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Automation Newsletter
Version 06.11
November 06, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1 – In Beta Testing
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11.5 - Generally Available (GA)
> Unicenter® Automation Point™ r4 SP5 is Generally Available (GA)

General Information
> Notification Manager Component Migration to r11.1
> Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Integration With IBM's Health Checking
> 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 - In Beta Testing
CA is pleased to announce that Unicenter Automation Point r11.1 is in Beta testing. 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® CA-OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation r11.5 - Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11.5. New features include:

  • 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

For additional information, see the Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11.5 Release Summary.

To receive Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11.5, order from the product 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 date. We strongly urge you to take advantage of the new Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS r11.5 features by upgrading at your earliest convenience.

  • r11 - Support will end on October 31, 2007.

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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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General Information
Notification Manager Component Migration to r11.1
Click here to learn more about the characteristics of the Unicenter® Automation Point™ r11.1 Notification Manager component.

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Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® Integration With IBM's Health Checking
Click here to read how to integrate Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS with IBM's Health Checker. In this E-News article, we will describe how and why integration of your automation and IBM's Health Checker is not only a good idea but should be viewed as a mandatory task. You may want to view this effort also as giving the Health Checker the extensibility that is needed for true Autonomic Computing.

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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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