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PRODUCT Record

Use the PRODUCT record to identify other service virtual machines that are running products and activate the interface between CA VM:Secure 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 product whose service virtual machine you want to identify to CA VM:Secure. The products that you can specify and their abbreviations are:

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

If CA VM:Schedule is installed and you specify VMSCHEDU, then you can create rules to control the CA VM:Schedule CANCEL, QUERY, and SCHEDULE commands.

If CA VM:Tape is installed and you specify VMTAPE, then you can create rules to control the CATALOG, LIST, and MOUNT commands.

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 the product.

CA VM:Secure 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 this product 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:Secure and another product, the PRODUCT CONFIG file must have an appropriate PRODUCT record, and the other product’s configuration file must contain a PRODUCT VMSECURE record.

PRODUCT records are also used during processing of the SYSTEM macro. CA VM:Secure 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:Tape and CA VM:Secure:

1. Edit the PRODUCT CONFIG file by entering:

   vmsecure config product
   

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

   PRODUCT VMTAPE vmtape
   

3. File the changes.
4. Log on to the CA VM:Tape machine, then end the machine operation.
5. Edit the VMTAPE CONFIG file and add the following record to the VMTAPE CONFIG file, where vmsecure is the name of your CA VM:Secure service virtual machine:

   PRODUCT VMSECURE vmsecure
   

6. Start CA VM:Tape.