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z/VM Considerations

CA MIC for z/VM is the component of the CA MIM product that provides you with cross-system command and message routing services in a multiple-system or multiple-image environment.

CA MIC provides the following:

• Provides you with cross-system command routing capability. With CA MIC, a user or product on one system can issue commands to any system in your configuration.
• Lets you collect unsolicited messages on a z/VM system and distribute them to one or more destinations on a z/OS system. This enables you to monitor activities on all systems from a single location.
• Lets you customize command and message routing.

CA MIC for z/VM uses the Global Command and Message Facility (GCMF). CA provides a stub for the CA MIC ICMF to allow compatibility with a z/OS system running the ICMF facility.

To activate GCMF, specify GCMF=ON on a MIMINIT statement in the INIT CA MIM file. If your z/OS systems are using the ICMF facility, then specify both GCMF=ON and ICMF=ON on a MIMINIT statement.