SupportConnect - z/VSE and VSE/ESA Newsletter, Version 06.02
  

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z/VSE and VSE/ESA Newsletter
Version 06.02
March 10, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Support for FakeTape and Enhancement to VTAPE Support
> Unicenter® CA-FAQS® Automated Systems Operation for VSE r5 SP4

Product Updates
> Recently Published HIPER Solutions

General Information
> Tips and Tricks
> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Product News
Support for FakeTape and Enhancement to VTAPE Support
BrightStor® CA-Dynam®/T Tape Management for VSE has been enhanced to:
  • Provide support to enable BrightStor CA-Dynam/T to mount FakeTape volumes automatically when running both BrightStor CA-Dynam/T and FakeTape on a Flex-ES system.
  • Provide support to enable BrightStor CA-Dynam/T to mount VTAPE volumes automatically by issuing the appropriate VTAPE START and STOP commands. This enhancement takes advantage of a new interface introduced by IBM in z/VSE 3.1.
Contact CA Customer Support to learn more about this support and to obtain the PTFs required to implement the enhancements.

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Unicenter® CA-FAQS® Automated Systems Operation for VSE r5 SP4
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Unicenter CA-FAQS Automated Systems Operation for VSE r5 SP4 Beta program. Your participation offers you the ability to validate this update release in your own environment, allowing you to give us feedback on product enhancements, quality, and the beta program.

Unicenter CA-FAQS/ASO for VSE is an indispensable online tool that enables a higher level of control over your VSE System. It helps you cut costs, provide better service to users, and make your data center jobs more rewarding. In addition to delivering console automation, Unicenter CA-FAQS/ASO provides operators, systems programmers, and application developers with tools to boost their productivity while offering multiple console support and several convenient online interfaces, including CMS, CICS, VTAM, and ICCF. Unicenter
CA-FAQS/ASO offers such features as remote console services, online debugging and fix-it facilities, job and system monitoring capabilities, and several additional online system tools.

Top Three Key Features:
  • Remote console services
  • Online debugging and fix-it facilities
  • Job and system monitoring capabilities
What's New:
  • Reduced use of 24-bit storage
  • Reduced overhead in native VSE systems
  • Faster execution of multiple sequential commands
  • ASOH command to simplify message action definitions
For more information and to register for the Unicenter CA-FAQS Automated Systems Operation for VSE r5 SP4 Beta Program, please visit the website located at:
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/beta/faqaso5sp4/faqaso5sp4beta-description.asp.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Robert Giesting, VP CA Products Mainframe Development, at 614-785-2752 or GIERO01@ca.com.

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Product Updates
Recently Published HIPER Solutions
The following HIPER PTF is published and available for download at ca.com/supportconnect/:

VSE System Adapter r6.1, a component of CA-CIS for VSE r1.4:
QO76350 CADD074E JOB CANCELLED - ASAMAX EXCEEDED

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General Information
Tips and Tricks
Combining Several Reports Into One POWER List Queue Entry
Using Unicenter® CA-Raps® for VSE, you can easily combine multiple reports into a single POWER list queue entry. Unicenter CA-Raps provides RCAPRUTL0, a powerful report distribution facility that can be used to scan, split, regroup, and merge POWER LST files.

If you are using AUTOLPR to send reports to a TCP/IP connected printer, you may find that the wait time between printing reports is excessive. By first using CAPRUTL0 to combine listings destined for the same printer, you will be able to avoid these waits.

To find out how, click here.

Problem Detection in CICS Using the XMON Feature of Unicenter® CA-Explore®
The XMONITOR (or XMON) command can be used to display a quick overview of all CICS partitions running Unicenter CA-Explore Performance Management for CICS. This panel provides a single point from which problems in a number of CICS partitions can be identified quickly.

To learn more about using the XMON command, click here.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: We have XSYSTEM active on our systems and it is normal for a tape which is active on one system to get message CADT092W STATUS IS QUESTIONABLE FOR VOLUME=T01010 when mounted on another system. We ran a batch DYNCAT INT to reinitialize the tapes, but the CADT092W message is still issued. Is there a way to reuse these tapes?
A: Click here for the answer.

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