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SupportConnect - Unicenter Job Management Newsletter, Version 04.03

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Unicenter® Job Management Newsletter
Version 04.03
July 28, 2004

In This Newsletter

Product News

	>	An Important Notice About SupportConnect^SM
	>	Working With eTrust™ Access Control and Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management
	>	Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Remote Agent r4 for Linux z/Series Now Available
	>	Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option r3.1 Now Available
	>	Unicenter® Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 Now Available
	>	Unicenter® Enterprise Job Manager r1.0 Service Pack 1 Now Available
	>	New Service Packs Now Available

Product Updates

	>	Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Adapter for Oracle Warehouse Builder r1
	>	Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® Universal Job Management Agent r3.1
	>	Seeking Beta Customers for CA License Management
	>	Platform Certifications
	>	Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Web Interface Incremental Maintenance

General Information

	>	CA Announces Newly Enhanced Partner Program Framework
	>	CA Live Expert Update
	>	Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management Job Step Records
	>	Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management Global RESOLV - A Twice-a-Year Event

Product News

An Important Notice About SupportConnect^SM
CA endeavors to provide the highest quality of secure products for your environment. Our Technical Support department recommends reviewing current maintenance to help ensure that critical maintenance is applied in your environments.

Further details regarding available maintenance, current advisories, and valuable product information can be found on supportconnect.ca.com. SupportConnect contains product documentation, maintenance details, and an extensive knowledge base to provide you with the information and tools you need to manage your environment effectively and maximize the value of your resources.

Working With eTrust™ Access Control and Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management
A new user guide has now been posted on SupportConnect^SM to assist Unicenter AutoSys Job Management customers with their eTrust Access Control integration. This guide provides realistic examples of situations you may encounter when implementing a Unicenter AutoSys Job Management environment secured through eTrust Access Control. Please click here for more information.

Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Remote Agent r4 for Linux z/Series
Now Available
CA proudly announces the general availability (GA) of Unicenter AutoSys Job Management Remote Agent r4 for Linux z/Series. Please contact your CA Customer Advocate or CA representative to find out how to obtain this product.

Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option r3.1
Now Available
CA proudly announces the general availability (GA) of Unicenter Network and Systems Management Job Management Option r3.1 for Linux and UNIX. You can download this new release from supportconnect.ca.com or call the CA Orders Department at 1-800-637-5858.

Unicenter® Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 Now Available
Unicenter Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 is a universal adapter that allows any CA scheduling product to run in a SAP environment. Unicenter Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 combines the scheduling functions of Unicenter® Management for SAP r3.1 and Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Adapter for SAP r2.1.

Unicenter Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 works with Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management, Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management, Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management, Unicenter® CA-Jobtrac® Job Management, and Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option.

Features at a Glance:

Business Warehouse InfoPackage Support
Process Chain Support
Job Scheduling Assistant
SAP XBP 2.0/6.1 Certification
SAP Job Monitor Allowing Monitoring of Jobs Initiated Within SAP

We are happy to announce that Unicenter Job Management Adapter for SAP r3.2 is now GA. You can download this new release from supportconnect.ca.com or call the CA Orders Department at 1-800-637-5858.

Unicenter® Enterprise Job Manager r1.0 Service Pack 1 Now Available
CA proudly announces the general availability (GA) of Unicenter Enterprise Job Manager r1.0 Service Pack 1. Unicenter Enterprise Job Manager is a web-based interface for Unicenter® Job Management engines that provides end-to-end visualization of business processes across multiple platforms. Utilizing leading-edge portal technology, it enables administration, visualization, and monitoring of multiplatform job management from a business relevance perspective.

New Features at a Glance:

Unicenter® Event Console, which provides a single, consolidated view of all job management-related event messages in your enterprise
Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Send Event Functionality available in Business Scheduling View Monitoring
Filtering by Status Type in the Business Scheduling View Monitoring List View
Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Alarm Acknowledgement available through the Unicenter Event Console
Enhanced integration via CA Common Services™

You can download this new release from supportconnect.ca.com or call the CA Orders Department at 1-800-637-5858.

New Service Packs Now Available
CA is pleased to announce that the following service packs are now GA:

Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r3.3 Service Pack 5
Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management r9 Service Pack 4
Unicenter® CA-Jobtrac® Job Management r3.5 Service Pack 4
Unicenter® CA-11™ Restart and Tracking r3 Service Pack 1
Unicenter® CA-JCLCheck™ Utility r7.1 Service Pack 1

To place an order for any of these service packs, please go to our Product News pages at supportconnect.ca.com or call the CA Orders Department at 1-800-637-5858.

Product Updates

Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Adapter
for Oracle Warehouse Builder r1
Unicenter AutoSys Job Management Adapter for Oracle Warehouse Builder r1 will enable process flows created in Oracle Warehouse Builder to be directly deployed to Unicenter AutoSys Job Management. This solution will help companies deliver on their goal of seamless business process automation across heterogeneous computing environments and provides the following additional benefits:

Centralized control of job scheduling
Offers job dependencies across Oracle and non-Oracle applications
Simplifies job management for Oracle environments
Enables customers to keep and extend their current Unicenter AutoSys Job Management installations to their Oracle-based data warehouse installations

Additionally, the Unicenter AutoSys Job Management Adapter for Oracle Warehouse Builder will become increasingly important as Oracle continues to integrate business intelligence into the backbone of its applications. By offering an adapter for Oracle Warehouse Builder and related applications, CA will be able to provide more comprehensive support for Oracle customers.

We are happy to announce that the Unicenter AutoSys Job Management Adapter for Oracle Warehouse Builder r1 Beta is now available to qualified customers. If you are interested in participating in this program, please complete the beta questionnaire located at ca.com/betas/.

If you are unable to access this questionnaire, please contact your CA Customer Advocate or appropriate CA representative to apply.

Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® Universal Job Management Agent r3.1
Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent r3.1 extends the power, scalability, and flexibility of CA's Enterprise Job Management solutions throughout the enterprise, while allowing administration, job, and schedule definitions to remain centralized. This feature enables users to leverage their administrators' skills and apply consistent corporate policy to all job management functions.

Features at a Glance:

Ability to install with Event Notification Facility
Option to install without operating system kernel hooks
Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management High Availability Option Support

We are happy to announce that the Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent r3.1 Beta is now available to those customers who qualify. If you are interested in participating, please complete the beta questionnaire located at ca.com/betas/.

If you are unable to access this questionnaire, please contact your CA Customer Advocate or appropriate CA representative to apply.

Seeking Beta Customers for CA License Management
Over the past few years, Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) has made great strides to simplify the entire software licensing process for our customers.

Starting with the initial purchase of software licenses, CA offers FlexSelect Licensing^SM as the industry's most flexible software purchasing and payment plan to help meet the needs of our customers.

Computer Associates - continuing its efforts to reduce licensing complexity - is pleased to announce that it has now opened registration to the CA License Management Beta Program. With the new CA License Management Beta solution, Computer Associates is taking another step forward and simplifying the licensing process at the implementation level, helping customers to easily manage and track CA product installations and licensing in their physical IT environments.

CA License Management is a complimentary solution from CA that simplifies the management of CA software licenses in your IT environment with a centralized point of control.

CA License Management offers discovery, reporting, and request generation features that will help alleviate otherwise manual, time-consuming, and complex processes associated with tracking software licenses, inventorying product installations, and requesting new licenses and/or changes to your current license implementation.

If you are interested in beta testing CA License Management, you can register for the program or browse for additional information at the following URL:
supportconnectw.ca.com/cso/beta/calicmgtbeta/calicmgtbeta.asp.

Platform Certifications
Linux Itanium Red Hat 2.1 Advanced Server and Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option r3 0305

Unicenter Network and Systems Management Job Management Option r3 0305 has been certified on Linux Itanium Red Hat 2.1 Advanced kernel 2.4.18-e.37.

Please note:
The initial vendor distribution of Linux Itanium Red Hat 2.1 Advanced ships kernel 2.4.18-e.12. This certification requires an upgrade to kernel 2.4.18-e.37. Only the Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Agent has been certified. The Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Manager has not been certified.

The following fixes are required:

T1A8149 (Event Notification Facility)

Please open an issue with CA Technical Support to obtain any required test fixes. Please be advised that these test fixes may be superseded or published at any time after this notice is sent.

This announcement is not intended to replace the documentation included with the fixes listed above. It is essential that the documentation for each fix be reviewed to determine the nature of the fix, the install instructions, and any necessary prerequisite and co-requisite fixes.

Unicenter® Job Management r2.4-010518 for OpenVMS and OpenVMS Alpha Multinet 4.4

Unicenter Job Management r2.4-010518 for OpenVMS has been certified on OpenVMS Alpha Multinet 4.4. This product, plus the following fixes, is required for OpenVMS Alpha Multinet 4.4 support.

QO32837 (Stand-alone agent)
QI32828
QO30365

Please open an issue with CA Technical Support to obtain the test fixes. Be advised that these test fixes may be superseded and/or published at any time after this notice is sent.

This announcement is not intended to replace the documentation included with the fixes listed above. It is essential that the documentation for each fix be reviewed to determine the nature of the fix, the install instructions, and any necessary prerequisite and co-requisite fixes.

Linux Intel Red Hat 3.0 Enterprise and Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Agent r3 0305

CA is pleased to announce that Unicenter Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Agent r3 0305 has been certified on Linux Intel Red Hat 3.0 Enterprise AS/ES (kernel 2.4.21-4.EL).

Please note this announcement is for the Agent only. Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Manager has not been certified.

Unicenter Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Agent r3 0305 provides Linux Intel Red Hat 3.0 Enterprise support when implemented with the following fixes:

T1A8134 (Event Notification Facility)
T1A8139 (Kernparmchk)

Please open an issue with CA Technical Support to obtain any required test fixes. Be advised that these test fixes may be superseded and/or published at any time after this notice is sent.

This announcement is not intended to replace the documentation included with the fixes listed above. It is essential that the documentation for each fix be reviewed to determine the nature of the fix, the install instructions, and any necessary prerequisite and co-requisite fixes.

Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management Web Interface Incremental Maintenance
Incremental maintenance for the Web Interface component of Unicenter AutoSys Job Management r4.5 is now available for download from SupportConnect^SM.

General Information

CA Announces Newly Enhanced Partner Program Framework
CA'S INTEGRATED "ONE" PARTNER PROGRAM EXTENDS AND UNIFIES
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERING INITIATIVES
Integrated and Flexible Framework Optimizes Business Opportunities,
Enhances Profitability for Partners
One Partner Program that is Simple. Flexible. Profitable. Integrated.

At caworld^SM 2004 in Las Vegas, we announced the evolution of our partner programs into a unified single program framework to better meet the needs of our partners. Our new "One" Partner Program enables us to deliver outstanding flexibility, quality, service, and value to our customers by combining our own best-in-class management solutions with the expertise of our world-class partners. With all our partner programs under one roof, it's easy to do business with CA and easy to discover how working with us can benefit you, our customers.

CA's new Partner Program Framework now offers all of our partners the opportunity to become ca smart™ certified. ca smart certification is a distinction that is awarded to a select group of innovative companies that form the upper echelon of CA Partners. To CA customers, the ca smart™ Seal of Excellence means our partners' certified solutions and/or services have been tested and proven, resulting in tightly integrated technology, well-trained professionals, and easier installations. For more information, visit our newly updated Partner Program website.

CA Live Expert Update
Do you ever wish you had access to a pragmatic advisor to guide your business to success? Someone who understands the industry, the technology, and CA's strategic direction? Now you do.

Introduced last December, CA Live Expert for Enterprise Job Management - your direct connection to CA's wealth of expertise in the job scheduling arena - has been updated with a lower initial fee to make it easier and more affordable than ever for you to sign up.

CA Live Expert is an offering that features highly qualified technicians who deliver expertise via teleconference and the Web. After you request teleconferences specific to your needs, CA's technical brain-trust provides consultation services and expert advice through electronic and telephonic media. We promise a 24-hour turnaround of requests.

For more information, please contact your local CA account team.

Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management Job Step Records
Most steps in z/OS batch jobs end with a return code of zero to indicate success or some number greater than zero to indicate failure. However, some programs have multiple "good" return codes. Click here to learn how to use job step records to correctly interpret when these programs have completed successfully or failed.

Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management Global RESOLV - A Twice-a-Year Event
It's almost that time of the year again. CA recommends that you perform a Unicenter CA-7 Job Management global RESOLV twice annually in conjunction with building the next year's calendar - at some point between January 1 and June 30, and again sometime between July 1 and December 31. Click here for an overview that will walk you through the basic steps for accomplishing this task.

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