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CA Chorus™ Software Manager

CA Chorus™ Software Manager (CA CSM) is an application that simplifies and unifies the management of CA Technologies mainframe products on z/OS systems.

CA CSM provides services that make it easier for you to perform the following actions:

• Acquire, install, deploy, and configure products
• Automatically obtain and apply maintenance

These services enable you to easily manage your software based on industry-accepted best practices. A web-based interface makes the look-and-feel of the environment friendly and familiar. This interface helps you install and maintain your products faster and with less chance of error.

You can acquire CA CSM from http://ca.com/support.

Note: For more information, see your product installation instructions and the CA CSM online help.

Password Phrase Support

CA Deliver now supports password phrase logon in addition to traditional eight character password support. Password phrases can be 9 through 100 characters in length and can provide a stronger level of security when accessing the product.

These factors affect your implementation of password phrase support:

• Users, who use external security and access CA View through VTAM or XMS interfaces, can implement either password logon or password phrase logon.
• You can enable password phrase using the XMS cross-memory parameter, LGNSEC=PPHRASE.
• A new logon screen for password phrase and password phrase verification displays when applicable.

Note:

• VTAM and CICS support password phrases. IMS and ROSCOE do not support password phrases.
• Password phrase support does not affect secure access points. Secure access points do not require reauthenticating passwords.
• Password phrase logons are only supported for databases that are versioned at Release 12.2 and above.