IBM Wave for z/VM Version 1 Release 2 Administration and Customization IBM SC27-6118-14 Note: Before you use this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 257. This edition applies to Version 1.2 of IBM Wave for z/VM (product number 5648-AE1) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Last updated: 2020-09-29 © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2007, 2020. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures................................................................................................................. ix Tables................................................................................................................ xiii About this information......................................................................................... xv Intended audience..................................................................................................................................... xv Links to documents and websites..............................................................................................................xv How to send your comments to IBM....................................................................xvii Conventions and terminology.............................................................................. xix Typographic conventions.......................................................................................................................... xix Terminology............................................................................................................................................... xix Summary of changes for Wave 1.2: Administration and Customization................. xxi Fix Pack 16 changes (September 2020)...................................................................................................xxi Fix Pack 15 changes (April 2020)............................................................................................................ xxii Fix Pack 14 changes (December 2019).................................................................................................. xxiii Fix Pack 13 changes (September 2019).................................................................................................xxiii Fix Pack 12 changes (April 2019)........................................................................................................... xxiv Fix Pack 11 changes (September 2018)..................................................................................................xxv Fix Pack 10 changes (May 2018)............................................................................................................ xxvi Fix Pack 9 changes (December 2017)................................................................................................... xxvii Fix Pack 8 changes (October 2017)....................................................................................................... xxvii Fix Pack 7 changes (March 2017).......................................................................................................... xxvii Fix Pack 6 changes (December 2016)...................................................................................................xxviii Fix Pack 5 changes (September 2016)................................................................................................. xxviii Fix Pack 4 changes (June 2016)............................................................................................................. xxix Fix Pack 3 changes (April 2016)...............................................................................................................xxx Fix Pack 2 changes (December 2015).................................................................................................... xxxi Fix Pack 1 changes (September 2015)................................................................................................. xxxiii Chapter 1. Introducing IBM Wave for z/VM.............................................................1 IBM mainframe requirements..................................................................................................................... 1 Application architecture.............................................................................................................................. 2 Supported target virtualization platforms (TVPs)..................................................................................3 Interaction with the TVP........................................................................................................................ 4 IBM Wave service machines.................................................................................................................. 4 The IBM Wave user interface.......................................................................................................................4 Overview of the IBM Wave client........................................................................................................... 5 Single glance technology and the GUI engine.......................................................................................5 Session tasks.......................................................................................................................................... 6 Personalization capabilities................................................................................................................... 6 Single User Mode....................................................................................................................................7 IBM Wave internal messaging mechanism............................................................................................7 Locking and unlocking an entity or object............................................................................................. 7 IAN and CAAP technology......................................................................................................................7 The Wave Linux server (WAVESRV).............................................................................................................8 The Background Task Scheduler (BTS) server............................................................................................9 iii Common output repository..................................................................................................................10 BTS work unit requests........................................................................................................................ 10 BTS work unit scheduling.....................................................................................................................10 BTS task tracking and failure notification............................................................................................11 BTS directory manager work unit sampler.......................................................................................... 11 BTS Live Guest Relocation sampler.....................................................................................................11 Shared directory support...........................................................................................................................11 Unique directory identification............................................................................................................ 12 Relationship between z/VM systems and directories.........................................................................12 SYSAFFIN statement support..............................................................................................................12 Guest logon eligibility...........................................................................................................................13 Other elements shared across the directory.......................................................................................14 Visualization of shared directory......................................................................................................... 15 Wave resource serialization and shared directory.............................................................................. 15 Single system image and live guest relocation support........................................................................... 15 Limitation for Identities........................................................................................................................15 Special consideration for spool/page DASD........................................................................................15 Change synchronization and serialization.................................................................................................16 Automatic Change Synchronization.....................................................................................................16 Wave Resource Serialization................................................................................................................16 Metadata objects and entities................................................................................................................... 17 Project...................................................................................................................................................17