Migration Considerations

When migrating from CA Spool Release 11.6 or Release 11.7 to Version 12.0 consider the following:

The file queue has not been restructured.
CA Spool Version 12.0 can be warm started on your existing CA Spool Release 11.6 or Release 11.7 spool and checkpoint configuration. In addition, should it become necessary to fall back from CA Spool Version 12.0 to CA Spool Release 11.6 or Release 11.7 you can do this by simply warm starting the CA Spool Version 12.0 checkpoint and spool configuration on your CA Spool Release 11.6, or Release 11.7 system.
CA Spool Version 12.0 members may coexist with CA Spool Release 11.6 or Release 11.7 members in the same EMAS/MAS complex.

If you have files under control of any previous release, which must now be used with Version 12.0, do the following:

When migrating from any previous CA Spool release to Version 12.0 consider that:

Any application programs using pre-V8.0 interface routines (AESFPRIV) must be re-linked with the Version 12.0 interface routines.
All user exits have been renumbered in CA Spool Version 12.0. Source updates to exits in IEBUPDTE format must use these new numbers, so be sure to check the sequence numbers before applying the updates.