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Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing Newsletter
Version 05.08
August 05, 2005

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 3 for z/OS - Now Generally Available (GA)

General Information
> New GRS API in z/OS 1.6
> Unicenter® CA-MII Data Sharing - Achieving Higher Levels of Resource Serialization
> Do You Know?
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - Hyper APAR Notification
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - IBM APAR Technical Advisory

Special Events
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - New Education Course

Product News
Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 3 for z/OS -
Now Generally Available (GA)
Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 3 is generally available (GA). This service pack includes all maintenance published prior to this update. Installation of this service pack ensures that your systems are current on maintenance for Unicenter CA-MIM. When you are ready to receive this update, submit the order form on the product page at SupportConnectSM or call 1-800-637-5858. For customers outside North America, please contact your local Customer Support Group.

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General Information
New GRS API in z/OS 1.6
Click here to read an overview of ISGENQ, a new GRS API in z/OS 1.6, and the ISGENQ support in Unicenter® CA-MII Data Sharing for z/OS.

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Unicenter® CA-MII Data Sharing - Achieving Higher Levels of Resource Serialization
Is your data center running Unicenter CA-MII Data Sharing in SELECT mode? Are you aware that data integrity exposures can occur when running Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing in SELECT mode if you do not constantly maintain your MIMQNAME member? When was the last time you updated your MIMQNAME member? Have you been unable to explain reports of corrupted DASD data sets, or experienced service outages due to corrupted DASD data? If so, you really need to consider converting Unicenter CA-MII Data Sharing from SELECT mode to ALLSYSTEMS mode. Click here to read how.

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Do You Know?
Do you know that the Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing upgrade and z/OS compatibility information can be found in APAR GI93475?

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Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - Hyper APAR Notification
Are you keeping track of the latest Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing (Unicenter CA-MIM) Hyper APARs?

To locate and download Unicenter CA-MIM hyper fixes, log on to SupportConnectSM, go to "Published Solutions," choose product "Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - MVS" or "Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - VM," check the "Hyper Solutions Only" box and click "Search." You will be presented with a list of all generally available hyper solutions, which you can optionally download and install to your MIMplex.

If you are not automatically receiving email notifications about new Unicenter CA-MIM hyper fixes, you can register for this free service at SupportConnect and customize your Hyper Subscriptions profile.

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Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - IBM APAR Technical Advisory
Since 1998, the Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing (Unicenter CA-MIM) product team has managed and distributed an informational solution that lists IBM APARs, addressing problems with z/OS components and subsystems. The problems associated with these IBM APARs have impacted the operation of the Unicenter CA-MIM product somewhat.

Unicenter CA-MIM 4.5 Informational Solution 34, APAR QI63101, is updated regularly and distributed electronically to customers who have customized their profiles to receive Unicenter CA-MIM hyper solution notifications.

The Unicenter CA-MIM product team updates this informational solution as it identifies IBM APARs that resolve problems which have impacted the operation of the product in some way. We recommend that all our customers review this informational solution when it is distributed and apply the appropriate IBM APARs to their mainframe environments. The IBM APAR information contained in this solution needs your attention in order to avoid known problems.

You can review our IBM APAR Technical Advisory solution from the Unicenter CA-MIM Customer Support Page accessible from SupportConnectSM.

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Special Events
Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - New Education Class
The Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing (Unicenter CA-MIM) product team is pleased to announce a new education course: Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing: Administration. This course is offered at your site and can be customized to meet your data center's specific Unicenter CA-MIM training requirements. Lessons encompass all Unicenter CA-MIM components and facilities, with topics on operations and customization, tuning and optimization, new features, future direction, and much more. For more information, contact the CA Education team at 1-800-237-9273 or visit our CA Education site on the Web.

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