SupportConnect - Unicenter Job Management Newsletter, Version 05.02
  

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Unicenter® Job Management Newsletter
Version 06.01
January 26, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> An Important Notice About SupportConnectSM
> Road Map for Unicenter® Job Management Solutions
> Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® CA-Jobtrac® Job Management r11
> Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® Workload Control Center r1 SP4
(formerly Unicenter® Enterprise Job Manager)

Product Updates
> Important Support Information for Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management
> Important Support Information for Unicenter® Job Management for OpenVMS
> Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option Now Available
> Unicenter® Job Management for OpenVMS I64 r3 Now Available
> Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r11 Now Available

General Information
> Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management r9.1 Auto Refresh
> Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r11 Adds Highly Requested Scheduling Feature

Product News
An Important Notice About SupportConnectSM
We have updated the SupportConnect web pages with a new and standard look for all job management products as it relates to Certification/Support information. The support pages will be updated when any changes are required. In addition to the new pages, we have also added the following:
  • The following categories: Planned, In-Progress, and Not Supported in addition to Supported and Certified to the Support Status information (a key for the Support Status field is on each page).
  • A Notes column to list any special notices relative to that OS/Database/CA Product.

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Road Map for Unicenter® Job Management Solutions
For a look at the future of the Unicenter Job Management Solutions, please review the road map posted on SupportConnectSM .

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Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® CA-Jobtrac® Job Management r11
We are pleased to announce that Unicenter CA-Jobtrac r11 is now in Beta status and available to those customers who apply for and are accepted into the Beta Program. This release of Unicenter CA-Jobtrac Job Management provides significant enhancements that are primarily based on market requirements from the customer base. In addition, this next release of Unicenter CA-Jobtrac provides emphasis in enhancing product usability, scalability, and management abilities. If you are interested in participating in this Beta Program, please complete the Beta Questionnaire.

If you are unable to access the online Beta Questionnaire, contact your appropriate CA representative to get a copy and apply for the Beta Program.

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Seeking Beta Customers for Unicenter® Workload Control Center r1 SP4
(formerly Unicenter® Enterprise Job Manager)
Unicenter Workload Control Center (Unicenter WCC) r1 SP4 (formerly Unicenter Enterprise Job Manager) provides a major emphasis on role-based security access, support for Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r11, compatibility for Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management r11, and Web Services enablement for Unicenter AutoSys Job Management. In addition, all published fixes are included as well as an updated installation protocol and enhanced configuration.

If you are interested in participating in this Beta Program, please complete the Beta Questionnaire.

If you are unable to access the online Beta Questionnaire, contact your appropriate CA representative to get a copy and apply for the Beta Program.

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Product Updates
Important Support Information for Unicenter® AutoSys® Job Management
At CA, we continually strive to improve our software and services to meet your evolving business requirements. As we enhance functionalities and embrace newer technologies, it becomes necessary to discontinue support for some of our older product releases so that we can focus on providing the best technology for your present and future needs.

Earlier this year, we sent out support discontinuation dates for several products and their releases. We have revised the date for Unicenter AutoSys Job Management r4 on all platforms. The support discontinuation date has been extended to March 31, 2007. All other dates remain the same.

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Important Support Information for Unicenter® Job Management for OpenVMS
CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. We would like to take this opportunity to review the support schedule for the currently supported releases of Unicenter Job Management for OpenVMS, formerly known as ScheduleIT.

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Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Job Management Option
Now Available
We are pleased to announce that Unicenter Network and Systems Management Job Management Option (Unicenter NSM JM Option) r11 is now available on Microsoft Windows and Linux.

New features for Unicenter NSM JM Option r11 include the following:
  • Less-disruptive autoscan. The New Day Autoscan can now be done in two stages with less impact. A pre-scan can be configured to start the New Day Autoscan without impairing job dispatching. This results in the actual New Day Autoscan completing faster, with less impact to the actual scheduling of your applications.
  • Authorized manager nodes. This introduces a new option that allows the user to control which Job Management Option Managers are authorized to submit jobs to a particular Job Management Option agent. If it is not set (by default), all Job Management Option Managers are allowed to submit jobs to the agent.
  • Cycle count precedence. This introduces a new option to control the way cyclic jobs behave. This option is used to determine the number of iterations when a job is demanded at a time following the new-day autoscan. If the value is set to Y (by default), the cycle count will take precedence over the normal calculated cycle iterations. The cyclic jobs will be scheduled up to the cycle count iterations or until the new-day autoscan time. If the value is set to N, cyclic jobs will be scheduled up to the time of the last normal calculated cycle iteration, as though the job was present at the time of the new-day autoscan.
  • Unicenter® NSM Cluster Management. Integration with Unicenter® NSM High Availability Service to allow Unicenter NSM JM Option to install in a clustered environment and use clustering services, regardless of the vendor.
  • New database support. Unicenter NSM JM Option now uses embedded Ingres® database as its repository on Linux and Microsoft Windows.
  • Enhanced dependencies. Static predecessors can now be added on an ad-hoc basis. This enhancement allows a job's predecessors to be added to the tracking file even when the corresponding Jobset/Job predecessor is not part of today's workload. As a result, the corresponding Jobset/Job will wait for predecessors even though they are not part of the tracking file.
  • Unicenter® Service Desk integration. Integration with Unicenter Service Desk will allow Unicenter NSM JM Option to automatically open a service desk request when a job ends in a failed state.
To obtain your copy of Unicenter NSM JM Option r11, in North America, please call
1-800-841-8743 or contact your local account representative. If you are outside of North America, please call your local account representative or the local CA office. You may also download this release from ca.com/supportconnect/.

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Unicenter® Job Management for OpenVMS I64 r3 Now Available
We are pleased to announce that Unicenter Job Management for OpenVMS I64 r3 is now available. Unicenter Job Management for OpenVMS I64 provides the following features:
  • Enterprise-wide OpenVMS Job Control
  • Automated Job Execution
  • Management of Complex Job Dependencies
  • Automatic Cluster Node Failover
  • Automatic Cluster-Wide Load Balancing
  • Real-time Monitoring of Job Flow
  • Event Logging
  • Comprehensive Error Recovery
  • Flexible Calendars
  • Job Management Interface for Customized Operations
  • Seamless Integration with Unicenter® Network and Systems Management
We also encourage you to visit the product information page for Unicenter Job Management for OpenVMS I64 at ca.com/openvms and ca.com/supportconnect/ for more information.

To obtain your copy of Unicenter Job Management for OpenVMS r3, in North America, please call 1-800-841-8743 or contact your local account representative. If you are outside of North America, please call your local account representative or the local CA office. Please use the following TOPS code when ordering: UWLM..3800

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Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r11 Now Available
CA is pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of Unicenter CA-7 Job Management r11. In addition, Unicenter® Enterprise Job Manager (Unicenter EJM) r1 SP3 is now included with Unicenter CA-7 Job Management at no additional cost. You may view the enhancements in this new release and place an online order from the Unicenter CA-7 Job Management product support page at ca.com/supportconnect/ or by calling the CA Orders Department at 1-800-637-5858. This new release is also available for download at ca.com/supportconnect/.

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General Information
Unicenter® CA-Scheduler® Job Management r9.1 Auto Refresh
Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management r9.1 fix QO72303 adds a new command to the online status displays. The new command, AUTO, automatically refreshes the displays every few seconds.

The AUTO command can be entered on the schedule status, job status, and predecessor display screens. You can specify a number of seconds between refreshes like this.

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Unicenter® CA-7® Job Management r11 Adds Highly Requested Scheduling Feature
Unicenter CA-7 Job Management r11 went GA in early October. With this new release, a new scheduling feature was added to give customers the ability to repeatedly schedule jobs throughout a 24 hour period on one SCHID.

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