Oracle z/OS (OS/390) Status and Directions
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Oracle z/OS (OS/390)
Status and Directions
Bill Ingham
z/OS Release Manager
Oracle Corporation
[email protected]
Tuesday, March 30th 2004
Agenda
Review
Current Priorities
Future direction
Questions
zSeries SIG - 2004
2003 SIG Directions
Product Quality
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Increase in generic regression tests run
Increase in z/OS specific testing
More focus on interoperability testing
More leveraged use of generic processes
Support GTL program
Extending Generic Functionality
Enhanced O/S features
Apps 11i Split-tier Certification
zSeries SIG - 2004
Current Priorities (9.2.0.5 and 10g)
10g – GA April 19th 2004
9.2.0.5 – GA April 19th 2004
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z/OS Roadmap
Version
End of Support
End of EM Support
8.1.7 MPM
12/31/03
N/A
8.1.7 OSDI
12/31/04
12/31/06
9.0.1.4
12/31/03
N/A
9.2.0.x
12/31/05
12/31/07
10.1.0.x
01/31/07
01/31/09
zSeries SIG - 2004
10g Features
Datapump (Fast Imp/Exp)
Streams
Flashback
Flash Recovery
Dataguard
Enterprise Manager
Patch tracking
Ultra-large database
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10g Features
Release Date April 19th
OUI install
CD-based or electronic delivery
OLAP
RMAN enhancements
Data-mining **
File Access Improvements
OSDI Version information
Alert log enhancements
IEEE Float**
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10g Release Delivery
Based on Oracle’s common installation toolset
– Shipped on CD or downloaded electronically
– X-windows based GUI install
– Platform transparency
PM3/4 means ability for generic link on site
(but still ship with binaries)
Enhancements delivered only in base release
OSDI versioned and tied to server bundle for
simplicity and stability
SQL only shipped in USS
Minimum requirement of z/OS 1.4
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10g Maintenance Delivery
Patchsets remain primary maintenance vehicle
Common toolset based patch installation
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Platform transparent
Inventory means easier tracking of maintenance
Interim patches shipped as object files**
Linked on site**
More granularity available
Smaller delta means better stability
More flexible for customer
Consistent with other platforms
Interim ‘one-off’ patches only for P1 and escalated
P2 bugs
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File Access Enhancements
Consistent behavior across tools/utils
“Agnostic” file access
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HFS from TSO/batch
Data set from POSIX
Data set access in some formerly HFS-only server
features
Isolate/control OraRTL compatibility
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Future directions
Shipment of new releases with first patchset
Further integration into ‘Oracle factory’
Continued quality improvement
Further expansion of features to support
Mainframe Program
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Q U E S T I O N S
A N S W E R S