Last Updated: July 15, 2020

This document describes:

• CA Brightside Offering Background
• CA Brightside Offering Release Schedule
• CA Brightside Offering Fix Strategy for:
  • Proprietary content (Broadcom Innovations)
  • Open Mainframe Project (OMP) Zowe components
  • Eclipse Foundation Che4z components
  • Visual Studio (VS) Code Marketplace Code4z components

CA Brightside Offering Background

CA Brightside:  May 2018 -  Jul 2018

• CA Brightside 1.0:  Broadcom proprietary Command Line Interface (CLI)
• CA Brightside 2.0:  Broadcom proprietary Command Line Interface (CLI) and Broadcom proprietary API Mediation Layer

CA Brightside:  Aug  2018 - Apr 2019

• CA Brightside 2.0:  (Broadcom contributed) Zowe Command Line Interface (CLI), (Broadcom contributed) Zowe API Mediation Layer, Zowe Broadcom proprietary CLI plugins

CA Brightside:  May 2019 - Oct 2019

• CA Brightside 2.0: no change
• Enterprise Support:  All OMP Zowe Components V1.1.0 and V1.5.0

CA Brightside:  Nov 2019 - Feb 2019

• CA Brightside 2.0: Zowe Command Line Interface (CLI), Zowe API Mediation Layer, Zowe Broadcom proprietary CLI plugins and Eclipse Che4z Stack
• Enterprise Support: All OMP Zowe Components V1.1.0 and V1.5.0
• Enterprise Support: All Eclipse Foundation Che4z Components, VS Code Code4z Pack (includes Zowe Explorer)

CA Brightside:  Mar 2020

• CA Brightside 3.0: Zowe Components (available at the Broadcom Support Portal for download/install, Zowe Explorer available at VS Code Marketplace)
• Enterprise Support: LTS Release V1.9.0 OMP Zowe Components
• Enterprise Support: All Releases, The Eclipse Che Brightside Che4z Stack (Broadcom Support Portal includes directions for obtaining this stack) and the VS Code Code4z Pack (available at the VS Code Marketplace)

CA Brightside Offering Release Schedule

*subject to change

CA Brightside Offering Fix Strategy

Zowe

The CA Brightside offering for OMP Zowe Open Source includes support for:

• Zowe Client Components
  • Zowe CLI Broadcom Proprietary Plugins
  • Zowe CLI Core
  • Zowe CLI Plugins
  • Zowe Explorer Broadcom Proprietary Features
  • Zowe Explorer
• Zowe z/OS Components
  • Zowe API Mediation Layer Broadcom Proprietary Features
  • Zowe API Mediation Layer
  • Zowe Application Framework Broadcom Proprietary Features
  • Zowe Application Framework

Broadcom Proprietary Content Fix Strategy

Broadcom Proprietary Zowe Client Components
Zowe CLI Fix Strategy

This section is applicable for Broadcom Proprietary Zowe CLI plugins.  Refer to the CA Brightside License Required list of CLI plugins located at our TECHDOCS site: CA Brightside Techdocs - Available CLI Plugins.  Follow the instructions below to identify and install the desired CA Brightside CLI Version.

Zowe CLI Versioning Tag Usage and Installation Recommendations

NPM tags differentiate CA Brightside CLI versions. They include:

• @zowe-v1-lts            -> Brightside 3.0
• @lts-incremental       -> Brightside 2.0
• @lts-stable                -> Brightside 1.0

@zowe-v1-lts tag:

• represents CA Brightside 3.0
• will receive minor enhancements and bug fixes
• will not receive breaking changes

CA Brightside 3.0 users are encouraged to install with the @zowe-v1-lts distribution tag or install via a CA Brightside 3.0 package.

@lts-incremental tag:

• represents CA Brightside 2.0
• will receive bug fixes until End Support (3-31-2021)

@lts-stable tag:

• represents CA Brightside1.0
• Off Support (02-28-2020)

Zowe CLI Installation Methods and Documentation

Installation methods include:

• Offline package
• Online npm

For complete installation instructions see CLI Installation Methods in the CA Brightside product documentation. For more information about npm tag usage, see “How CLI Versioning Works”.

Zowe Explorer Fix Strategy

There are no proprietary Zowe Explorer features available at this time.

Broadcom Proprietary Zowe z/OS Components

Zowe API Mediation Layer Fix Strategy

There are no proprietary API-ML features available at this time.

Zowe Application Framework Fix Strategy

There are no proprietary Application Framework features available at this time.

Zowe Components Fix Strategy

Zowe Client Components

Zowe CLI Fix Strategy:  See “Zowe CLI Fix Strategy” in “Broadcom Proprietary Content” section

Zowe Explorer Fix Strategy

The Zowe Explorer is installed from the VS Code Marketplace. Customers may obtain fixes at:

1. The VS Code Marketplace:  Download new features/fixes directly from the marketplace as they become available.
   1. Fixes will be distributed with the latest version of this component
   2. For version details, at the VS Code Marketplace, select Zowe Explorer, then click on the CHANGELOG under the RESOURCES section (on the right side of the Zowe Explorer Overview page)

Zowe z/OS Components

Zowe API Mediation Layer Fix Strategy

Zowe Application Framework Fix Strategy

The following applies to the Zowe API Mediation Layer and the Zowe Application Framework:

1. Individual Zowe z/OS Component fixes will be prepared and delivered directly to customers based on reported support cases
2. Due to the open source nature of Zowe, the fixes will be delivered as source code updates to the appropriate Zowe z/OS Components open repositories
3. Fixes will be made available in a subsequent Zowe build at Zowe.org
4. Fixes will be made available to download from Broadcom Support Portal in the form of a new Zowe build immediately

*Note:  Effective with CA Brightside 3.0, Zowe z/OS Components will be delivered using z/OS System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E). Due to the open source nature of Zowe, fixes will be first delivered as a source code updates to the Zowe z/OS Components open repositories and then made available for download from the Broadcom Support Portal in a form of a PTF. (Whereby in Broadcom these PTF’s mean the latest available maintenance for Zowe V1.9.0 LTS. In Zowe, following an active LTS model, they stand for a new minor version of Zowe, with non-breaking enhancements and features, all included in the Brightside support offering).

Zowe Support Lifecycle Dates

*This schedule is subject to change

Note: Brightside 3.0.x additionally includes support for all minor versions of Zowe V1 released since V1.9.0 LTS up until the new major version of Zowe (minor version of Zowe = 1.10, 1.11, and so forth)

Che4z and Code4z

The CA Brightside offering for Che4z and Code4z open source includes support for:

• COBOL Language Support
• Assembler Language Support

 
Due to the open source nature of the Eclipse Che Che4z project, the fixes will be delivered as source code updates to the appropriate components and will eventually be made available on the appropriate Eclipse Che project pages and at the Visual Studio code marketplace. As such, they will be directly available to all customers, contributors and interested parties in the form of source code.

Che4z & Code4z Support Lifecycle Dates

*This schedule is subject to change