4. CUSTOMIZATION › 4.4 Accounting for Complex-Level External Files › 4.4.6 CA MICS AMO Extract (MICSAMO)

4.4.6 CA MICS AMO Extract (MICSAMO)

MICSAMO is a CA-supplied utility that extracts data from the
NSM Asset Management Database and creates a CSV file that can
be transferred to a data set on the host where CA MICS
resides by the MICSXFR program for further processing.

MICSAMO requires:

o  Pentium class PC capable of running NSM

o  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

o  10M of hard disk space

o  NSM Version 2.1 or later with Asset Management
   Option 3.0 or later installed.

To install a copy of MICSAMO on your workstation, complete
the following checklist:

___ 1.  Download MICSAMOZ from sharedprefix.MICS.BIN.

        To use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer
        MICSAMOZ to your Microsoft Windows Workstation,
        perform the following steps in order:

        ___ a.  Open a DOS command window.

        ___ b.  Start the FTP program using the following:

                FTP <hostname>

                where <hostname> is the machine name or the
                IP address of the OS/390 system.

                Supply the host userid and password as
                prompted.

        ___ c.  Set binary transfer mode by entering the
                following command (in lower case):

                binary

        *****************************************************
        *  NOTE:  This FTP command and those to follow      *
        *         must be entered in lower case.            *
        *****************************************************

        ___ d.  Set the name of the host data set with the
                following:

                cd 'sharedprefix.MICS.BIN'

        ___ e.  Set the directory name of the workstation
                directory to hold MICSAMOZ with the following
                command:

                lcd <directory>

                where <directory> is a directory on the
                workstation which will contain MICSAMOZ.
                Generally, this is a temporary or working
                directory (e.g. C:\TEMP).

        ___ f.  Transfer the MICSAMOZ to the workstation with
                the following command:

                get MICSAMOZ MICSAMOZ.EXE

                This will copy MICSAMOZ to the directory
                specified in step e and rename it to
                MICSAMOZ.EXE.

        ___ g.  Once the transfer is complete, exit FTP by
                entering:

                quit

        While this example uses FTP to perform the actual
        transfer, other utilities (such as IND$FILE) can be
        used.  Whichever program will be used, it must be
        able to transfer from the host to the workstation
        without performing any character translation (i.e.
        EBCDIC to ASCII).

___ 2.  Run MICSAMOZ.EXE.  This starts the self-extracting
        process.  You will be prompted for a location in
        which to store the unzipped files.

___ 3.  In the directory chosen in Step 2, you will find a
        sub directory named MICSAMO_Install_Disk.  Within
        this directory you will find the SETUP.EXE program.
        Run SETUP.EXE to install the CA MICS AMO Extract
        program.

___ 4.  Once you have successfully installed MICSAMO, you can
        delete the MICSAMO_Install_Disk directory.

The CA MICS AMO Extract program includes an online help
system which you can consult for additional information.
The online help describes the processing details regarding
selecting data for transfer, running in batch mode and
implementation considerations.