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Set Up Interface to CA MIC

The interface between CA OPS/MVS and CA MIC provides the following capabilities:

• The CA OPS/MVS subsystem can issue cross-system commands through the CA MIC subsystem by using the OPSCMD command processor or the ADDRESS OPER OPS/REXX host command environment to any system in the MICplex. The solicited command response messages are returned to the command issuer and may optionally be recorded in the OPSLOG.
• The CA OPS/MVS subsystem can receive unsolicited messages from any system in the MICplex and record them in the OPSLOG.
• AOF rules can recognize and interrogate fields from solicited and unsolicited CA MIC imported messages and take action based on the message data presented.

The MICplex can consist of up to 128 systems configured in a single sysplex, non-sysplex systems, systems in multiple sysplexes, or VM systems where CA MIC for VM is running as a service machine. Messages from up to 128 systems can now be forwarded through CA MIC to any CA OPS/MVS subsystem.

When all of your systems are in a single sysplex, you can use sysplex services to perform most of these functions. However, the CA MIC message filtering criteria are superior to those provided by sysplex. If you have licensed the Multi-System Facility (MSF), you can perform these functions by using the SYSTEM keyword of OPSCMD and ADDRESS OPER and by writing AOF rules to forward messages from one system to another.