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Create User Tables and Exits

JCL: Depending on installation methods, select from the following members:

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Installation Type: Both new and upgrade environments

Important! With each new release of CA 7, you must reassemble the user modifications using the CAL2MAC macro library of the current release. Starting with Version 12.0, a verification check is performed. If the exit cannot be verified, the exit is disabled. Also, a number of user exits are not supported as of Version 12.0. For more information, see the Release Notes and the Systems Programming Guide.

Description: Installs user tables and exits. The members in CAL2OPTN that begin with AL2UM are provided to apply specific user modifications to CA WA CA 7 Edition. The CAL2OPTN member AL2$$IDX contains a brief description of each of these USERMODs. Also, user-defined tables enable the tracking of external tasks, the suppression of some messages, and more.

You can install user modifications using one the following methods:

Installing user modifications into an SMP/E environment

The member AL2UMAPP in the CA WA CA 7 Edition JCL library CAL2JCL is provided for the installation of the USERMODs into an SMP/E environment. This JCL references the CAL2OPTN file and can be used to install the appropriate USERMOD. Change the member name reference in the JCL to point to the specific USERMOD that you want to install.

Installing user modifications into a runtime environment

If you use a set of libraries that SMP/E does not control, you can allocate a separate module library. You can include in this library in various STEPLIB concatenations when not link-listed. Remember to add this library to the APF authorization list. For this process, use the CAL2JCL sample member AL2UMASM to assemble and link various exits and tables into the library. Keeping the user modifications separate from the CA WA CA 7 Edition main module library permits a refresh of the CA WA CA 7 Edition modules without affecting your modifications. Pay attention when you apply any maintenance for items that can affect the modifications that are done outside of SMP/E.

The AL2UMnnM members of CAL2OPTN represent source entries for various exits.

This step requires the following tasks:

If you have any USERMODs against CA WA CA 7 Edition, review any changes that you have made to CA WA CA 7 Edition source modules. Next, reassemble all affected modules using the Version 12.0 macros. This process is true for any user exits that you have. But it is also true for modules like SASSDSCR, SASSPROG, and SASSTRAN. CA Technologies can change distributed source code. If you have changed source that CA Technologies provides, ensure that your changes are compatible with the source provided in Version 12.0 before reassembling.

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