Requirements for z/OS Batch Runtime

z/OS® Batch Runtime requires the following programs:

IBM® SDK for z/OS, Java™ Technology Edition, V6.0.1 or higher (5655-R31). (For details, see Configuring Java.)
Pure Java applications using IBM Java Batch Common Programming Model Support: may use either 31-bit or 64-bit JVM
IBM COBOL and PL/I interoperability functions: 31-bit JVM only
IBM Enterprise PL/I and COBOL Version 4.2
One of the following:
- DB2® V9 with PTF UK62190 for JDBC 3.0 specification level, or PTF UK62191 for JDBC 4.0 specification level
- DB2 V10 with PTF UK62141 for JDBC 3.0 specification level, or PTF UK62145 for JDBC 4.0 specification level

For more information about these required programs, see the appropriate reference listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Summary of reference information for required programs
For information about	Refer to
Java	`http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/`
IBM Enterprise COBOL Version 4 Release 2	`http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/library/`
DB2	`http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/zos/family/`
PL/I	`http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/pli/plizos/library/`