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9.1.4 CA VM:Account Considerations

CA VM:Account is a resource accounting, reporting, and
capacity management system for the VM environment.  The
PERIODTE CURRENT file contains the updated records processed
by CA VM:Account from the beginning of an accounting period.
An accounting period could span a month or so.  As raw CP
accounting data is processed by CA VM:Account, data is added
to the PERIODTE CURRENT on a daily basis until the PERIOD
command is issued to specify end-of-period processing.

When PERIODTE CURRENT data is to be transferred to MVS for
processing into CA MICS special considerations are needed.

As data is being added to the PERIODTE CURRENT file each day
during the accounting period, the PERIODTE CURRENT file can
become quite large.  To avoid massive transfers, we recommend
you transfer CA VM:Account data on a daily basis.


VMJ2MICS EXEC
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The VMJ2MICS exec, in combination with the VMTWAITR program,
provides the ability to automatically select and transfer
yesterday's PERIODTE CURRENT records to your MVS host.

The VMJ2MICS exec:

o obtains the CA VM:Account parameters defined via the CA
  VM:Account data transfer parameter panel.

o links to the CA VM:Account disks where the PERIODTE CURRENT
  file and executables reside.

o executes the CA VM:Account Record Selection Utility
  (VMJSEL).

o issues a 'CP SMSG' to the VM userid where the CA MICS VM
  VMTWAITR program is executing to initiate the transfer of
  data.

VMJ2MICS invokes the VMJSEL Utility to select all PERIODTE
CURRENT records whose ENDDATE is equal to the previous day's
date.  It is therefore important to schedule the VMJ2MICS
exec to run once only, every day after midnight.  The
selected records are written to the VM userid's A-disk and
VMTWAITR is notified that the data is ready for transfer.
For more information on VMJSEL, see the CA VM:Account System
Administrator's Guide.

Commands for controlling VMTWAITR after it has been started
are discussed in section 9.1.2.1 of this guide.  VMTWAITR
parameters are discussed in section 10.3 of this guide.


AUTHORIZATIONS
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The USERID executing the EXEC should have the following
authorizations:

    o  System-administrator or operator authority on
       CA VM:Account to issue SUSPEND RESUME commands.

    o  READ / LINK access to the CA VM:Account public files.
       If they are not on a public shared disk, they can be
       usually found on the VMRMAINT 193 disk.

    o  To send commands to the VM Data Transfer Program
       VMTWAITR program, see section 7.1.1.1 of this guide.

In addition, the following authorizations are required unless
previously defined via the CA VM:Account data transfer
parameter panel:

    o  READ / LINK access to the CA VM:Account system
       administrator disk, usually the VMRMAINT 170.

    o  READ / LINK access to the CA VM:Account service
       machine code disk, usually the VMACCT 192.

    o  READ / LINK access to the CA VM:Account database disk
       (usually 1B0) to read the PERIODTE CURRENT file.

VMJ2MICS Format
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+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                           |
|  VMJ2MICS userid                                          |
|                                                           |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+

Operands

userid

     is the VM userid where VMTWAITR is executing. This
     operand is mandatory.


Manual Operation
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Additionally, the PERIODTE CURRENT file can be transmitted
manually by issuing a VMTXMIT CAVMACT command.  Note that,
prior to executing VMTXMIT, the CA VM:Account Record
Selection Utility (VMJSEL) should be executed, because of the
volume of data in the PERIODTE CURRENT file.