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CAIRIM

CAIRIM is a software component that prepares your operating system environment for all CA applications and starts them. It is the common driver for a collection of dynamic initialization routines that eliminate the need for user SVCs, SMF exits, subsystems, and other installation requirements commonly encountered when installing systems applications.

Four integral parts of CAIRIM are CAISSF, CA LMP, Serviceability, and zIIP Enablement Services.

CAISSF

Provides an external security mechanism for controlling and monitoring access to all system and application resource processes. CAISSF is integrated into many CA enterprise applications and is also used by other CA Common Services for z/OS services. It provides security services for user signin, resource access control, process use control, and recording and monitoring of violation activity.

CA LMP

Provides a standardized and automated approach to the tracking of licensed software.

Serviceability

Includes the following functionality that can be taken advantage of by CA products:

• Verify that messages associated with an error or failure provide clear information for use in problem determination.
• Capture necessary documentation (DUMPS, SYSLOG, LOGREC, TRACE DATA).
• Identify ownership of resources (Eyecatchers).
• Simplify identification of preventive and corrective maintenance.

zIIP Enablement Services

zIIP Enablement Services can be exploited by some CA products under some circumstances to have some of the CA product code eligible to run on zIIP processors.