4. Operation › 4.1 Overview › 4.1.8 Operational Status and Tracking Facility

4.1.8 Operational Status and Tracking Facility

 CA MICS provides online user access to the database,
 documentation, and special administrator facilities through
 the CA MICS Workstation Facility (MWF), which runs as an ISPF
 application.  Part of MWF is the CA MICS Administrator
 Facility (MAF).  The CA MICS system administrator uses MAF to
 support and control the CA MICS complex.
 
 Operational Status and Tracking is a MAF application that
 simplifies operational job control for the CA MICS database.
 It gives the CA MICS administrator a single point of control
 for all unit databases in a given complex.  The administrator
 can do the following:
 
 o  Schedule production database updates
 
 o  Monitor operational job processes
 
 o  Check database update status
 
 o  Review database update history
 
 o  View available component cycles and date/time values
 
 o  Perform error condition recovery/restart
 
 o  Initiate database backup and restore
 
 o  Review the CA MICS database update audit trail
 
 o  Review the CA MICS checkpoint data set
 
 o  Update the CA MICS checkpoint force and select time
    ranges
 
 o  Control database updates during Product Support Program
    (PSP) maintenance application