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Production Turnover Application

CA‑PanAPT is a Production Turnover application. Normally, the parts of a data processing system are built in libraries outside the scope of ongoing Data Center operations. Production turnover is the process of moving all of the parts of a system from the libraries where they were developed and tested to the libraries where they are kept, used, or executed as part of normal business (Data Center) operations. Following this movement, the parts of the system are in Production.

CA‑PanAPT streamlines and automates many of the processes required to identify, approve, and move new versions of Production software and their related components into Production libraries.

In addition to internal authorization capabilities, CA‑PanAPT now uses CA‑90s Standard Security Facility (CAISSF) for external security. For most every action and function, CA‑PanAPT builds the predefined security rules and performs the SSF calls. SSF in turn checks what security package is running (for example, CA‑Top Secret, CA‑ACF2, or RACF), and takes the rule passed and turns it into the appropriate security call. If there is no violation, CA‑PanAPT then checks if it also passes the internal authorization set up by a CA‑PanAPT administrator. For more information, see the "Update Your Security System" step in the chapter "Installation and Customization Using SMP/E," in the CA‑PanAPT Getting Started Guide.

The CA‑PanAPT Production Turnover Application consists of the following elements:

• CA‑PanAPT Basic Components
• System Files
• Groups
• Approvals
• Verification Procedures
• Move Requests
  • Move Request status
  • Assignment of ownership
  • Retrieve function
  • Move Request cycle
  • Multiple Move Processing cycles.
• Security

These topics are described in detail later in this chapter.