Mainframe technology support

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Published Mar 19, 2023

Dynatrace supports monitoring of the technologies and versions listed below on IBM z/OS.

For the supported operating systems of the zRemote module, see System requirements.

Definition of the technology support version schema with examples:

Major version 5 is supported
- Major version 5 is supported, including all of its minor versions like 5.1 and 5.2
- Other major versions are not supported like 6 and 7
Minor version 5.1 is supported
- Minor version 5.1 is supported, including all of its patch versions like 5.1.1 and 5.1.2
- Other minor versions are not supported like 5.2 and 5.3
Patch version 5.1.1 is supported
- Patch version 5.1.1 is supported
- Other patch versions are not supported like 5.1.2 and 5.1.3
Version range 5.1 – 5.3 is supported
- Minor versions 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 are supported, including all of their patch versions like 5.1.1, 5.2.1, and 5.3.1
- Other minor versions are not supported like 5.0 and 5.4
The minimum required version is 5+
- All major, minor, and patch versions starting from version 5 are supported, like 5, 5.1, 5.1.1, and 6

IBM z/OS

To get started with monitoring, see Dynatrace for z/OS.

Operating system	Versions
IBM z/OS	2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1

IBM CICS

To get started with monitoring, see Install the CICS module.

IBM CICS	Versions
CICS Transaction Server	5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2
CICS MQ Bridge
CICS MQ Trigger Monitor
CICS HTTP/S
CICS JSON (non-Java JSON pipeline)
CICS SOAP (over HTTP)
CICS file access¹

The CICS file access methods VSAM and BDAM are supported.

Database client	Versions
IBM Db2	11, 12, 13
IBM IMS DB¹

The database access method DL/I is supported.

Messaging client	Versions
IBM MQ	8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

IBM IMS

To get started with monitoring, see Install the IMS module.

IBM IMS	Versions
IMS ¹²	13, 14, 15
IMS TM Resource Adapter	13, 14, 15
IMS MQ Bridge¹
IMS MQ Trigger Monitor
IMS Connect API¹	3.2

Only inbound tracing is supported.

Fast Path and BMP transaction tracing is only supported for IMS 15.

Database client	Versions
IBM Db2	11, 12, 13
IBM IMS DB¹

The database access methods DL/I and Fast Path are supported.

Messaging client	Versions
IBM MQ	8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

z/OS Java

To get started with monitoring, see Install the z/OS Java module.

Java Runtime	Versions
IBM JVM for z/OS	8
IBM Semeru for z/OS	11
IBM Semeru for z/OS	17

The technologies listed below are supported only when used with a supported Java runtime. In some cases, a manual Java runtime upgrade may be required to remain supported (for example, the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway earlier than 9.2).

Technology	Versions
IBM WebSphere Application Server	8.5.5, 9.0
IBM WebSphere Liberty ⁶	18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
IBM z/OS Connect ¹²	3.0.30+
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway ³⁴	9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
IBM IMS SOAP Gateway ⁵	3.2
Apache HttpClient	3.1, 4

Only the z/OS Connect standalone configuration is supported.

Only the CICS, IMS, and IBM MQ service providers are supported.

Only EXCI and IPIC protocols are supported.

⁴

WAS local mode configuration is not supported.

⁵

Only inbound tracing is supported.

⁶

Jakarta EE 9 and higher is not supported.

Database framework	Versions
JDBC ¹	3, 4

Only the Db2 JDBC driver types 2 and 4 are supported.

Messaging client	Versions
IBM MQ	8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
JMS	1.1

Monitoring framework	Versions
JMX	1.0+