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CA Mainframe 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 do the following:

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, enabling you to install and maintain your products faster and with less chance of error.

You can acquire CA CSM from the CA Support website.

Note: For more information, see your product's installation instructions and the CA Mainframe Software Manager online help.

Console Commands

The current implementation of CA Datacom Server provides the ability to execute commands using a utility that communicates with the server address space through CAICCI. This release adds an additional feature to provide command input through console commands. In z/OS, this is accomplished using the MODIFY/QEDIT command and, in z/VSE, it is through opening the console DTF.

Proxy Windows Service

You can now start and stop the CA Datacom Proxy server as a Windows service. Once installed, the service can be controlled through Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services. Previously, the CA Datacom Proxy server was run using the cadcjsrv.exe program. You must download a self extracting zip file from the CA Datacom page on CA Support Online and unzip the contents into the Datacom installation folder\Java\Classes folder. The zip file contains Jna.jar which is required by the Java classes in the cadcjdbc.jar which would install, run, and, if required, uninstall the service.

Support for Linux and Sun Solaris

The JDBC jar file, cadcjdbc.jar, is the only thing that is required to be deployed in any environment including Linux and any UNIX system when a type 4 connection is specified. A type 4 connection uses Java to communicate through TCP/IP to a subtask in the CA Datacom mainframe region.

Enhancements to Existing Features

64-Bit Implementation

Native interface binaries have been modified to run on a 64-bit system in 64-bit mode. Both JDBC and ODBC drivers have the ability to run in a Windows system. JDBC binaries have been modified to run in a 64-bit JVM on USS and Windows.

CAICCI-PC Option

With TCP/IP as a communications interface, the CAICCI-PC component is now optional on a workstation.

Enhanced Trace Processing

Trace processing has been enhanced to identify a given user from any source, the time various processes take, and the amount of time between transmit and receive times.

JDBC Control Block Format

The JDBC control block format has been updated to support the current releases of Java.

JDBC 4.0 Driver Support

A number of changes have been implemented to support the driver requirements in the JDBC 4.0 API.

SQLSTATE Reporting Improved

The method of reporting back the SQLSTATE from SQL within the Multi-User Facility (MUF) has changed. Since the SQLSTATE is now being reported out from the SQL engine from within the MUF, it will be reported back to the CA Datacom Server user.

Documentation

This section contains topics that are related to documentation enhancements.