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PRODUCT Record

Use the PRODUCT record to identify other service virtual machines that are running CA products and activate the interface between CA VM:Director and these other service virtual machines.

PRODUCT product userid [MASTER]

Configuration File

PRODUCT is defined in the PRODUCT CONFIG file.

Definitions

product

Specifies the abbreviation of a CA product whose service virtual machine you want to identify to CA VM:Director. The CA products that you can specify and their abbreviations are:

If CA VM:Account is installed and you specify VMACCOUN, the CA VM:Director facility for changing account numbers is coordinated with CA VM:Account.

The PRODUCT VMSISERV record allows VMANAGER to perform component maintenance.

userid

Specifies the user ID of the service virtual machine, running the specified product.

[MASTER]

Identifies this service virtual machine as the master for the product; required if the product has more than one virtual machine defined to CA VM:Director.

CA VM:Director allows more than one virtual machine for each product to be defined in the PRODUCT CONFIG file and will supply answers to any virtual machine that makes a request. However, if CA VM:Director needs to make a request to a product with more than one virtual machine defined, it makes the request to the virtual machine that is defined as the master.

Description

To implement an interface between CA VM:Director and another CA product, the PRODUCT CONFIG file must have an appropriate PRODUCT record, and the other product’s configuration file must contain a PRODUCT VMDIRECT record.

PRODUCT records are also used during processing of the SYSTEM macro. CA VM:Director routinely checks for links to any of its accessed minidisks, and sends warning messages to any users found to have a link. However, other CA products may need to have a link to them. Use of the PRODUCT record will prevent the warning message from being sent.

Note: For more information about performing product maintenance, see the chapter "Macros" in the Administration Guide. For more information about the CA product interfaces, see the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Product Interface Guide.

Example

Implement the interface between CA VM:Account and VM:Director:

1. Edit the PRODUCT CONFIG file by entering:

   vmdirect config product
   

2. Add the following record to the PRODUCT CONFIG file, where vmaccount is the name of your CA VM:Account virtual machine:

   PRODUCT VMACCOUN vmaccount
   

3. File the changes.
4. Log on to the CA VM:Account server machine and end the server.
5. Edit the VMACCOUN CONFIG file and add the following record, where vmdirect is the name of your CA VM:Director service virtual machine:

   PRODUCT VMDIRECT vmdirect
   

6. Restart the CA VM:Account server.