1. THE CA MICS APPLICATION EXTENSION FOR ASTEX › 1.4 Data Sources

1.4 Data Sources

This application extension can process input data in two
ways.  The preferred method for processing ASTEX information
from an ASTEX application running on a local MVS system is to
access the ASTEX Interval Database (IDB).  This method takes
the smallest amount of CPU and DASD overhead.  Depending on
the version of ASTEX you are running, the IDB may be read
directly by CA MICS (ASTEX Version 1.7 and before) or must be
converted to an intermediate file by the PMCFLAT utility
program (ASTEX Version 2.0 and later) and then read by
CA MICS.  Refer to member PMCFLAT in your ASX.CNTL data set
if you are using Version 2.0 or later of ASTEX.

ASTEX applications that run on MVS systems remote from your
CA MICS Complex can either write their records to the SMF
data sets, or you can transmit a copy of the IDB to the MVS
system where your CA MICS Complex is located (ASTEX Version
1.7 and before), or you can transmit the PMCFLAT output of
the IDB to the MVS system where your CA MICS Complex is
located (ASTEX Version 2.0 and after).

It is possible to process both SMF and IDB sources in the
same update job.

This section contains the following subsections:

     1 - Processing the IDB Directly
     2 - Processing Data from SMF MANx Data Sets
     3 - ASTEX Installation Implications