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E-News
Automation Newsletter
Version 06.10
October 05, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1 - Upcoming Beta
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4 SP5 is Generally Available (GA)
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP3 is Generally Available (GA)
> End-of-Support Dates - Unicenter® SOLVE:Operations® Automation

General Information
> Features of Native TN3270
> Providing Unicenter® SOLVE:Operations® Automation Dump Information
> Changes Changes Changes
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4.0 Demo
> Hyper APAR Notification
> RSU Information - OPS/MVS

Special Events
> Webcasts
> opsXchange 2006

Product News
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, click here for additional information.

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Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4 SP5 is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Unicenter Automation Point r4 Service Pack 5. Installation of this new service pack ensures that your systems are current on maintenance for Unicenter Automation Point. 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 Technical Support Group.

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Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP3
is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11 SP3. 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 Technical 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
Features of Native TN3270
Click here to read a preview of Native TN3270 currently in Beta with Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1.

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Providing Unicenter® SOLVE:Operations® Automation Dump Information
Click here to read how to capture and transmit diagnostic information to CA Technical Support personnel, so that they are better equipped to resolve any issues you may report with your SOLVE:Operations region.

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Changes Changes Changes
Click here to find out how two changes that were implemented with recent z/OS releases may affect your automation processing and what you can do to minimize the impact of these z/OS changes on your Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® automation.

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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 OPS/MVS with the z/OS 1.6 and z/OS 1.7
June 2006 RSU Level (0606). Both the z/OS 1.6 and the z/OS 1.7 certifications were achieved with OPS/MVS r11 SP03 plus fix OPB0173.

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
The opsXchange 2006 Technical Training Seminar completed its sixth successful year. Those in attendance indicated that this year's conference continued to surpass previous years and that, dollar for dollar, it is still one of the best values in technical training available today for automation. Once again, four concurrent sessions were run daily that offered more than 40 technical sessions over the two-and-a-half-day time frame.

There were sessions to satisfy everyone from automation novices to seasoned veterans and the planning team saw to it that the needs of everyone were met. In addition to the sessions on existing features and functions, there were sessions on product futures as well. Also, back by popular demand, we offered hands-on labs where attendees had the opportunity to "kick the tires" and experience some valuable time at the wheel of their favorite CA automation and performance products. This year also saw the introduction of Unicenter® NetMaster™ Network Management sessions and the valuable product integration with the CA automation and performance product suite.

The initial stages of planning for next year's event have already begun and we look forward to a bigger and better opsXchange Technical Training Seminar in 2007. Shortly, a link will be posted on the Pro Tech website announcing opsXchange 2007. Session materials from this year's seminar will be available shortly. We anticipate even more member sessions for next year's event. See you there!

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