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Implementation Considerations

Event Management on z/OS can be thought of as three processes:

caiopr

Creates the Unicenter console from the various message sources. It provides a consolidation of syslogd, Unicenter messages, messages generated using the EM API, and messages routed by remote applications.

ca_calendar

Determines if a specific calendar is active or inactive based on the current date and time. If a message action is assigned a calendar profile, then ca_calendar must be active for the action to be taken.

stardaemon

Transmits data from the z/OS machine to a remote NT machine. When trying to connect using the Windows GUI, this process is responsible for performing the logon.

The z/OS version does not provide components such as workload or security which are best left to existing technologies already present on the mainframe.

The remainder of this section describes some implementation considerations related to these processes.