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CA Chorus™ Software Manager

CA Chorus™ Software Manager (CA CSM) is an application that simplifies and unifies the management of CA Technologies mainframe products on z/OS systems.

CA CSM provides services that make it easier for you to perform the following actions:

• Acquire, install, deploy, and configure products
• Automatically obtain and apply maintenance

These services enable you to easily manage your software based on industry-accepted best practices. A web-based interface makes the look-and-feel of the environment friendly and familiar. This interface helps you install and maintain your products faster and with less chance of error.

You can acquire CA CSM from http://ca.com/support.

Note: For more information, see your product installation instructions and the CA CSM online help.

CA OPS/MVS System State Manager

Your product can automatically communicate active status events and heart beat events to CA OPS/MVS EMA. The communication is established through a generic active status or heartbeat event API call that CA OPS/MVS EMA provides. With this feature, other products can communicate events consistently to CA OPS/MVS EMA.

More information:

CA XCOM Data Transport for z/OS Administrator Guide.

CA XCOM Data Transport for z/OS User Guide.

Health Checks for Your Product

Your product is now integrated with the IBM Health Checker for z/OS through the CA Health Checker Common Service, and automatically checks for the following potential problems:

• XCOM_ABOVE_16M@stcname

  This check monitors the amount of above-the-line storage that has been allocated within the CA XCOM Data Transport address space.

• XCOM_BELOW_16M@stcname

  This check monitors the amount of below-the-line storage that has been allocated within the CA XCOM Data Transport address space.

• XCOM_MAXTASK_LEVEL@stcname

  This check monitors the total number of tasks that are active within the CA XCOM Data Transport region.

• XCOM_MAXLOC_LEVEL@stcname

  This check monitors the number of locally-initiated tasks that are active within the CA XCOM Data Transport region.

• XCOM_MAXREM_LEVEL@stcname

  This check monitors the number of remotely-initiated tasks that are active within the CA XCOM Data Transport region.

Note: For more information, see the appendix "CA XCOM Data Transport Health Checks" in the CA XCOM Data Transport for z/OS Administration Guide.