4. Operation › 4.7 CA MICS Data Transfer (MICSXFR)
4.7 CA MICS Data Transfer (MICSXFR)
MICSXFR is a CA-supplied utility that transfers NSM
Performance Cube, Asset Management or NT/UNIX Resource
Accounting data to a data set on the host where CA MICS
resides for further processing. MICSXFR allows you to
specify the data to transfer, converts it to CSV format (if
required), consolidates the data, and transfers it to the CA
MICS host using FTP. Once the data resides on the host, it
is available to CA MICS for further processing by MTI.
MICSXFR requires:
o Pentium class PC capable of running NSM
o Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
o 8M of hard disk space
o TCP/IP and FTP
o NSM Version 2.1 or later with NSM Systems Performance, NT
Resource Accounting, or NSM Asset Management installed
To install a copy of MICSXFR on your workstation, complete
the following checklist:
___ 1. Download MICSXFRZ from sharedprefix.MICS.BIN.
To use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer
MICSXFRZ 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:
binary
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* NOTE: This FTP command and those to follow *
* must be entered in lower case. *
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___ 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 MICSXFRZ with the following
command:
lcd <directory>
where <directory> is a directory on the
workstation which will contain MICSXFRZ.
Generally, this is a temporary or working
directory (e.g. C:\TEMP).
___ f. Transfer the MICSXFRZ to the workstation with
the following command:
get MICSXFRZ MICSXFRZ.EXE
This will copy MICSXFRZ to the directory
specified in step e and rename it to
MICSXFRZ.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 MICSXFRZ.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 MICSXFR_Install_Disk. Within
this directory you will find the SETUP.EXE program.
Run SETUP.EXE to install the CA MICS Data Transfer
program.
___ 4. Once you have successfully installed MICSXFR, you can
delete the MICSXFR_Install_Disk directory.
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* NOTE: CA MICS Data Transfer includes an online help *
* system which you should consult for information *
* on using the program, once it is installed. *
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Additional considerations:
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o Automatic Upload of Data to the Mainframe
Using NSM Workload Management, the transfer of NSM Systems
Performance data to the OS/390 platform can be automated.
o Using a Profile
The MICSXFR utility has the ability to create profiles.
A profile contains information about which machines,
resources and subtypes to transmit to the OS/390 platform.
When a profile is created or updated, MICSXFR also
creates a batch file (profile.BAT) to perform the
transfer.
The BAT file can be used to automatically schedule MICSXFR
on a regular basis. NSM Workload management can be used
to schedule MICSXFR. Additionally, any program that can
execute a BAT file at a given time can be used to automate
the transfer of data to the OS/390 host.
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| References: Chapter 8, System Modification Guide, |
| CA MICS NSM Integration (MTI) |
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