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Processing and Features

CA View is a facility that archives and retrieves computer output (SYSOUT). Any SYSOUT can be specified for archiving. In a production environment, CA View is well suited to the management of the following classes of data:

SYSLOG data is archived whenever it is queued for output. The automatic command facility can be used to queue SYSLOG data at regular intervals. Production reports can be automatically archived and printed. If a report gets lost or must be reprinted, the retrieval system reprints it from archival, eliminating the need for reruns. Large reports can be archived directly to tape to minimize disk requirements.

If a job, started task, or time-sharing session has output queued for processing, any output that meets the archival criteria is written to the current disk generation or tape. At a specified time (or at specified intervals), the current generation on disk is backed up to tape. A new disk generation is created, and archiving continues with this new generation.