for using KeyMaker with ISPF
8496Added KMC_PRNG for expanded random data generation
8508Updated FACILITY_COMPRESS to include IBMZEDC as the preferred method
8518Improved compiling CALLCOB5 sample on Cobol 6
8524Corrected possible SOC4 error handling VBA output for zero length record
8525Corrected possible OC4 using FTP with trailing null in destination field
8530Corrected possible extract failure using very long records with OUTFILE_LONGREC(WRAP)
16.0.13






16.0.12
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-119Revised zero byte file to show compression method as Deflate instead of Store
LPS-120Corrected an error where the wrong compression level may be used (aka 8569)
LPS-1099Added new VOLSER=CLOUD to support data sets backed by virtual cloud devices
LPS-1109Resolved a SOC1 that may occur on PKZAMGR using -TECHSUPP=NOTRAP
LPS-1113Resolved an error where PKZTMGR was found to be missing from INSTLIB(LPACOPY).
LPS-1121Added latest codes to DYNALLOC DARC and updated ACFMDARC
LPS-1125Resolved incorrect ACZDFLTS when using multiple params such as ZIIP_RUNOPTS=Y,WARN
LPS-1145Resolved an intermittent SOC4 error in ACCMGR when using -NOSYSPRINT
16.0.11
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-1102Improved PKLKMSGC ICSF RC message information
LPS-1089Changed CLIST to use SLEEP instead of PKZRWAIT
LPS-1064Extend license checks to correctly support high model numbers
LPS-1052Corrected ABEND when extracted data set spans two tape volumes
LPS-1049Corrected an error with symbolic date substitution output
LPS-1030Extended license support for midrange IBM z15 Model T02 (8562)
LPS-957Add support for execution-protected storage environments
LPS-952Verified ARCHIVE-TRANSFER operation over AT-TLS 1.3 on z/OS 2.4
V16.0.9
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-953Fixed an FLE decryption error reporting reason: 3599 kPKErr_PassWordInvalid
LPS-985Fixed an error with PKGKSX reading temporary IngrianNAE.properties file
LPS-1016Fixed an error causing Abend S0C4 using IEBGENER to process PANVALET SYSIN
LPS-1022Fixed an issue of IGGCSI00 catalog service request to return catalog field ENCRYPTF fails
LPS-1023Fixed a module licensing error reporting missing /LicID
LPS-1032INSTIB comment error
LPS-1040S0C4 ABEND when extracting 3490 tape after upgrade
LPS-1041Incorrect out-of-range message detected for 8561
LPS-1042Provide APF mark on SVC module for installations requiring APFREQ with SETPROG LPA
V16.0.8
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-31Corrected an issue where VIEW sort was not working
LPS-34Improved display output to show values exceeding 9GB
LPS-35Improved ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK to support SMS-compressed ZIP archives
LPS-36Resolved BSAM SYNAD end of SMS compressed data set error
LPS-42Corrected an error that may occur when OUTFILE_VOLUMES is not used when extracting VSAM ESDS
LPS-84Corrected DCB allocation for UNLOAD and RELOAD steps (8587)
LPS-87Added support for activation reporting with SCRT 27.1
LPS-93Added support to create and extract ZIP archives with files located beyond a 1TB offset
LPS-94Corrected an error that created stored archives beyond the value set for STORE_MODE_THRESHOLD
LPS-95Updated ZPAM0071 display to support terabyte data
LPS-105Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I (8589)
LPS-113Improved return code checking with PKGKSX (8551)
LPS-117Corrected an intermittent Abend S0C1 when FLEFAST is enabled (8559)
LPS-118Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member (8563)
LPS-121Corrected an error decrypting OpenPGP files having a packet length value of zero (8570)
LPS-122Corrected an error where the wrong key value may used with FLEFAST (8573)
LPS-124Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK (8592)
LPS-125Fixed ABEND ASRA SOC4 PKZAPIO using FLEFAST with CICS
LPS-127Fixed HLQ temp file error using CREATE job
LPS-136Improved high capacity PDS member extraction efficiency
LPS-140Fixed FLE ACPRINTF ABEND non-JSTCB call
LPS-166Corrected possible SOC4 error handling VBA output for zero length record (8524)
LPS-167Added new "ALL" parameter for using RLIST to display additional information (8526)
LPS-168Corrected possible extract failure using very long records with OUTFILE_LONGREC(WRAP) (8530)
LPS-169Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes (8521)
LPS-170Corrected a Abend S0F4 IVPLMOD that may occur using IEBCOPY UNLOAD (8567)
LPS-172Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files (8574)
LPS-889Resolved an issue with XTAPE streaming is disabled by ARCHINDD
LPS-893Resolved issue where multi-volume tape archive ignores CLOSE TYPE=T error
LPS-917Resolved PKWMT01E ABEND detected with MODULE CALLPIPI
LPS-919New support for IBM PS-E, VSAM, and PDSE encryption
LPS-940Fixed additional incidence SOC1 error for Data Descriptor Archive
LPS-964New support for IBM Basic and Large data set encryption
V16.0.7
ReferenceChange Summary
8411Corrected a possible SOC4 error when attempting to read archive with ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK=Y
8483Improved handing for condition ARC1197I HSM TRAP for RC=0097
8492PKGKSX enhancements (Key Agent)
8493Added improved syntax checking for Field Level Encryption command processing
8502Enhanced GZIP file detection capabilities
8504Improved handling of SMS-Compressed data set processing to avoid a possible extraction failure condition
8506Corrected possible extract error for GZIP files having a short trailer record
8516Corrected a condition resulting in ZPAP030E Unrecognized CALL parameter type encountered error 
8517Removed unneeded VSE checking
8522Corrected ZPEX001W INFLATE ERR condition
V15.0.19




V15.0.18
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-119Revised zero byte file to show compression method as Deflate instead of Store
LPS-889Resolved an issue with XTAPE streaming is disabled by ARCHINDD
LPS-1030Extended license support for midrange IBM z15 Model T02 (8562)
LPS-1039Add support to show deprecated IGD103I message in job log
LPS-1040S0C4 ABEND when extracting 3490 tape after upgrade
LPS-1042Provide APF mark on SVC module for installations requiring APFREQ with SETPROG LPA
LPS-1047Resolved ABEND with REXX $INSTALL member has characters past CC 72
LPS-1049Corrected an error with symbolic date substitution output
LPS-1052Corrected ABEND when extracted data set spans two tape volumes
LPS-1064Extend license checks to correctly support high model numbers
LPS-1089Changed CLIST to use SLEEP instead of PKZRWAIT
LPS-1099Added new VOLSER=CLOUD to support data sets backed by virtual cloud devices
V15.0.17
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-940Fixed SOC1 error condition for a .zip archive having non-signature data descriptors
LPS-957Add support for execution-protected storage environments
LPS-996Add support for V15 on z15 machines
LPS-1016Fixed an error causing Abend S0C4 using IEBGENER to process PANVALET SYSIN
LPS-1023Fixed a module licensing error reporting missing /LicID
LPS-1032INSTIB comment error
V15.0.16


ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-26Corrected an issue where a missing INFILE data set may cause  program to terminate (8591)
LPS-34Improved display output to show values exceeding 9GB
LPS-35Improved ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK to support SMS-compressed ZIP archives
LPS-42Corrected an error that may occur when OUTFILE_VOLUMES is not used when extracting VSAM ESDS
LPS-87Added support for activation reporting with SCRT 27.1
LPS-93Added support to create and extract ZIP archives with files located beyond a 1TB offset
LPS-94Corrected an error that created stored archives beyond the value set for STORE_MODE_THRESHOLD
LPS-105Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I (8589)
LPS-118Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member (8563)
LPS-124Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK (8592)
LPS-136Improved high capacity PDS member extraction efficiency
LPS-169Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes (8521)
LPS-172Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files (8574)
LPS-218Corrected an error causing corrupt OpenPGP archives with signing and using IBMZEDC compression

What's New - SecureZIP

V15.0.19




V15.0.18
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-119Revised zero byte file to show compression method as Deflate instead of Store
LPS-889Resolved an issue with XTAPE streaming is disabled by ARCHINDD
LPS-1030Extended license support for midrange IBM z15 Model T02 (8562)
LPS-1039Add support to show deprecated IGD103I message in job log
LPS-1040S0C4 ABEND when extracting 3490 tape after upgrade
LPS-1042Provide APF mark on SVC module for installations requiring APFREQ with SETPROG LPA
LPS-1047Resolved ABEND with REXX $INSTALL member has characters past CC 72
LPS-1049Corrected an error with symbolic date substitution output
LPS-1052Corrected ABEND when extracted dataset spans two tape volumes
LPS-1064Extend license checks to correctly support high model numbers
LPS-1089Changed CLIST to use SLEEP instead of PKZRWAIT
LPS-1099Added new VOLSER=CLOUD to support data sets backed by virtual cloud devices
V15.0.17
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-940Fixed SOC1 error condition for a .zip archive having non-signature data descriptors
LPS-957Add support for execution-protected storage environments
LPS-996Add support for V15 on z15 machines
LPS-1016Fixed an error causing Abend S0C4 using IEBGENER to process PANVALET SYSIN
LPS-1023Fixed a module licensing error reporting missing /LicID
LPS-1032INSTIB comment error
V15.0.16
ReferenceChange Summary
LPS-26Corrected an issue where a missing INFILE dataset may cause  program to terminate (8591)
LPS-34Improved display output to show values exceeding 9GB
LPS-35Improved ARCHIVE_FASTSEEK to support SMS-compressed ZIP archives
LPS-42Corrected an error that may occur when OUTFILE_VOLUMES is not used when extracting VSAM ESDS
LPS-87Added support for activation reporting with SCRT 27.1
LPS-93Added support to create and extract ZIP archives with files located beyond a 1TB offset
LPS-94Corrected an error that created stored archives beyond the value set for STORE_MODE_THRESHOLD
LPS-105Corrected an error when using Dynalloc that may result in wrong information being reported in the ZPDA000I (8589)
LPS-118Corrected an Abend S013 that may occur when using an archive as a partitioned member (8563)
LPS-124Added support for include HBB77C0 in CCHWSWCK (8592)
LPS-136Improved high capacity PDS member extraction efficiency
LPS-169Add support for latest ICSF HCR77C1 changes (8521)
LPS-172Added improved handling of opening corrupt ZIP files (8574)
LPS-218Corrected an error causing corrupt OpenPGP archives with signing and using IBMZEDC compression
V15.0.15
ReferenceChange Summary
8530Corrected an issue where extracting long records may fail in PKZEXMAN
8543Corrected an issue where the configuration screen may show an incorrect HLQ
8557Corrected an issue that may cause an ABEND in PKZIP startup
8569Corrected an issue where the wrong compression level may be used
8570Corrected an issue extracting OpenPGP files when a zero-byte final packet is present
V15.0.14
ReferenceChange Summary
8500Corrected a license issue that may prevent accessing OpenPGP key management panels
 8516Corrected an issue with ZPAP030E Unrecognized CALL parameter type encountered error after upgrading to v15 from v14
8517Removed support for VSE
8526Added new "ALL" parameter for using RLIST to display additional information
V15.0.13
ReferenceChange Summary
8438 Corrected the possibility for storing incorrect file size information
 8439Corrected an UNZIP error when using FILE_NAME_API
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