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General Usage Best Practices

This section contains topics to help you maximize your efficiency when using CA CSM to acquire and install the mainframe software at your site.

This section contains the following topics:

Maintain Your Environments Using CA CSM

Run Update Product List Monthly

Get Latest Maintenance Regularly

Hide Unwanted Products from the Product List

Establish Working Set of Product SMP/E Environments for Each User

Check for Available Maintenance for SMP/E Environments in Your Working Set

Organize SMP/E Environment Zones into Zone Sets

Configure CA CSM to Reject Unneeded Maintenance

Implement a Proactive Preventive Maintenance Strategy

Check for CA RS Levels Twice a Month

Generate a Maintenance Flat File

Rerun Failed Tasks with Debug Logging

Retrieve Beta Packages

Update Catalog with an Unpublished PTF

Update Catalog with a Published PTF

Determine Whether to Ignore Common Products During Discovery

Schedule Automatic Maintenance Download and Receiving for SMP/E Environment Products

Create New Deployment and Configuration after Maintenance

Check for HOLDDATA Updates Daily

Install Products in Same Zone as Common Components