SupportConnect - PLATINUM Repository for MVS Newsletter Version 01.01
  
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E-News: PLATINUM Repository for MVS
Newsletter from Computer Associates
Version 01.01 | February 23, 2001
via www: http://supportconnectw.ca.com
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Table of Contents

- News from Development
    - Available Now!
    - Coming Soon!

- News from Technical Support
    - Installation/Upgrade Information
    - Data Shopper
    - Repository/MVS Support Page
    - UPGRAD Solution LI75172
    - Documentation APARs

- eSupport is here!

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News from Development
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Available Now!
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- Release 3.8 went GA late November 2000.
- Release Notes and Pibpacks (Product Information
  Bulletins) can be found on the Repository/MVS
  Support Page.
- Published APARs are available for nested
  include support in the JCL scanner for both
  the 3.6 and 3.8 Releases.
- Release 3.8 Documentation CD is available.

The following new manuals can be downloaded
from the Repository/MVS Support Page:

     - Models Guide 3.8
     - RDBMS Guide 3.8 (replaces DDL Manager
       Guides for DB2, Oracle, Sybase, Teradata,
       SQLServer, and Tandem)
     - IMS Guide 3.8
     - Installation Guide 3.8

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Coming Soon!
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- SQLServer 7.0 Tolerance Support - Release 3.8
  and 3.6
- Visual Basic 6.0 Support for Win 98, NT, and
  2000 - Release 3.8 and 3.6
- GA Release of Data Shopper 3.1 - Release 3.8
  and 3.6
- GA Release of UDB 6.1 interface for Unix and
  Windows Platforms - Release 3.8

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News from Technical Support
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Installation/Upgrade
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- You might want to run the PRMORPH job from
  SAMP JCL the weekend before upgrading to
  ensure there is no data corruption.

- Make sure that when you run your binds from
  the Installation panel (option 10 Plans) you
  fill in the Catalog Owner. Specify SYSIBM
  or the creator of a shadow catalog.

- If you have two different Repositories (e.g.
  Test and Prod) they should have different
  NEWAPPLs. The default NEWAPPL is DBEX. This
  should be changed in three clists:

       DBEXCEL, DBXINST, and COMPSTAT

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Data Shopper
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If inserts, deletes, or updates are made in the
SHOPCNTL model and the corresponding changes do
not display in Data Shopper, the 3 services
required by Data Shopper should be stopped and
restarted in the following order. To locate the
services from the Windows desktop, click:

   START/SETTINGS/CONTROL PANEL/SERVICES

If Data Shopper is installed on a UNIX platform,
kill the processes and then restart them in the
following order:

   STOP IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER
      - DataShopper_Server
      - DataShopper_Gatekeeper
      - DataShopper_ORBAgent


   START IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER
      - DataShopper_ORBAgent
      - DataShopper_Gatekeeper
      - DataShopper_Server

Once services have been stopped and restarted,
launch Data Shopper to display the recent changes
made to the SHOPCNTL model.

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Support Page
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There is a new article on the Support Page
describing how PRMORPH works. The document can
be found under the Technical Document Index.
PRMORPH has been updated to improve performance.
The document only applies to those users who
apply APAR LO88582.

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UPGRAD Solution LI75172
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When you are upgrading a release of the operating
system or a release of DB2, do you call technical
support to see if the Repository supports that
release? You can get this information first hand
by downloading APAR LI75172 from StarTCC. The
APAR is updated each time a new operating system
or DB2 release is tested.

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Documentation APARs
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The following documentation APARs are available:

- XEW (Erwin) - LI82863 - Installation Step
  missing from the Erwin Interface Manual.
- XTD (Teradata) - LI84577 - Repository/MVS
  RDBMS Administrator Guide.
- XTR (Base Product) - LI86940 - Administrator
  Guide - New Relational Translator Parameter
  for Name Generation.
- XTR (Base Product) - LI88494 - Administrator
  Guide - LCASETOG Function on Search Criteria.
- XTR (Base Product) DB2 ABEND SO4E, REASON
  00E20004 explained.
    - Note: This APAR can also be found on the
      Support Page under Technical Documents.

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eSupport is here!
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Our next generation web support system is now
online and available. supportconnectw.ca.com
represents our commitment to provide state-of-
the-art web-based support information and
technology to clients of Computer Associates.

eSupport provides CA Clients with more resources
than ever before with more products represented,
more FAQs, more technical documents and solutions,
and a more powerful search capability. Personalize
your eSupport profile to see only the products that
you are interested in. One eSupport login is all
you need for access to CA's web-based support, to
the CA Open Forums, and to StarTCC (for eligible
maintenance clients).

Visit http://supportconnectw.ca.com and register today!

Choose Platinum Repository MVS from the pulldown
product list on the main page.

We encourage you to obtain your login for
our new eSupport site that is discussed in the
article above. eSupport will be permanently
replacing the older support.ca.com site in the
near future and, over the next few months, will
be enriched with technical wizards and other
extensions to classic telephone support.

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Computer Associates offers great educational
opportunities to enable you to get the most
from PRMVS. For more information, visit the
Education web pages at:

http://www.ca.com/education/descriptions/prmvs.htm

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