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Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing Newsletter
Version 06.10
October 05, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r11.5 for z/OS - Now Generally Available (GA)
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 1 for z/VM - Generally Available (GA)

General Information
> Mainframe Environmental Discovery Service MIM (MEDSMIM)
> Do You Know?
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - Hyper APAR Notification
> Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing - IBM APAR Technical Advisory
> RSU Information

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

Product News

Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r11.5 for z/OS - Now Generally Available (GA)
Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r11.5 became Generally Available on August 23, 2006. The new features include:

  • Unicenter CA-MIM Mainframe Environmental Discovery Service
  • Generate Unicenter CA-MIM Status and Health Check Events for Unicenter®
    CA-OPS/MVS® Processing
  • Support for ALTSEREXTENDED interface, added in z/OS 1.7
  • Exploitation of AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System
  • Support for z/OS 1.8

For additional information, see the Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r11.5 Release Summary.

To receive Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r11.5, please return the order form that you received in the mail, order from the product page at SupportConnectSM or call
1-800-637-5858. For customers outside of North America, please contact your local Technical Support group.

Also note the following End-of-Support date. We strongly urge you to take advantage of the new Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r11.5 features by upgrading at your earliest convenience.

  • r4.6 - Support ends September 1, 2007.
  • r4.5 - Support ended December 31, 2004.

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Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 1 for z/VM - Generally Available (GA)
Unicenter CA-MIM Resource Sharing r4.6 Service Pack 1 for z/VM 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 for z/VM. 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 Technical Support Group.

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General Information

Mainframe Environmental Discovery Service MIM (MEDSMIM)
Click here to read how to use the Unicenter® CA-OPS/MVS® MEDSMIM service to easily obtain MIMplex data-sharing and environmental information.

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Do You Know?
Do you know that the setting GDIINIT PROCESS=ALLSYSTEMS is recommended vs. GDIINIT PROCESS=SELECT?

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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 4.6 Informational Solution 26, 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 Technical Support Page accessible from SupportConnectSM.

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RSU Information
We have recently completed certification of Unicenter® CA-MIM™ Resource Management for z/OS with the z/OS 1.6 and z/OS 1.7 June 2006 RSU Level (0606). Both the z/OS 1.6 and the z/OS 1.7 certifications were achieved with MIM 4.6 Service Pack 5 Level (4.6.5) plus fixes TD46105, TD46108, TD46109, TD46110, TD46111, TD46112, TD46113, and TD46116.

For more information in regards to CA's RSU certification, please click here.

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Special Events
Webcasts
For information on upcoming webcasts, please click here.

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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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