AllFusion® Modeling Suite 7.0 (English Only) Support Expiration
End of Service has been announced for AllFusion Modeling Suite 7.0 (English only). For more details, please click on:
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=164135.

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CA Database Management Solutions for IMS r11.6 SP0 GA Announcement
To: CA Database Management Solutions for IMS for z/OS Customers
From: The CA IMS Product Team
Subject: Product Announcement for CA Database Management Solutions r11.6 for IMS for z/OS

On behalf of the CA team, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide high-quality, innovative software and services.

As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products.

Today, we are pleased to announce that CA Database Management Solutions r11.6 for IMS for z/OS is now available.

The primary new capability in this release is support for IMS v10.
We have included a Summary Product Brief that highlights the features of this release.
We also encourage you to review the individual product briefs on ca.com or visit the product information pages at CA Support Online for more detailed information on these specific products that are included in the CA Database Management Solutions r11.6 for IMS for z/OS.

Please use the following Products when ordering:

CA Database Analyzer® for IMS
CA Database Copier™ for IMS
CA Database Organizer™ for IMS
CA DC Monitor Extensions for IMS
CA High Performance Recovery for IMS
CA Secondary Index for IMS
CA Secondary Index Builder for IMS

With this new release we are pleased to continue to offer an alternative to physical distribution. You can download this release, the Product Documentation, and the Product Information Packet from CA Support Online, logon to support.ca.com and access the Products Link under the Downloads heading on the left side of the page to get started. Please note that if you have multiple IMS products licensed, you only need to select and download one product as the package is the same for each product.

If you prefer to receive a physical copy of this new release and collateral, please call
1-800-637-5858, option 2. Be sure to request CA Database Management Solutions r11.6 for IMS for z/OS. For customers outside North America, please contact your local CA Support Center.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your local Support Availability Manager. For technical assistance, please contact Technical Support at 1-800-201-7536 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-303-262-8300 (International).

Should you need any assistance in understanding these new features, or in implementing this latest release, our CA Technology Services™ experts can help. For more information on CA Technology Services and how you can leverage our experience, contact us through your local CA office or visit ca.com/us/servicecenter/.

We're proud of our ongoing product development, customer support, and maintenance programs that are designed to help our customers succeed, and believe our latest release is a good example of our efforts.

Thank you again for your business.

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End of Life Announcement for CA Data Compressor™ for DB2 for z/OS
To: Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS Customers
From: The CA Database Management Product Team
Subject: End of Life Announcement for Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS

CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. In order to focus our development efforts and to help our customer base achieve their strategic business initiatives, we are investing our resources in new technology and software and will be dropping support for Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS. This means Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS will no longer be enhanced and that maintenance and technical support will be discontinued within the next 12 months. However, CA will honor any contractual requirements to sustain support on defined products.

We will be contacting you with more detailed information as well as the confirmed End of Life date for Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS. Until then, should you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local CA Account Manager or Support Availability Manager.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

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Hyper for CAIRIM-MVS 1.0
Hyper for CAIRIM-MVS 1.0
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=QO94757

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Product Tips for CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS
Display or change the DB2 DSNHDECP and DSNZPARM settings
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC444994

What to do when message GIM67301W is received?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC444628

Can plan analyzer explain a single SQL statement?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446275

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FAQs for CA ERwin® Modeling Suite
Is r7.2 to r7.2.5 SP1 a valid upgrade path for Model Manager? The readme for 7.2.5 SP1 says 4.1.4 and 7 are the migration paths available. We have 7.2. What do you have to do to upgrade to 7.2.5 SP1?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC443510

On downloading a CA ERwin® Data Modeler install and running it I receive the error message, "Error reading setup initialization file". What is the cause?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC443514

How can I upgrade from Platinum ERwin v.3.5.2 to AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r7.2?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC443515

It is taking a long time to open models from our Model Manager. Are there any indexes we can add to speed that up?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445550

In v. 4.1.4, I vertically transformed several logical entities into multiple physical tables. When I converted to r7.x, the transformations appear as a single table. However, the transformations do appear in the model explorer.
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445991

I am trying to import an object into a Read-Only model using Complete Compare. Is the change made to the model?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445992

I Reverse Engineer from SQL Server 2005 and get, 'Unable to find the parent key for relationship - FK_<TABLENAME>_PROPERTY'. In addition, I am seeing duplicate column names followed by an underscore and a number. Why is that occurring?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445993

Using Complete Compare I export a new column order from one model to another. I press the Alter script & get, "C:\Documents and Settings \My Documents\ERwin\Setting Files\Alter Script Schema Generation\2007 11 05 No Index XML contains an invalid path".
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445995

I want to copy the layout properties (i.e. the layout of the entities and relationship lines) of the main subject area from one model to another. How do I do that using the Complete Compare function?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC445996

Two modelers have r1 for their initial relationship name and the relations are between different tables in the same model. If they both save model changes to CA ERwin Model Manager that results in duplicate relationships. Is there a better way?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446000

Why do I see different Using Index syntax on different models? Some include an index name while others do not.
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446066

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FAQs for CA Database Management Distributed Database Tools
Is the CA Insight Oracle Knowledge Agent AUTOEXTEND aware?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446119

When I am configuring a CA Insight Knowledge Agent, the targeted host does not appear in the Host list. How can I resolve this?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446120

Why can't I find the Transactions Scan Group in Knowledge Agent Parameters for CA Insight Microsoft SQL Server Knowledge Agent?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC446136

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Product Line Community - Modeling
The Product Line Community (PLC) is a global virtual CA customer community that is focused on our Modeling solutions. The PLC provides a forum for bilateral communication between CA and users of CA solutions - enhancing the users' experience while leveraging CA Technology. The PLC model is to act as an umbrella community, over the local user groups, to ensure all CA Modeling users have equal access to all organizations within CA (including Development, Product Management, etc.). Along with quarterly web casts with CA and a Listserv available, we will be establishing a forum for PLC members as well as other activities exclusive to the PLC-Modeling community.

Not a PLC member yet? Please use the registration instructions below:

• Go to the causergroups.ca.com.
• Click on "Join Today" located in the lower right corner.
• At the drop down menu, select "PLC - Modeling".
• Enter your information.
• Submit registration.

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CA Green Books and Green Papers
The CA Green Books and Green Papers page is on CA Support Online.

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Road Maps
CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS at:
support.ca.com/phpdocs/7/common/db2_roadmap.pdf.

UPDATED: CA Database Management Solutions for IMS at:
support.ca.com/phpdocs/7/2854/2854_ims_roadmap.pdf.

CA Database Management Distributed Database Tools at:
support.ca.com/phpdocs/7/2855/2855_roadmap.pdf.

CA ERwin® Modeling Product Roadmap at:
support.ca.com/phpdocs/7/260/260_roadmap.pdf.

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TRADESHOW AND CONFERENCES: The Wilshire Meta-Data Conference & DAMA International Symposium
Visit CA at booth 324 during this year's Meta-Data DAMA conference and learn how our powerful data modeling and metadata management tools can help you identify, understand, manage, and leverage enterprise-wide information assets. Located at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, California, March 16 - 20, 2008.

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