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Determine Whether to Ignore Common Products During Discovery

CA CSM lets you ignore common products during the product discovery process. At this time, this refers to CA Common Services for z/OS, including CA CSM.

You can activate this feature from the Settings tab, Software Acquisition page, but you first need to determine if you want to use this feature:

• If CA Common Services for z/OS or CA CSM is always in its own SMP/E environment and maintaining them is not the responsibility of the person who is managing the product that is being managed, then we recommend that you use this feature.
• If you have a single SMP/E environment, or just a few SMP/E environments, then do not use this feature. It may be better to have all maintenance viewable and applicable within a single display. Otherwise, you need to select the product you are managing, then select CA Common Services for z/OS or CA CSM to ensure you get any new maintenance that may affect the product you are managing.

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This can help provide a concise view of applicable installation packages, including the maintenance related to those packages, when managing your environments from the Products page.