continuous delivery—ca workload automation esp edition 11.4 enhancements

ContinuousDelivery—CAWorkloadAutomationESPEdition11.4Enhancements

JohnP.Rooney

Mainframe

CATechnologiesSr.PrincipalConsultantMFX40E

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Abstract

TheCAWorkloadAutomationESPEdition(CAWAESP)teamhasreleasedsomeenhancementsin-streamaheadofthenewr12release.Thistalkwillreviewtheseenhancementsandgiveexamplesofhowtousethesenewfeaturestoenhanceyourworkloadautomationservicetoyourcustomers.

JohnP.RooneyCATechnologiesSr.Principal Consultant


Agenda

NEWFEATURESINR11.4BASE

ENHANCEMENTSINR11.4BASE

IN-STREAMENHANCEMENTSSINCER11.4BASE

DEMOOFSOMEOFTHEIN-STREAMENHANCEMENTS

SUMMARY

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Features/FunctionsinCAWAESPr11.4base

§ Install/Deploy/ConfigureusingCAMSM§ zIIP ProcessorsupportforsomeCAWAESPandWorkstation

functions§ PerformanceMetricsforproblemanalysis§ Mainframe2.0standardscompliance§ Enable/DisabletheInterfaceBetweenCAWAESPandCA

OPS/MVSviaInit Parm§ CAOPS/MVSSystemStateManagerintegration

NewFeatures


Features/FunctionsintoCAWAESPr11.4base

§ MessagesforCAWAESPcontrolfileUsage§ CleanuputilityfortheJOBSTATSDataSet§ QueueOperatorcommandswhenCAWAESPisdown§ ConditionaljobreleasebasedonaStepcompletioncodeof

predecessorjob§ IntroduceLXLineCommand(LAXfunctions)§ EnhanceAgentforOracleE-BusinessSuite§ EnhanceAgentforRemoteExecution

NewFeatures


Features/FunctionsintoCAWAESPr11.4base

§ SpecifyanAbender ProgramforUseWithCAWARestartOptionforz/OSSchedulers(CA-11)

§ HonorConditionCodesWhenUsingCAWARestartOptionforz/OSSchedulers(CA-11)

§ SchedulingProductConditionCode(CA-11)§ SubsystemSwitching(CA-11)§ Scenario(Use-case) Documentationupdates

NewFeatures



§ CAMSMversion4support§ ChangestoCAWAESPinstallationprocedurestoconformto

commonCATechnologiesinstallationstandards§ SEND2OPSstatementtosendmessages toCAOPS/MVSfrom

anCAWAESPApplication§ DisplayQuiesce statusofMasterinseveralCAWAESPpanels§ UseCATechnologiesinterfacetoIBMHealthCheckerrather

thanIBMinterface§ RemovetheLinkEditrequirementonUserExits

EnhancementstoExistingFeatures



§ SimulateProcessModeforjob(s)toreflectcorrectsubstitutionofvariablesusedbymultiplejobs

§ ReportwhetherEventTriggerusedReplaceorAdd§ SecureEncryptionKeysandPasswordswithAES128§ AddaRestartStep(globally)toalljobsasInit Parm§ Disposition-BasedDataSetTriggersatEventlevel§ Increment/DecrementresourcecountonRESDEFcommand§ LimitApplicationsdownloadedtoCAWAESPWorkstation

basedontime-period

EnhancementstoExistingFeatures


ContinuousDelivery

§ CATechnologiesleveragesagiledevelopmentmethodology§ Asanalternativetotraditionaldevelopmenttechniques,the

AgilemethodologyleveragesScrumtohelpteamsbettermanageproductdevelopmentthroughincremental,iterativeworkcadences,knownasSprints

§ CAWAESPr11.4nowhas31enhancementsdeliveredbyPTFtobase

§ Additionalenhancementsandfutureinnovationswillbecontinuouslydelivered

AgileDevelopment


ContinuousDeliveryofEnhancementstoCAWAESPr11.4

§ ProvideDynamicAgentConfigurationtodefine/modify/deleteofAgentsdynamicallywithoutrequiringupdatetoAGENTDEFfile

§ RepackageAPPCcommunicationscomponent§ TriggerandSimulateSubApplications§ AutomaticallysetdormancyintervalsbasedonMaster/Proxy

configurationandworkloadvolume§ SupportAES256/FIPSforAgentcommunication§ ReceiveRESTfulWebServicerequestsusingHTTPpostservice

forCAWAESPworkstation

31EnhancementsviaPTF



§ DeselectjobsforRerunMultiplecommand§ AddEventNamefieldtohistoryreporting§ IntroducenativeUSSFileTriggeratEventlevelandasanew

jobtypeinApplication§ AddApplicationDescriptionfield§ SpecifyCAWAESPasaREXXhostcommandenvironment§ DisplayjobswithHoldattributeinsimulation§ AddIPaddressofsendertoESP507E(InvalidAgent)message§ ChangeoccurrenceofESP6106I(EventCycling)message§ DisplayUSER1-4variablesinLAPandLSCHcommands




§ Enablebrowsingofinsertedjobdefinitions§ Enableeditingofinsertedjobdefinitions§ ShowScopefieldinjobdetailsdisplay§ EnableRetrieveSpoolFileforInformatica job§ Newcommand,CALLOPS,forinterfacewithOPS/MVS§ IntroducenewAuditlog Init Parm tosetJESoutputdestination§ DisplayDSNin'jcl from‘forconcatenateddatasets§ EnhanceFTP_JOB,SCP_JOBandSFTP_JOBapplication

statements




§ PreventsharingofRSVLOGICbymultiplemasters§ PreventAgenttrafficnotificationsfillingcheckpoint§ VerifythatResourcesexistonSimulatecommand§ DisplayJCLCONTENTorJCLREFEENCEinMicroFocusjobs§ DisplayCHILDPIDinTANDEM_JOB§ SupportBD/EDCSFlinecommandsforconcatenatedDOCLIB

datasets§ ProvideWebServicesDoc-Literaljobtype§ ExtendLAPXoutputcapabilitytoincreasenumberof

predecessor/successorjobsdisplayed



DocumentationontheNewEnhancements


ApplicationDescriptionEnhancement

§ RO76602: NewfieldApplicationDescriptionhasbeenaddedtotheAPPLstatement.ItisdisplayedinSimulationandbyLISTAPPL commands. ItisdisplayedbyJOBMAP commandsifDISPLAY(APPL_DESCR)isspecified.

§ CanbeusedtogivemoreinformationabouttheApplication


CommonWebServicesEnhancement

§ RO70737: SupportanHTTPPOSTwebservice thatexecutesaCAWAESPcommand.Toenablethisfeature,thenewWEBPORTparametermustbe addedtotheWSSPARMconfigurationdataset.

§ RESTfulWebServices

§ Integratewithotherproductslikeserverprovisioningsoftwaretodynamicallyaddordeleteagents

§ UsedbyAgentMonitortogatherAgentInformation


DynamicAgentConfig_Enhancement

§ RO70180: DYNAMICAGENTCONFIGURATION ,see Tuesdaytip“TuesdayTips:(CAWAESP)RFE- Changeagentdefinitiondynamically&RetrieveAgentInfo”https://communities.ca.com/docs/DOC-231149338

§ WithRO71348,theCAWAESPmastersubsystemmanagerwillretrieveagentproperties(releaseandbuildnumber,andOS)anddisplaythemintheAGENTLISToperatorcommandresponse

§ UsedbyAgentMonitortogatherAgentInformation


EPCommand-EditProcedureEnhancement

§ RO77815- ThisenhancementenablesyoutousetheEP(EditProcedure)commandinCSFforinsertedjobswithoutanassociatedCAWAESPprocedure.

§ EditjobdefinitionsaftertheyhavebeenInserteddynamically


InsertedJobBrowsingEnhancement

§ RO77695: JobsinsertedintoanactiveapplicationviaIWorAPPLINScommandaredefinedusingCAWAESPprocedurelanguage.ThetextofthedefinitionsisstoredintheapplicationrecordbuttheBPcommandinCSFdoesnotshowit. ThisenhancementenablesdisplayofinsertedtextbyBP(BrowseProcedure) command.


FTP-UpdateAgentForChangesEnhancement

§ RO82303

§ OSUSER- ThisoperandspecifiestheOSusernameusedforauthenticationbytheAgents.

§ KEYFILE- ItspecifiesthekeyfilenameusedforauthenticationbytheAgents.

§ TRANSFERCODETYPE- specifiesanASCII,binary,auto-detect,orEBCDICtransfer,FTPcommunicationtype(SSLorregular),andcompressionlevelinanFTPjob.


LAPXOutputLimitationExtendedEnhancement

§ RO83855- Thisenhancementextendstheoutputlimitation99jobstoAPPLBUFsize.If theAPPLBUFsizeisreachedintheLAPXoutput,yougetoneofthefollowingmessages:***TOOMANYPREDECESSORS******TOOMANYSUCCESSORS******TOOMANYBLOCKINGJOBS******TOOMANYJOBSONCRITICALPATH***


Resource_Counter_Propagation_Enhancement

§ RO70061: TocoordinateworkloadbetweenCAWAESPmasters,ifaspecificresourcecountisupdated,anotificationmessagewillbesenttoallrelevantCAWAESPmasters.

§ CanbeusedtocoordinateResourcedefinitionsacrossmultipleCAWAESPMasters

§ UsedasasignalacrossCAWAESPMastersforvariouspurposeslikejobsending,datasetsbeingcreated,etc…


RetrieveUSER1_4VariablesEnhancement

§ RO77765: ThisenhancementenablesuserstodisplayUSER1-4variables intheoutputofLISTAPPL(LAP)orLISTSCH(LSCH)commands.


TriggerOrSimulateSUBAPPLEnhancement

§ RO73721: AnewoptionalSUBAPPLSkeywordoperandhasbeenaddedtotheTRIGGERandSIMULATE commands.


VerifyNotifyEventsandAlertsonSIMULATECommand

§ RO81837- ThisenhancementenablestheSIMULATEcommandtocheckandissueamessageforALERTsandEVENTSassociatedwithaNOTIFYstatement,thatarenotdefined.NOTIFYstatementswillonlybecheckedonjobsselectedforsubmission.Theresultofthesimulationnowcontainsmessage4438Iforeachundefinedeventandmessage4439Iforeachundefinedalert.


VerifyResourcesonSIMULATECommandEnhancement

§ RO81648- ThisenhancementenablestheSIMULATEcommandtocheckandissueamessageforresources,thatarenotdefined.Resourceswillonlybecheckedonjobsselectedforsubmission.Theresultofthesimulationnowcontainsmessage4437Iforeachundefinedresource.


DEMO

CAWorkloadAutomationESPEdition


Results

ContinuousdeliveryofenhancementshasenabledCATechnologiestogetCAWAESPenhancementsintoyourproductionsystemsfasterthanthetraditionalwaterfallreleasedeliverysystem.

Summary


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