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CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Newsletter
Version 08.02
June 27, 2008

In This Newsletter

Product News
> CA XCOM™ Data Transport® - New Product Roadmap and Product Status by Platform for
CA XCOM Data Transport
> CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for AS/400 i5/OS is Now Available
> CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2 for Windows Family Server and
CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2 for Windows Family Professional are Now Available
> Coming Soon - CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2
> Newest Technical Documents for CA XCOM™ Data Transport®

General Information
> The Product Page for CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
> Recently Updated! Product Status by Platform for CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
> Downloading CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Documentation on the New Online Support System
> Find Quick Links to Popular Download Functions at the Download Resources Area
> Contact and Support Essentials on the New Online Support System
> Open a Case or View Your Cases
> Automatic Notification of Hyper Solutions
> CA's Official Statement Regarding the New Daylight Saving Time Change
(Last Updated: February 27, 2008)

Special Events
> CA WORLD® 2008, November 16-20, 2008, at the Venetian Las Vegas and Sands Expo
and Convention Center

Product News
CA XCOM™ Data Transport® - New Product Roadmap and Product Status by Platform for CA XCOM Data Transport
Find out where we are and where we're heading. The roadmap is brand new and was just recently posted.

Roadmap: support.ca.com/phpdocs/7/145/xcom_roadmap.pdf

Product Status by Platform:
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpdocs?filePath=0/145/caxcom-genlvl.html

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CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 for AS/400 i5/OS is Now Available
On behalf of CA, 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. We are pleased to announce that
CA XCOM Data Transport r11 for AS/400 i5/OS is now available. Click here to see the PML and for details on how to download or order.

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CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2 for Windows Family Server and
CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2 for Windows Family Professional
are Now Available

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 announce updated releases and maintenance for our products. We are pleased to announce the availability of CA XCOM Data Transport r11.0 SP2 for Windows Family Server and CA XCOM Data Transport r11 SP2 for Windows Family Professional.

This service pack includes all maintenance published prior to this update. By installing this service pack, you ensure that your systems are current on maintenance for r11.0. Click here to see the PMLs and for details on how to download or order.

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Coming Soon - CA XCOM™ Data Transport® r11 SP2
The following CA XCOM Data Transport r11 SP2 products are currently planned for release:

CA XCOM Data Transport for AIX
CA XCOM Data Transport for AIX Brixton
CA XCOM Data Transport for Digital UNIX
CA XCOM Data Transport for HP-UX
CA XCOM Data Transport for Linux PC
CA XCOM Data Transport for Linux zSeries
CA XCOM Data Transport for NCR UNIX MP-RAS
CA XCOM Data Transport for SCO OpenServer
CA XCOM Data Transport for SCO UnixWare
CA XCOM Data Transport for Sun Solaris Operating System
CA XCOM Data Transport for Sun Solaris X86

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Newest Technical Documents for CA XCOM™ Data Transport®
04/24/2008:
Does XCOM support different scripting languages for exits like xcompp? e.g. xcompp in Perl and xcompre in KSH.
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC462035

04/17/2008:
Is it possible to segment the XCOM.LOG file, so that at certain times during the day it swaps to a new file?
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC461622

03/06/2008:
XCOM Data Encryption - How to specify a cipher
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC447475

03/06/2008:
XCOM SSL - Intro to the RSAKEY
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC447474

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General Information
The Product Page for CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
Visit the CA XCOM Data Transport product page for comprehensive information for all of the CA XCOM Data Transport products.

Use the links at the top of the product page to find Product News, Knowledge Base Updates, Recommended Reading, Product Status, and Downloads.

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Recently Updated! Product Status by Platform for CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Products
Click here for the most current Release/Service Pack information, and in addition, we are now including End of Service and Stabilization information for the CA XCOM Data Transport products.

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Downloading CA XCOM™ Data Transport® Documentation on the New Online Support System
All guides for CA XCOM Data Transport are online in Adobe PDF format. To locate the guides, follow these instructions:

  1. On the Web, go to ca.com/support.
    The CA Support page opens.
  2. From the table of contents on the left, select Technical Support. The CA Support Online page opens.
  3. Enter a CA Support Online user ID and password, and click Log in.
    The CA Support Online page re-opens, and you are logged in.
  4. Scroll down and select Documentation from the Download Resources section.
    The Download Center page opens with Documentation/Manuals preselected.
  5. Select the following options from the drop-down lists and click Go.
    • Product = CA XCOM Data Transport
    • Language = English
    • Release = <release-number>

    The Documentation & Manual Downloads page opens.

The Documentation & Manual Downloads page displays all of the CA XCOM Data Transport guides for the release you selected. You can open or download the most current version of each guide in the documentation set from this page.

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Find Quick Links to Popular Download Functions at the Download Resources Area
See Download Resources via the new CA Support Online System for Quick Links to popular download functions: Published Solutions, Documentation, Product, Virus Signatures and Product Trials.

For all download options, visit the Download Center.

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Contact and Support Essentials on the New Online Support System
Visit the Contact and Support Essentials page located at the left navigation menu on the new CA Support Online System for information regarding Contacting Technical Support, Technical Support Policies and Additional Support Resources, including CA Education, CA Technology Services Extended Support (formerly known as Lifeline), Enhanced Beta Program and FTP Server Login.

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Open a Case or View Your Cases
You can open a case or view cases by simply clicking on the Open a Case link or View Cases link at the left navigation menu on the CA Support Online System.

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Automatic Notification of Hyper Solutions
Use this page to request automatic notification of hyper solutions that are considered critical for the proper operation of your CA product. The component list that is displayed represents the components and/or products for all of the licensed products for your site. You may request notifications for all components/products for which you have a license or for only selected components/products.

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CA's Official Statement Regarding the New Daylight Saving Time Change
(Last Updated: February 27, 2008)

For Daylight Saving Time (DST) information with respect to CA's products, please choose the option based on your Maintenance Status with CA.

Subscribers with a CA Maintenance Agreement. (Last Updated: February 27, 2008)
Note: Subscribers with a CA Maintenance Agreement will need to logon to support.ca.com to view the latest DST information.

Subscribers without a current CA Maintenance Agreement. (Last Updated: February 27, 2008).

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Special Events

CA WORLD® 2008, November 16-20, 2008, at the Venetian Las Vegas and Sands Expo
and Convention Center

Set your compass for Las Vegas, Nevada, and prepare to explore how IT management can help achieve both your business and personal goals for success.

Join us for CA WORLD 2008, taking place November 16-20, 2008, at the Venetian Las Vegas and Sands Expo and Convention Center.

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