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Library Analysis

For performance, virtual storage constraint relief (VSCR), or other reasons, your site might move programs from linklist libraries to link pack area (LPA) libraries or from LPA libraries to linklist libraries. When this is done without the knowledge or control of SMP/E, the CSI becomes inaccurate.

Moving, copying, or adding programs to a library outside the control of SMP/E can cause maintenance problems, such as the loss or regression of critical program temporary fixes (PTFs). If you copy a program from one library to another without the knowledge of SMP/E, SMP/E continues to apply maintenance only to the program about which it knows. The copied program in the other library becomes back-leveled. This copied program could be executed in place of the SMP/E-managed program, causing errors.

The CA Auditor Library Analysis option can determine if SMP/E maintains certain programs in a given program library. This option compares the contents of a program library to its associated information in the CSI that you select. This comparison shows you if:

• Any programs in the library are not maintained by SMP/E
• All of the alias relationships in the library are correctly maintained according to the CSI
• SMP/E installed a program in a library other than the library you specified

To analyse a library

1. From the Primary Menu, select option 2.

   The System Installation Choices Menu is displayed.

2. Select option 3.

   The Program Library Analysis Using SMP/E screen is displayed.

3. Select option 5.

   The Library Analysis Selection screen is displayed.

4. Enter the name of the library that you want to compare to the CSI.

   By default, CA Auditor displays all of the programs that match the program mask of the selected library and recommends those programs for which it could not find information in the CSI for review. CA Auditor reads the library directory, checks the directory members against the LMOD and MOD entries in the CSI, and flags any program entries that do not agree with the control information in the CSI with an asterisk.

   SMP/E also tracks alias relationships. If the alias relationship defined in the library does not match what the CSI has defined, CA Auditor flags it and displays a message in the Information field.

   If you enter YES in the Display only programs recommended for review field, CA Auditor displays only those programs that should be reviewed. The Library Analysis Display follows with sample data.

You can also search for the name of a specific program or group of programs. To interrupt the processing of this display, press PA1. The Library Analysis can run several minutes if used against a large library such as SYS1.LPALIB. CA recommends that you use the batch facility to run this option.