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CA Mainframe Network Management Newsletter
Version 07.06
July 30, 2007

In This Newsletter
Product News
> GA Announcement
> Beta Notification
> Drop Support Notifications
> New Notifications
> Existing Drop Support Dates

General Information
> Administering SmartTrace
> SmartTrace - Interpreting Traces
> Survey

Special Events
> Webcast Information
> SHARE User Event - San Diego, California
> CA NetMaster® User Group Conference Call

Product News

GA Announcement
CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP r11.5 Now Supports zIIP Exploitation.

As highlighted in several recent press releases, CA NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP can now offload all of its packet analysis processing onto an IBM System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). This allows your organization to maximize the business value of this specialty engine and control costs associated with running
CA NetMaster. If you would like to take advantage of this feature, you need to apply APAR NZ34500.

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Beta Notification
For customers running CA TCPaccess™ X.25 Server, we are currently soliciting interest in participation in the upcoming r7 Beta Program. To find out more about this release and to register for the program, go to supportconnectw.ca.com/public/beta/tcpac25r7/tcpac25r7beta.asp (login required).

See supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/about-cabetas.asp for information about Beta participation guidelines.

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Drop Support Notifications
New Notifications:
No new notifications.

Existing Drop Support Dates:
March 31, 2008:
CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP r11 (z/OS)
CA NetSpy™ Network Performance r11 (z/OS)
CA NetMaster® Network Operations for TCP/IP r11 (z/OS)
CA NetMaster® Network Management for SNA r11 (z/OS)
CA NetMaster® Network Automation r11 (z/OS)
CA NetMaster® File Transfer Management r11 (z/OS)
CA SOLVE:FTS r11 (z/OS)

For more information, visit ca.com/supportconnect.

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General Information
Administering SmartTrace
Packet tracing is a valuable tool for network diagnostics. Until now, however, the mainframe has lacked a simple, easy, and flexible tool to trace packets.

CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP r11.5 introduced SmartTrace to remove the complexity and limitations associated with z/OS packet tracing. SmartTrace lets you trace packets easily, without difficult administration. SmartTrace gathers the data you want and lets you extract the data where it is needed.

With the SmartTrace component, CA NetMaster leads the way in IP network diagnostics on the mainframe.

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SmartTrace - Interpreting Traces
This SmartTrace - Interpreting Traces article focuses on interpreting packet traces captured with SmartTrace and provides some tips about what to look for when reviewing packet traces. The article explains the relationship between the data captured by a packet trace and the data gathered by the Packet Analyzer, which appears on the Connection Information display. It also explains the data gathered through SNMP, which appears on the Connection Detail display.

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Survey
We have created a survey to help us better understand how you use the product, what direction your business is headed, and what your future business requirements are. Please take the time to complete the survey, which is available on SupportConnectSM.

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Special Events
Webcast Information
Best Practices: Learn How to Intercept and Manage Mainframe Network Events Using CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP.

Join us for this informative webcast on October 23, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. ET. CA NetMaster for TCP/IP has access to events from the IP network, the TCP applications, the MVS console and more. This webcast will cover how to intercept events - including performance exceptions - and what actions CA NetMaster can take when they occur.

This webcast will cover these, and other related topics:
  • Use Event Detectors to report on FTP Failures, ICMP conditions and MVS console messages
  • Write your own NCL procedures to listen for NetMaster events, and take your own custom actions
  • Customize sample NCL procedure to receive SNMP events from other managers
  • Specify Performance Attribute Alerts and alert actions
  • Storing SMF server and client TCP/IP Connection Events
  • Browse and search Connection Events
Additional information and registration details will soon be available by clicking here.

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SHARE User Event - San Diego, California
The CA Network Management products will be on display again at the upcoming SHARE User Event in San Diego - August 12-17, 2007. Stop by the CA booth for a chat, or contact John Klonaris to arrange a more formal meeting with our CA staff in attendance.

See you in San Diego!

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CA NetMaster® User Group Conference Call
You are invited to the next CA NetMaster User Group conference call on Thursday,
August 23, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

The NetMaster User Group provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, resources, and questions. This forum can help you realize and maximize the value of this powerful suite of network management products. At the request of the president, CA technical staff can be available to discuss various topics and answer questions. The products discussed during these meetings include the following:

CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP
CA NetMaster® Network Management for SNA
CA NetMaster® Network Automation
CA NetMaster® File Transfer Management
CA NetSpy™ Network Performance

Following is the two part agenda for the meeting:
  1. Maximizing the Value of CA NetMaster r11.5 - presentation/discussion
  2. Menu Restructure - discussion on proposed enhancements to improve the usability of NetMaster
Webcast and Bridge Information:

Click Here to Join Live Meeting.

Date: August 23, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Subject: NetMaster User Group Webcast - August 23, 2007
Meeting URL: www.livemeeting.com/cc/cai/join
Meeting ID: B76455
Meeting Key: wF^=7{h
Role: Attendee
Audio Conferencing (toll-free): +1 (888) 827-2241
Audio Conferencing (toll): +1 (660) 422-5140
Participant Code: 9313423598

If you require an International toll-free number or have any questions regarding the webcast or the NetMaster User Group, contact Loveleen Lohia at loveleen.lohia@ca.com.

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