Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS
Product Support Announcement

To: Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS Customers
From: The Computer Associates DB2 Product Team
Date: October 01, 2005

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. With CA's announcement in October 2004 of the general availability of Unicenter Database Management Solutions r11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS, we would like to take this opportunity to review the support schedule for currently supported releases of Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS.

Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS is comprised of the following individual products:

Advantage Compile/PRF for CICS

Advantage Compile/PRF for TSO

Advantage InfoRefiner

Advantage InfoTransport

Advantage Report Facility for CICS

Advantage Report Facility for IMS

Advantage Report Facility for TSO

Unicenter Bind Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter CA-24X7 High-Availability Manager for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter CA-Insight Performance Monitor for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Compile QQF

Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Data Navigator for DB2 for z/OS

Unicenter Database Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Detector for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Fast Check for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Fast Index for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Fast Load for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Fast Recover for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Fast Unload for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Governor Facility

Unicenter Index Expert for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Log Analyzer Audit Trace Option for DB2

Unicenter Log Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Log Compress for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Merge/Modify for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Network & Systems Management Database Option for DB2 UDB for z/OS (DB2 Agent)

Unicenter Object Administrator

Unicenter Object Tracker

Unicenter Partition Expert for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Plan Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Q uery Analyzer

Unicenter Quick Copy for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Rapid Reorg for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Compare for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Extract for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Merger for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Migrator for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Query for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Secure for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RC/Update for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Recovery Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter RI Editor for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter SQL Ease for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Unicenter Subsystem Analyzer for DB2 UDB for z/OS

With the announced availability of Unicenter Database Management Solutions r11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS, support for the individual product releases that comprise the Unicenter Database Management Solutions P01 for DB2 UDB for z/OS release is now scheduled to be discontinued as of October 1, 2006.

If you have not yet upgraded to Unicenter Database Management Solutions r 11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS , we urge you to do so as soon as possible so you can take full advantage of the latest new features, enhancements and DB2 UDB for z/OS v8 support this release has to offer. For additional information on Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS, please visit the pages at http://SupportConnect.ca.com or Management for Databases at http://www3.ca.com/Solutions.

CA would like to help make your upgrade to the latest release of Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS as straightforward and successful as possible. Therefore to assist you, we are offering the following:

• A no-charge software upgrade from your licensed products within Unicenter Database Management Solutions P01 for DB2 UDB for z/OS to those products in the Unicenter Database Management Solutions r11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS for any customer with an active maintenance contract.
• Review of the Getting Started Guide to help prepare you for your upgrade to Unicenter Database Management Solutions r11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS. This document can be viewed at http://SupportConnect.ca.com.
• CA Technology Services is available to provide consulting services for any or all parts of the upgrade, including analysis of the current system, preparation for the upgrade, testing, and performing the upgrade itself. For more information please outline your needs at http://www3.ca.com/services/.

When you are ready to request your upgrade or to obtain more information about Unicenter Database Management Solutions r11 for DB2 UDB for z/OS in North America , please call 1-800-637-5858, option 2. You can also download the upgrade at http://SupportConnect.ca.com using electronic delivery. When using electronic delivery, selecting any one of your licensed products will trigger the download of all your products. If you need additional information on the upgrade, contact your local account representative. If you are outside of North America, please call your local account representative or the local CA office.

If you have any questions regarding the support schedule, please contact Unicenter Database Management Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS Customer Support at http://SupportConnect.ca.com.

We look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you. Your success is very important to us.