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The compatibility status for each category are defined as follows:

TBD	Broadcom is in the process of verifying that the product is compatible.
NO	The product is not compatible.
YES	The product has been certified and is compatible.
N/A	The compatibility is not applicable to the Broadcom product.

CICS Transaction Server Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	3.2
No product found.
CICS TS V5R4	YES Info
CICS TS V5R5	YES Info
CICS TS V5R6	YES Info
CICS TS V6R1	YES Info
CICS TS V6R2	YES Info
CICS TS V6R3	YES Info

IBM zEnterprise Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	3.2
No product found.
ZEC12	YES
z13/z13s	YES
z14/z14R1	YES
z15/z15-T02	YES
z16/z16-A02	YES

VPAT Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	3.2
No product found.
VPAT	TBD

z/OS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	3.2
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES
z/OS V2R5	YES
Z/OS V3R1	YES

Additional Information

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• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R4

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN      
   data set:                                                                
  
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage proctection                    
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R5

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN      
   data set:                                                                
  
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage proctection                    
  
   MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  
  
   CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.   
   CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded,  
   it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to        
   assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.       
   As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any  
   required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any   
   copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either   
   place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB     
   concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location   
   into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:               
   //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                              
   Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.           
   Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE          
   concatenations.                                                          
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R6

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN      
   data set:                                                                
  
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage proctection                    
  
   MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  
  
   CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.   
   CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded,  
   it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to        
   assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.       
   As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any  
   required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any   
   copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either   
   place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB     
   concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location   
   into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:               
   //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                              
   Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.           
   Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE          
   concatenations.                                                          
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R1

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN      
   data set:                                                                
  
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage protection                     
  
   MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  
  
   CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.   
   CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded,  
   it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to        
   assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.       
   As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any  
   required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any   
   copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either   
   place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB     
   concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location   
   into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:               
   //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                              
   Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.           
   Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE          
   concatenations.                                                          
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R2

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN      
   data set:                                                                
  
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage protection                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R3

   Add the following CICS system initialization parameter to the SYSIN     00000100 
   data set:                                                               00000200 
                                                                           00000300 
   STGPROT=NO               Turn off storage protection                    00000400 
      

This page last updated 31 Mar 2025