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New Function APAR Notification

Updated December 13, 2016

In response to customer requirements to make it easier to know when New Function

APARs have closed for the z/OS platform, we are providing two notification methods.

1. One capability uses the existing MyNotifications functions within the IBM

Support Portal. You can request a subscription to APARs designated as New

Function. You may have a subscription today for other notifications, and the

ability to include the New Function APARs is an additional capability. You will

be notified when the APAR closes (and before the PTF is available) to give you

the information as early as possible.

2. The other is a view of older New Function APARs and is available from a website

in lists. There are two formats of the list: two downloadable HTML files and a

download CSV file. One HTML file contains 12 months of New Function

APARs. The other HTML file contains five years of New Function APARs. The

CSV file contains the most information, and contains five years of data suitable

for a spreadsheet program and is delimited with semicolons.

What follows are steps on how to subscribe to the MyNotifications capability and an

example of what to expect when you receive notification.





The older views of New Function APARs can be found at this website:

http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/installation/zosnfapars.html

There is some additional information on the website about these three files.


http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/installation/zosnfapars.html




How to subscribe to MyNotifications

Step 1a:

From website www.ibm.com/support/ you can access the existing IBM Support Portal.

These instructions will tell you how to navigate through the Support Portal pages.

You must logon, if you haven’t already done so from the Support home page.

Click on “Browse for a product” on the top left side.

Click here.


http://www.ibm.com/support/




Step 1b:

Then select the “IBM Operating Systems” twisty, to provide a list of operating systems.

Click on the twisty here.





Step 1c:

Then select the “z/OS” twisty.

Click on the twisty here.





Step 1d:

Then click on “z/OS – All versions and releases”.

Click here.





Step 1e:

The check the box for “Version Independent”, and the “Go” button.

Click here, then the “Go” button below.





Step 1f:

On this web page, click on “Support notifications”.

Click here.





Step 2:

You may see a list of your current notifications under “Product notifications”. For

adding a new subscription or changing, you can click on “Edit” on the “z/OS – OS and

related software”.

You might have to set up a subscription to “System z”, and “z/OS – OS and related

software” if you don’t have an existing subscription to edit.

Click on “Edit” to change a subscription.

These are your current subscriptions....





Step 3a:

Scroll down in “Select Document types” until you see “Product information and

publications”. There is an option there called “New Function APARs”. Select this to

complete your subscription. Then scroll down to “Submit” to advance from this page.

If your subscription processing is successful, you should see the confirmation on the next

web page.

Select this to see z/OS platform New Function APARS





Step 3b:

If you click under “Notifications” on “View”, you can see over time what information

has accumulated in your subscription. Use the “Filter by document type” to select “New

Function APARs”, for example.

You can also change your subscription setting, by clicking on “Delivery preferences”.

Accumulation of information is

here





Step 3c:

Select how often you’d like email, and what format you’d like it for this subscription.





Step 4:

Once you have subscribed, as an example if you selected the email option, you may see a

note similar to the following in your inbox. Notice that you will see in this notification:

that the New Function APAR has closed,

the component number,

the component name,

a short APAR abstract,

and a link specific for that APAR.

Sample email that shows a New

Function APAR has closed, with link.





Step 5:

If you choose to follow the link provided in your email, a web page such as the following

would be provided. Notice at the bottom that you can obtain the PTF if it available by

clicking on the PTF number.

If you wished to register an interest on a specific APAR found in your email, you can use

any existing method you use today. Now that you know the New Function APAR

number, you can monitor it however you monitor APARs today.


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