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Computer Associates
E-News
z/VM and VM/ESA Newsletter
Version 04.02
October 20, 2004

In This Newsletter
Product News
> eTrust™ VM:Secure® and eTrust™ VM:Director® r2.7
> BrightStor® VM:Tape® r1.8

Product Updates
> IBM Discontinues Support of SPTAPE in z/VM 5.1.0

General Information
> Change in Phone Coverage Hours

Product News
eTrust™ VM:Secure® and eTrust™ VM:Director® r2.7
Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is pleased to announce that eTrust VM:Secure and eTrust VM:Director r2.7 are now generally available (GA). These new releases deliver the following enhancements and new features:
  • External security manager command authorization
  • External security manager administration
  • Customer-selected utility for fast disk formatting and copying
  • MINIDISK user exit that supports a virtual address parameter
  • Support for CRYPTO statement operands included in z/VM 5.1.0
  • Support for large SCSI disks that appear as emulated FBA disks
  • Enhancement to the CHGVOLNM command
  • Enhancement to the CHGMDISK command
  • Enhancement to the USERPASS user exit (eTrust VM:Secure only)
  • Enhancement to the EXPIRE option (eTrust VM:Secure only)
  • Abend changes
  • New and changed messages
More information is available at:
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/vm/infodocs/vmsecdir-prodann.asp.

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BrightStor® VM:Tape® r1.8
We are pleased to announce that BrightStor VM:Tape r1.8 is now generally available (GA). This new release delivers the following enhancements and new features:
  • BrightStor® CA-1® Tape Management TMC compatibility updates
  • Support for the BrightStor CA-1 Tape Management TMSXTEND utility
  • Tape device and media support
  • Synchronization performance
  • Ability to mount twin tapes
  • Uniform tape usage within a location
  • New and changed message numbers
More information is available at:
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/vm/tape/infodocs/vmtape-prodann.asp.

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Product Updates
IBM Discontinues Support of SPTAPE in z/VM 5.1.0
As of Version 5 Release 1 of z/VM, IBM has removed the SPTAPE command from the operating system. Therefore, CA will support SPXTAPE only as a backup format in Unicenter® VM:Spool® when running on that release of z/VM.

Under z/VM 5.1.0, Unicenter VM:Spool product initialization fails with a message identifying SPTAPE as an unsupported parameter.

More information is available at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC345623.

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General Information
Change in Phone Coverage Hours
CA's VM Technical Support in Herndon, Virginia, at 1-703-709-4980 is changing its support hours from 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET beginning October 1, 2004. Support is always available 24 x 7 by pager.

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