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E-News
Automation Newsletter
Version 05.09
October 18, 2005

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP1 is Generally Available (GA)

General Information
> Using REXX to Get Data From Notification Manager
> Automated Application Solutions Available in Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS®
> Object REXX and APCMOS
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® OPSVIEW ISPF Interface Security
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4.0 Demo
> Hyper APAR Notification

Special Events
> Webcasts
> A Review of opsXchange 2005

Product News
Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11 SP1
is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11 SP1. 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 4.4 - Support ended on May 31, 2005.
  • Release 4.5 - Support will end on October 31, 2005.

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General Information
Using REXX to Get Data From Notification Manager
There are sample REXX programs in the apinstalldirectory\sample\NM directory that allow you to obtain stored data from the Notification Manager Database. Click here to find out how to get customized reports of your data through these REXX samples.

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Automated Application Solutions Available in Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS®
Click here to read how Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS provides an increasing number of automated solutions to simplify your data center's mainframe operations and system monitoring processes.

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Object REXX and APCMOS
IBM has stopped selling Object REXX and will drop support for it soon. Click here to read how this will affect users of the Unicenter® Automation Point™ APCMOS program and what the Unicenter Automation Point Team is doing about this.

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Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® OPSVIEW ISPF Interface Security
Have you ever needed to prevent access to some of the Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS ISPF panels and functions or been asked to keep all TSO users except a certain group from using the OPSVIEW application? Did you know that Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS provides this type of functionality? Click here to learn a couple of different approaches to implementing this type of security.

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

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A Review of opsXchange 2005
The opsXchange 2005 Technical Training Seminar completed its fifth 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 products. This year also saw the introduction of Unicenter® CA-SYSVIEW® Realtime Performance Management sessions and the valuable product integration with the CA automation 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 2006. Shortly, a link will be posted on the Pro Tech website (www.protechpts.com/) announcing opsXchange 2006. Session materials from this year's seminar WILL BE AVAILABLE shortly. We anticipate even more member sessions for next year's event including sessions on the NetMaster® product suite. See you there!

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