# Natural 8.2.3 on z/OS 1.7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349 "2013-02-12T19:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Johnson1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/brian_johnson1/32/163_2.png) [@Brian\_Johnson1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Brian_Johnson1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/1 "2013-02-12T19:57:06Z")
We’re running z/OS 1.7 and have active in all environments Natural 4.2.7, Adabas 8.2.3 and EntireX 8.2.2 as well as a number of supporting products. I know this configuration is unsupported but it works (with z/OS 1.7). Now I want to keep the SAG products current, but I don’t believe a z/OS upgrade is in our future at this time. Can anyone tell me if it’s true what was referenced in another forum discussion that Natural 8.2.3 won’t install on z/OS 1.7? Has anyone proven this wrong? > **[NAT42 - NAT82 - EXX 71-72-73](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/techjforum/posts/list/25813.page)** > > Hi, Has anyone had any experience using NAT42 or NAT82 and EXX71/72/73, even if these versions are not a prerequisite for that Natural versions? If so, which procedure you have executed: which version was compiled for NATRPC - the old one or the new... Please advise if there are brick-wall incompatibilities that would keep me from having success in this next upgrade attempt? Thanks! -Brian ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/2 "2013-02-12T20:43:05Z")
Hi Brian, Well, I think this is rather unlikely in my humble opinion (I mean that Natural 8.2.3 won’t install on z/OS 1.7). If it may help you, I`m sending you our “TECH snapshot”; as you may guess, we are quite happy with all of those SAG products :-); of course, it does NOT directly answer your question. Best regards. Natural Version … 8.2.2.3 Startup Transaction … MAINMENU Natural Security … Yes Operating System … z/OS Oper. Sys. Version … 01.11.00 Machine Class … MAINFRAME Hardware … 2818 TP Monitor … CICS Device Type … COLOR Terminal ID … 3117 Code Page… Locale … EN\_US ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Johnson1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/brian_johnson1/32/163_2.png) [@Brian\_Johnson1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Brian_Johnson1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/3 "2013-02-12T21:03:44Z")
Thanks for your encouraging reply. I hope you are right. Our “TECH” screen: Version / SM Level … 4.2 / 0007 Startup Transaction … Natural Security … Yes Operating System … z/OS Oper. Sys. Version … 01.07.00 Machine Class … MAINFRAME Hardware … 2096 TP Monitor … CICS Device Type … VIDEO Terminal ID … 0889 Code Page… Locale … en\_US Last Command … LOGON ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/4 "2013-02-14T16:12:29Z")
Hi Brian, Certainly, your “Tech screen” is better than ours 🙂 Actually I was stating that “our” Natural 8.2.2.3 (not that far from Natural 8.2.3 which is your goal) works fine under z/OS 01.11.0 (that last one is not that far EITHER from “your” 01.07.00). By the way, can`t you ask Software AG about it? I think z/OS is very “user friendly” and did not undergo any “drastic changes” 🙂 since recently. This question is just out of curiosity. of course 🙂 Best of luck with your newly upgraded Natural 8.2.3 under z/OS 01.07.00. Nikolay ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Johnson1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/brian_johnson1/32/163_2.png) [@Brian\_Johnson1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Brian_Johnson1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/5 "2013-02-14T16:49:08Z")
Hi Nikolay, Thanks for the response, and what you say makes sense. I plan on making the attempt to do the upgrade but will allow longer times for testing to mitigate any risk. I can’t ask Software AG as no one who works for them would be allowed to state anything but the official support policy. Otherwise, if someone from SAG says Natural 8.2.3 runs ok on z/OS 1.7 and then something incompatible pops up after deployment, they may be liable to provide a fix even if the fix is in z/OS 1.7 (and hence the sticky part about it all). That’s why I suspect no one from SAG has responded to my question here (though they all saw it and now know that I am versed on support policy). z/OS 1.11 is a different story since it’s in the documentation as being supported. I will hope z/OS 1.7 and 1.11 are not so different and that Natural 8.2.3 doesn’t use it any differently than Natural 4.2.7 did. All the above also applies to CICS TS 2.3 which we are running though minimum supported is CICS TS 3.1. ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/6 "2013-02-14T16:58:50Z")
Thank you, Brian; if you don`t mind please let me know about the result of your attempt (I still hope I`m right regarding my assumption 🙂 Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-8-2-3-on-z-os-1-7/102349/7 "2021-04-02T15:02:53Z")