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CA Datacom® Database and
CA Ideal® Newsletter
Version 08.03
November 03, 2008

In This Newsletter

Product News

	>	Come Along and Try Out CA Datacom® r12! Beta Registration is Open at a Web Browser Near You.
	>	What's New in CA Datacom®/DB r11 SP4?
	>	Can a Conversion From Fixed Logging to Variable Logging Result in Lower Physical I/Os for the Same Workload?
	>	Product Release r2.6 Dropped Support on September 30, 2008, for CA Datacom® CICS Services (z/OS)

Product Updates

Current CA Datacom® Releases With Service Pack Levels

Special Events

	>	CA World® 2008 - November 16-20, 2008
	>	CA Datacom® Best Practices Webcast Series
	>	The Datacom® Team is Celebrating Their 20th Year With the CA Family
	>	Happy Birthday to CA Ideal®!

Come Along and Try Out CA Datacom® r12! Beta Registration is Open at a Web Browser Near You.
CA is pleased to invite you to participate in the CA Datacom r12 Beta Program. Your participation offers you the ability to test drive the latest version of this CA Datacom core product package in your own environment, allowing you to give us feedback on product enhancements, quality, and the beta program.

Your contribution to this critical product test cycle is directly related to the success of the generally available (GA) release of CA products and ensures we deliver solutions that are ready to meet your
real-world requirements.

As a participant in the beta program, you will communicate directly with the Beta Product Development team to investigate and address any reported problems, questions, or comments.

Key Features:

zIIP Specialty Processor support
Multi-Dataset Index
Index Buffer Pools in 64-bit storage
AutoScope Performance Toolset
Dynamic Extend on LOAD
Dynamic Extend On-Demand
Additional Dynamic System Tables
Reduced Compression Overhead
Add/Delete Keys Faster
Persistent Storage for SPILL Statistics
New Console Command API
Ease-of-Use Enhancements
Improved Supportability features

For more information and to register for the CA Datacom r12 beta program, go to this link and click "Register Now".

For more information on CA's Enhanced Beta Programs and Participation Requirements, please visit ca.com/betas.

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What's New in CA Datacom®/DB r11 SP4?
CA Datacom r11 SP2 delivered the new Parallel Variable Logging enhancement. Read this article to understand why customers have deployed this new feature in their production environments after understanding the benefits it offers.

The full product announcement is posted on the CA Datacom home page on support.ca.com under the Product News section. (First, select "CA Datacom" in the Select by Product
drop-down.)

For more product information, view the product brief at ca.com/datacom.

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Can a Conversion From Fixed Logging to Variable Logging Result in Lower Physical I/Os for the Same Workload?
Read this article to find out how variable logging performance compares to fixed logging performance when:

Executing a log spill
Processing a large number of maintenance commands (Add/Update/Delete)
Using mirrored DASD

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Product Release r2.6 Dropped Support on September 30, 2008, for CA Datacom® CICS Services (z/OS)
See this article for more details regarding the CA Datacom CICS Services r2.6 (z/OS) drop support announcement.

(The r2.6 release level is still supported on the z/VSE platform and is not affected by this announcement.)

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Current CA Datacom® Releases With Service Pack Levels
The following tapes are generally available (GA) for the CA Datacom and CA Ideal® products:

Product(s)	Release	Service Pack
CA Datacom® core products: CA Datacom®/DB CA Dataquery™ for CA Datacom® CA Datacom® SQL	r11	SP4
CA Datacom®/AD	r11	SP4
CA Datacom® CICS Services	r11 r2.6	SP1 SP6
CA Datacom® Server	r5	SP2
CA Datacom® Server - z/OS	r11	Base
CA Datacom® VSAM Transparency - z/OS	r2.2	SP3
CA Datacom® VSAM Transparency - z/VSE	r2.1	SP3
CA Datacom® DL1 Transparency	r2.3	SP3
CA Datacom® STAR - z/OS	r2.2	9710
CA Datacom® Fast Restore™ -z/OS	r10	Base
CA Datacom® Fast Restore™ - z/VSE	r9	9809
CA Datacom® Presspack - z/OS	r9	SP1
CA Ideal	r11 r2.2	Base SP10
CA IPC	r11 r4.2	Base SP6
CA Datacom® Resource Analyzer	r9	9903
CA Datacom® DB2 Transparency	r1	9807
CA Datacom® IMS/DC Services	r1	SP9
CA Datacom® TOTAL Transparency	r1	SP13

To place an order for any of these service packs, go to the product order page or call CA at 1-800-637-5858.

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CA World® 2008 - November 16-20, 2008
CA World 2008 offers everything you need to know about CA Datacom® and CA Ideal® products and associated tools. Come join other members of the CA Datacom user community to share best practices, see first-hand the latest product functionality, and network with the some of the most experienced CA Datacom people you will ever meet.

This article will review more details on what will be offered at the 2008 CA World conference.

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CA Datacom® Best Practices Webcast Series
CA Datacom has hosted a number of webcasts in our "CA Datacom Best Practices" webcast series. The next topics in this series include the following:

November - <<< break for CA World® 2008 in Las Vegas, NV >>>
December 11, 2008 - Recent Rapid Feature Delivery (RFD) Solutions
January 22, 2009 - Table Partitioning - When To Use
February 26, 2009 - Table Partitioning - How to Implement

The CA product webcast registration page is at this link. Search for "Datacom" and select your preferred webcast to register.

Access webcast recordings by clicking the link "On-Demand Webcasts".

Webcast recordings in the CA Datacom Best Practices series include:

CA Datacom Online Data Reorg
CA Datacom Key Management
Implementing External Security
CA Datacom®/DB Utility Performance Tuning
CA Datacom® Change Data Capture feature
Updating your CA Datacom System with New Technologies
CA Datacom® SQL Procedures
CA Datacom SQL VIEW Generator

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The Datacom® Team is Celebrating Their 20th Year With the CA Family
Find out a little more about the CA Datacom staff and their most recent milestone with CA.

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Happy Birthday to CA Ideal®!
CA Ideal has reached an important milestone as a critical component in many CA Datacom® shops around the globe.

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