End of Service Announcement for CA Database Management Solutions r11.0
for DB2 for z/OS
To: CA Database Management for DB2 for z/OS Customers
From: The CA Database Management Product Team
Subject: End of Service Announcement for CA Database Management r11.0 for DB2 for z/OS

CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. To achieve this, we are now focusing on the next release of the CA Database Management tools for DB2 for z/OS, namely Release r12 which is planned to be generally available in 2009. With this in mind, we are today announcing that support for Release r11.0, including service packs SP0 through SP5, will be discontinued on December 31, 2009. Following the discontinuation of Release r11.0, we will still be providing customers with two supported releases, Release r11.5 and the upcoming r12. This will allow our Development organization to effectively focus its resources on and add value to Release r12 and the following releases.

As development of Release r12 progresses, we encourage you to consider your migration plan to either Release r11.5 or r12, and we will contact you again with migration path information, as well as updates on features and functions of Release r12.

If you have any questions regarding the support schedule, please contact your local CA Account Manager or Support Availability Manager. To review our Technical Support Lifecycle Policy, please visit: support.ca.com/phpdocs/0/common/tslifecycle_policy.pdf.

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

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End of Service Announcement for CA Database Management Solutions r11.0
for IMS for z/OS
To: CA Database Management for IMS Customers
From: The CA Database Management for IMS Product Team
Subject: End of Service Announcement for CA Database Management r11.0 for IMS and
Stabilization of Unicenter DC Monitor Extensions

CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. As part of this ongoing effort support for older releases is discontinued. This will allow our Development organization to effectively focus its resources on and add value to the newer and upcoming releases of the CA Database Solutions for IMS. End of Service means that support for CA Database Management r11.0 for IMS products will be discontinued beginning on April 30, 2009. The CA Database Management for IMS solution is comprised of the following r11.0 products:

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

We have also discovered that while the Unicenter DC Monitor Extensions product still provides useful functions to some customers, its value to most customers and prospective customers in the market has declined significantly over the past few years. Therefore, we are announcing that all supported releases of Unicenter DC Monitor Extensions will be functionally stabilized on April 30, 2008. Functionally stabilizing a product means that there will be no new releases or further enhancements to this product. However, maintenance and support for release r11.6 of this product will continue in accordance with your active maintenance contract.

At this time, we encourage you to plan for the migration to CA Database Management for IMS r11.6 as soon as possible so you can take full advantage of the latest new features and enhancements this release has to offer. CA Database Management for IMS r11.6 is Generally Available and contains all the enhancements in the r11.5 release with the addition of support for IMS v10. For additional information on CA Database Management for IMS, please visit the CA Database Management for IMS product pages at CA Support Online (support.ca.com).

As CA would like to help make your upgrade to CA Database Management for IMS r11.6 as straightforward and successful as possible, we are offering the following:

• A no-charge software upgrade from CA Database Management for IMS r11.0 to CA Database Management for IMS r11.6 for any customer with an active maintenance contract.
• CA Services is available to provide consulting services for any or all parts of the upgrade, including analysis of the current system, preparation for the upgrade, testing, and performing the upgrade itself. Please call 800-225-5224 (North America) or +1 303-262-8300 (International).
• CA is committed to providing superior support to our customers using our technology solutions. Extended Support, a Business Critical Custom Option is designed to extend support for CA products and releases that have been officially discontinued or reached their End of Service Date. Please visit our website, CA Support Online (support.ca.com), for more information.

If you have any questions regarding the support schedule, please contact CA Database Management for IMS Technical Support at CA Support Online (support.ca.com). Our Technical Support Lifecycle Policy is also available at this site.

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

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End of Life Second Notification for Unicenter 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 Follow-up 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. As a follow-up to our first letter regarding End of Life of Unicenter Data Compressor for DB2 for z/OS, we would like to confirm that support for this product will be discontinued beginning on October 1, 2008, though CA will honor any contractual requirements to sustain support on defined products.

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

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End of Service Announcement for CA Modeling Suite 7.1
CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. In an ongoing effort to ensure that our Development organization provides optimal support for non-legacy product releases and in conjunction with the currently planned future general availability of CA ERwin® Modeling Release 7.3 (includes: CA ERwin® Data Modeler, CA ERwin® Model Manager, CA ERwin® Process Modeler, CA ERwin® Model Navigator, and CA ERwin® Data Model Validator), we have scheduled support for Release 7.1 to be discontinued within the next 12 months. Doing so will allow our Development organization to effectively focus its resources on and increase value to that future product release.
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Hyper ZFLF295 for CA Fast Load r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
Hyper ZFLF295 for CA Fast Load r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
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Hyper ZFIF016 for CA Fast Index® r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
Hyper ZFIF016 for CA Fast Index r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
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Hyper UFIF102 for CA Fast Index® r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
Hyper UFIF102 for CA Fast Index r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
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Hyper UFUF253 for CA Fast Unload® r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
Hyper UFUF253 for CA Fast Unload r11.5 for DB2 for z/OS
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FAQs for CA ERwin® Modeling Suite
Complete Compare does not allow me to import the Attribute Notes field.
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In Complete compare there is no option or check box for Oracle Null Option Constraint Names.
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I am trying to sync Data sources with two models, however, in the Resolve Differences dialog, data sources are not pulled under the table level. How can I import the data sources from one model to another?
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How can I globally break the link between the logical and physical models?
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Complete Compare: how can I generate an Alter script without changing my model?
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Oracle Table Editor: how can I add more Oracle partitions than the default number of rows?
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The Naming Standards: why was it not applied to my physical columns?
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My partition name is different in my model than in my database. I can import all of the physical storage property differences but I cannot import the partition name:
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How to Complete Compare a model's physical order against that of the database?
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Forward Engineer/Alter Script/Schema Generation: how do I generate Alter syntax for Oracle column level validations?
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How to download ERwin Modeling Suite Software and Patches?
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Why can't I Forward Engineer SQL Server 2005 comments in ERwin r7.2?
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Are there any considerations for Insight Database Proxy Agents on a Microsoft SQL clustered environment?
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CA ERwin® Data Modeler Garners Reader's Choice Award From
Visual Studio Magazine
Congratulations to CA ERwin Data Modeler, cited for Excellence among Software Design, Frameworks and Modeling Tools by the year's Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice award. This year's annual Reader's Choice award is based on Visual Studio-related products receiving the most votes from a survey sent to over 23,000 Visual Studio Magazine subscribers. The ballot included over 400 products across 22 categories. To see full coverage, click here.

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Tackling Redesign of Existing Databases With CA
The July issue of DM Review Magazine features Sesario P. Alonzo from Oceaneering International, Inc., reviewing CA ERwin® Data Modeler release 7.2. Read how CA and one of CA's go-to reseller partners, Programmer's Paradise, provided extraordinary value. Sesario says, among other things, "CA has been great to work with. They are quick to respond to our needs and provide excellent customer service. On several occasions, CA has kept us moving in the right direction with respect to our projects." To read the full product review, click here.

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Registering for Hyper Subscriptions
To register for Hyper Subscriptions, go to link:
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CA ERwin® Data Modeler Supports the CA Academic Initiative
The CA Academic Initiative is designed to give students the resources and knowledge necessary to succeed in today's complex IT environments. We do that by providing students and faculty with resources that can easily be integrated into existing curriculum. The program provides several components to help you with teaching, learning and experiencing IT:

And, best of all, these resources are free.

By partnering with CA, your institution can provide students with practical, real-world experience while enabling faculty to maintain leading-edge knowledge of software technologies and methodologies.

If you would, please forward this information to your deans, department chairs and other faculty who may be interested in taking advantage of these free IT academic resources.

For more information and to join the program, please visit ca.com/academic. You may also
e-mail us at UniversityRelations@ca.com with any questions.

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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.

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/common/cadbmgtdd_roadmap.pdf.

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

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WEBCAST REPLAY: Data Modeling for Business Intelligence With Microsoft SQL Server
Webcast Replay: Data Modeling for Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server Listen to this webcast to hear how to leverage SQL Server Analysis Services to create compelling business intelligence applications through the use of data modeling tools, such as CA ERwin® Data Modeler. This replay is available until September 3, 2008 - read more.

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CA and IDUG Co-Sponsor DB2 9 Technical Webcast Series
The International DB2 User Group and CA are pleased to co-sponsor a DB2 webcast series bringing you essential technical information from recognized industry experts. The next webcast, What's New in DB2 9 Part 3 - New Options, was scheduled for July 9, 2008.

Be sure to check out previous webcasts you may have missed in this series at the links below:

• DB2 9 and Native XML Support
• What's New in SQL for DB2 9 Part 1
• Let's Talk DB2 Access Paths
• DB2 Prerequisites, Migrations and Deprecations

Check our site for the latest updates to the available on demand webcasts.

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Database Management at CA World® 2008
Discover more about IT Management in one week than others will over the next 12 months! The Session Directory and Agenda Builder are now live for this year's CA World 2008, November 16 - 20, at the Venetian Congress and Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out all the Database Management session content in both the Manage-Infrastructure Management and Mainframe and Multi-Platform Application Development Focus areas. Make sure to take advantage of the early bird registration discounts and User Group and PLC discounts. Register today.

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