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CA
E-News
Automation Newsletter
Version 06.04
April 07, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4 SP4 is Generally Available (GA)
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP2 is Generally Available (GA)
> End-of-Support Dates - Unicenter® SOLVE:Operations® Automation

General Information
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1 – Upcoming Beta
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11.5 - Upcoming Beta
> Communicating Between Two Unicenter® Automation Point™ Servers Using a Serial Cable
> Critical Path Monitor (CPM) 1.0 Users Should Plan for Migration to CPM 3.0
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4.0 Demo
> Hyper APAR Notification
> RSU Information - OPS/MVS

Special Events
> Webcasts
> opsXchange 2006

Product News
Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4 SP4 is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Unicenter Automation Point r4 Service Pack 4. Installation of this new service pack ensures that your systems are current for Unicenter Automation Point. When you are ready to receive this update, please submit the order form which you received in the mail, order online, or call 1-800-637-5858. For customers outside of North America, please contact your local Customer Support Group.

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Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP2
is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11 SP2. This service pack includes all maintenance published prior to this date. Installation of this new service pack ensures that your systems are current on maintenance for Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS. When you are ready to receive this update, submit the order form on the product home page at SupportConnectSM or call 1-800-637-5858. For customers outside of North America, please contact your local Customer Support Group.

Also note the following End-of-Support Dates:
  • Release 4.5 - Support ended on October 31, 2005.
  • Release 4.4 - Support ended on May 31, 2005.

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End-of-Support Dates - Unicenter® SOLVE:Operations® Automation
Support for the following product releases was dropped:
  • December 31, 2005
    Unicenter SOLVE:Operations Automation 4.0 (z/OS DBCS version)
  • January 31, 2006
    Unicenter SOLVE:Operations Automation 4.0 (VOS3 DBCS version)
    Unicenter SOLVE:Operations Automation 4.0 (MSP DBCS version)

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General Information
Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1 - Upcoming Beta
CA is pleased to announce that Unicenter Automation Point r11.1 will be going into Beta testing soon. As a current user of Unicenter Automation Point, we invite you to review the enhancements included in the r11.1 release and consider participating in the Beta Testing Program.

New and enhanced features include the following:
  • SMTP - the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) has been added in this release to provide additional flexibility and functionality to the existing outbound email notification support.
  • TN3270 - Native support for the TN3270E connection protocol has been added in this release to provide additional functionality and increase the maximum number of monitored mainframe hosts (sessions).
  • Notification Manager - the existing Notification Manager component has been redesigned to store notification policy information in CA's Management Database (MDB). The Microsoft SQL Server DBMS has been selected as the platform to host the MDB used by this component. The Notification Website has also been redesigned in this release to adhere to CA's UI Standards, which provide a common look and feel across all CA products. The notification scheduling process has been streamlined by allowing individuals to define schedule durations that span midnight.
If you are interested, please contact Jim Cray at 412-494-1041 or james.cray@ca.com for additional information.

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Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11.5 - Upcoming Beta
CA is pleased to announce that Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation r11.5 for z/OS will be going into Beta testing soon. As a current user of Unicenter
CA-OPS/MVS, we invite you to review the enhancements included in the r11.5 release and consider participating in the Beta Testing Program.

New and enhanced features include the following:
  • SSMGA (SSM Global Application)
  • Automated Applications (true ready to go solutions)
  • AOF rule, EasyRule, and OPS/REXX Enhancements
  • SSL Support for OPSLOG WebView Server
  • OPSLOG WebView Server (navigation improvements)
  • RAS program identifies cause for emergency shutdown
  • IMS Manager globally manages databases, partitions, and extents
  • Hardware Management Console (HMC) Support
If you are interested, please contact Jim Cray at 412-494-1041 or james.cray@ca.com for additional information.

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Communicating Between Two Unicenter® Automation Point™ Servers
Using a Serial Cable
Click here to see how to use a direct connection between two or more Unicenter Automation Point servers to pass critical information.

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Critical Path Monitor (CPM) 1.0 Users Should Plan for Migration to CPM 3.0
Critical Path Monitor (CPM) 1.0 will be removed from a future release of Unicenter®
CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation. Current users should plan for migration to CPM 3.0. Click here to read more.

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Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4.0 Demo
Unicenter Automation Point is a workstation-based automation solution that monitors and manages a wide variety of computing platforms from the mainframe in a central data center to a heterogeneous distributed processing environment. In this demo, we will highlight the powerful features and functions that make this solution one that can help achieve a high return on investment (ROI). To view this demo, visit the product page on SupportConnectSM under "Solutions & Patches."

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Hyper APAR Notification
Are you keeping track of the latest hyper APARs?

To learn how you can become more proactive with hyper maintenance for the various mainframe-based automation products and to download the hyper APARs, visit SupportConnectSM. From there, you can search our Knowledge Base by product using the keyword "hyper" to locate all the critical solutions.

If you are not registered to receive email notifications of new hyper APARs, you can register by logging into SupportConnect and selecting "Hyper Subscriptions" from the left menu.

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RSU Information - OPS/MVS
We have recently completed certification of Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation with both z/OS 1.6 and z/OS 1.7 December RSU Level (0512). Both the z/OS 1.6 and the z/OS 1.7 certification were achieved with OPS/MVS r11 SP02 plus OPB0141.

For more information in regards to CA's RSU certification, please click here.

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Special Events
Webcasts
For information on upcoming webcasts, please click here.

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opsXchange 2006
opsXchange 2006, a technical training seminar for Automation, Network, and Real-time system performance enthusiasts, will be held September 13-15, 2006, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This seminar will be of interest to any customers who have/use:
  • Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation
  • Unicenter® Automation Point™
  • Unicenter® Network and Systems Management System Status Manager CA-OPS/MVS® Option
  • Unicenter® CA-SYSVIEW® Realtime Performance Management
  • Unicenter® NetMaster® Network Management   ***New Track for 2006***
opsXchange 2006 is a two-and-a-half-day technical training seminar loaded with technical sessions presented by CA, ProTech, and our customers (seminar fee waived for customer presenters). This year's seminar also features two days of education classes on September 11 and 12, and is being sponsored by CA and ProTech in conjunction with the National opsXchange User Group. The price, which includes breakfast and lunch, is listed below.

Seminar Registration:
Early Bird Price until June 19, 2006                   $775
Early Bird Price from June 20 to July 31, 2006     $800
opsXchange 2006                                         $825

Education Registration:
Two-day education class - price for seminar attendees            $375
Two-day education class - price if not attending seminar         $750

Also, if you have any ideas for presentations, or have experience with one of the products and would like to share how you have accomplished some of your projects - we want to hear from you. Presentations such as "How to integrate, set up, alert, accomplish, etc..." from a user's perspective are some of the most valuable sessions at opsXchange.

For registration forms, agendas, and seminar updates, visit Pro Tech.

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