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SupportConnect - Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport Newsletter, Version 07.01

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Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® Newsletter
Version 07.01
March 09, 2007

In This Newsletter

Product News

	>	CA Simplifies Product Names
	>	Improving Your On-line Support Experience: CA's New Technical Support Initiatives
	>	Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 BETA for VSE
	>	Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for HP-UX IA64 is in Development
	>	Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for AS/400 RISC Beta Program
	>	Configuration That Will Allow CA-XCOM™ Traffic to Pass Through a Firewall
	>	Enhancement to Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for z/OS Handling of Archived Data Sets
	>	Enhancement for the Queue Status Window for Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for Windows NT Server and Professional
	>	Enhancement: New Compression Options Available - ZLIB1 Through ZLIB9 for Various Platforms of Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 and r11

General Information

	>	Product Home Page for Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
	>	Latest Enhancements to SupportConnect^SM
	>	Daylight Saving Time (DST) Information With Respect to CA's Products

Special Events

	>	CA WORLD® 2007 - April 22-26, 2007
	>	Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 Webinar Series and Replays
	>	Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 for z/VSE Overview Webinar

Product News

CA Simplifies Product Names
Beginning January 30, 2007, CA is simplifying its product names. Our intention is to describe our products by what they enable you and your business to accomplish. Some names have already changed; others will change over the next 12-18 months as part of the planned development cycle. There is nothing you need to do. We have established a dedicated site at ca.com/productnames as a resource center where you'll find additional information such as frequently asked questions, customer service numbers, and a list of current product names and former names.

Improving Your On-line Support Experience: CA's New Technical Support Initiatives
You talked. We listened. We hope you've noticed some of the changes. In response to your feedback, we've been upgrading the CA support site. We're implementing a series of initiatives, with the aim of providing you, our valued customer, with world-class information and support.
Read the full story.

Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 BETA for VSE
Testing is in progress for Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r3.1 BETA for VSE.

Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for HP-UX IA64 is in Development
Currently, our Development staff is working on Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 for HP-UX IA64. This supports the IA64 (Itanium, Integrity) Hardware. The HP Integrity server is based on the Intel Itanium 2 dual-core processor technology.

Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for AS/400 RISC Beta Program
Beta program participants needed!

Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 for AS/400 RISC is a multi-platform, value-added data transport solution, providing high-performance unattended file transfer with complete audit trails and reporting. Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport provides a single solution for sending and receiving files, as well as sending reports and jobs, to the industry's widest range of platforms.

Using TCP/IP or SNA, XCOM will transfer data from machine A to machine B. Data can be delivered from AS400 to z/OS, UNIX to Tandem, and to all the other supported platforms.

System Requirements for the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 for AS/400 RISC Beta Program:

iSeries Server V5R3 or above with PASE environment
Installation of TCP/IP and/or SNA as your required protocol(s)

Key features for r11:

SSL Support
The use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to create a secure IP connection between Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport partners has been added. The SSL protocol allows for the encryption of the transmitted data as well as the authentication of the partner. OpenSSL will be used for the SSL protocol. The Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport TCP/IP Interface (TXPI) will be enhanced to make calls to OpenSSL for SECSOCKET=*YES. Certificates will need to be used to authenticate the identity of the remote partner.

Enhanced Log Display
The detailed log display in the CA-XCOM history display panels has been enhanced. One can now limit the display of transfers based on certain criteria such as:

a certain remote system
a specific USERID
a given date / time frame
a specific return code

Adding/Removing Sequence Numbers
Transfers to other CA-XCOM Data Transport for AS/400 partners now have the possibility of adding/removing sequence numbers through the use of UNIT=*ADDSEQ/*RMVSEQ.

Enhanced Notification
You can now control the level of notification that Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport for AS/400 provides. The options are:

ALL - Always notify regardless of whether transfer was successful.
WARN - Notify for warnings or errors only.
ERROR - Notify only if transfer fails with an error.

Five Digit Port Support
All Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 IP ports can now support up to five digits. The following CA-XCOM AS/400 parameters include this new support:

TCPRMTPORT - Specifies the listening port for the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport partner.
TCPLCLPORT - Specifies the listening port for the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport AS/400.
TCPLCSPORT - Specifies the SSL listening port for the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport AS/400.

Custom Code Table Support
Custom code table names are now supported in CA-XCOM for AS/400 used for specifying the translation table to be use by the remote UNIX or Windows r11 partner on a transfer by transfer basis.

Click here for more information on the Beta Program.

Thank you for your interest. If you would like to enroll, please submit the questionnaire under "Register Now".

For more information, please contact the CA Corporate Beta Team at corpbeta@ca.com.

Configuration That Will Allow CA-XCOM™ Traffic to Pass Through a Firewall
The reason you can't filter based on an incoming IP number is that it is random. The partner Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ must request a socket from the local machine's IP-stack when sending a transfer. The IP stack will give the next available socket. Unicenter CA-XCOM has no way of predicting which IPPORT and which IPADDRESS comprise that socket. This process is similar to the way many other TCP-based applications function. This Knowledge Base article explains more.

Enhancement to Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for z/OS Handling
of Archived Data Sets
An enhancement has been made to Unicenter CA-XCOM to allow users to suppress the recall of archived datasets during dynamic allocation calls. APAR QO78488 must be applied. This apar applies to TYPE=SCHEDULE transfers.

Previously, the CA-XCOM server region would wait on IBM's enqueue on SYSZTIOT when archived datasets were specified for a transfer. In certain cases, all type=schedule transfers would wait for this transfer to complete. With this enhancement, the recall processing will now be done outside the CA-XCOM server's region and transfers will not wait. See this Knowledge Base article for more information.

Enhancement for the Queue Status Window for Unicenter® CA-XCOM™
Data Transport® r11 for Windows NT Server and Professional
With APAR QO73491 (r11 0505D) and above, enhancements have been made to viewing and controlling the status of transfers using the Queue Status Window.

Previously, the limit on the maximum of number of transfers that were shown in the Status Window was specified by the xcom.glb parameter MAX_QUEUE_ENTRIES (up to a maximum of 1000 entries). This Knowledge Base article explains more.

Enhancement: New Compression Options Available - ZLIB1 through ZLIB9 for Various Platforms of Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 and r11
These new compression options were developed for sites that need increased performance and require high compression with minimum overhead. Examples of the types of files that benefit most from the use of compression are text or report files. Testing is highly recommended since compression may slow down file transfers that use a high speed connection. See this Knowledge Base article for more information.

General Information

Product Home Page for Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
Visit the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport home page for comprehensive information for all of the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport products. Find Product News under the "What's New" area, search for Solutions and Patches under the "Solutions and Patches" area, and find individualized product pages for all of the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport platforms under the "Technical Information by Platform" area. Each individualized product platform page contains a "Technical Information" area, where you can view and/or print product manuals, view other important information such as: Data Sheets, Drop Support dates, supported releases, and more.

Latest Enhancements to SupportConnect^SM
Enhancements to the SupportConnect Search Criteria and Search Results pages offer users more options for locating and accessing information on the site. Additional options for using knowledge documents and navigating across multiple CA support sites provide a foundation for further ease-of-use improvements in upcoming site updates. Click here for detailed information.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) Information With Respect to CA's Products
Click here for Daylight Saving Time (DST) information with respect to CA's products. Pursuant to the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will be extended in March 2007 to begin at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and end at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November (the "DST Change").

Special Events

CA WORLD® 2007 - April 22-26, 2007
Register now for CA WORLD 2007 at the Venetian Las Vegas and Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. - April 22-26, 2007.

Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 Webinar Series and Replays
Find out how to unlock the power of Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport by tuning into this informative and interactive webcast series which will highlight the new features in r11 and many new topics such as:

Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 Security Overview - September 25, 2007
Abstract: Get an overview of security with Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 including trusted transfers.
Registration will be available soon, here.

Replays for the Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 Webinar Series

Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 Overview - July 27, 2006

Using Certificates With Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r11 - September 26, 2006

Replays now available at:
ca.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?CID=20986&CevID=91842.

Unicenter® CA-XCOM™ Data Transport® r3.1 for z/VSE Overview Webinar
Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r3.1 for z/VSE Overview - June 12, 2007
Abstract: Find out what's new in Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport r3.1 for z/VSE.

Registration will be available soon, here:.

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