CTS API Interface to OPS/MVS SSM

[NICK CIANCIO]

Automating and controlling the startup and shutdown of the CTS task can be problematic. 
CA-1 (and other CA products) when they initialize currently interface with OPS/MVS using an API.  

The  current API interface of CA-OPS/MVS allows participating CA products to generate common
current state APIs. This allows for a single AOF rule such  to set the CURRENT_STATE
of such CA products accordingly within a SSM  table. The basic CASTATE API events resemble:

State of CA1 is UP
State of CA1 is STARTING
State of CA1 is STOPPING

We would like for the CTS task to generate these API calls so that we can easily control CTS via OPS/MVS and System State Manager.

This would be a CA1 / CTS  product enhancement.

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Nick Ciancio 6102198342
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[Carlos Filho]

Hello Nick,

I suggest that you visit our communities page and create an idea for the CTS product. 
Here is the link for the "Ideation" space of the Broadcom  mainframe communities:

https://community.broadcom.com/ideation/allideas

See that there is an "Add" button at the right of the panel where you can create and submit your idea.

Regards,
Mario

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Carlos Mario Silveira Filho
Principal Support Engineer
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CA Technologies A Broadcom Company

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[NICK CIANCIO]

Thanks ... I submitted the idea per your suggestion

 

[David Jones]

Hi Nick,

Individual CA products like CA-1 and CA-TLMS can update their code to call Generic OPS/MVS APIs to report their SSM states.  The CA Common Services team has a CA-INTERNAL document which describes the use of these APIs.  I'll send the CA-1/CA-TLMS Product Owner a private email shortly that will contain a link to the CA OPS/MVS Generic API SDK documentation.

With regard to the CA OPS/MVS Community Idea that you opened, it should be moved from the OPS/MVS product Community to the CA-1/CA-TLMS product Community.  I'll take care of having the Idea moved to the correct CA Community.  It will then be the responsibility of the CA-1/CA-TLMS development teams to enhance their code to use the CA OPS/MVS Generic APIs to report their CA OPS/MVS SSM states.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Dave...

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David R. Jones
Sr Principal Product Owner
IT Operations and Automation
Broadcom | Mainframe Division

412.808.2782 | 750 Holiday Drive | Pittsburgh, PA,15220
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[Russell Witt]

Nick,
Because CTS is simply an umbrella address space with a dozen different optional sub-tasks; can you be more specific of what you are looking for. For example, if you want to insure that the CTS address space is active - that is fine. But if the sub-task you are interested in is not active; that won't help you. For example, if you are concerned about generating gummed labels for your 3420 reels (LOL) - you would want to insure that the LAB sub-task is active. If you want to always have a device allocated for TAPEMAP'ing your 3480 cartridges, you would want to insure the TMAP sub-task is active. So, which sub-task(s) are you concerned about? 
 
Russell Witt
CA 1 Master Engineer

[NICK CIANCIO]

Hi Russell,

If CTS could report on its status (e.g. STARTING/UP/DOWN) that would be great. However 
it would be beneficial  if CTS could use the API like Common Services (CAS9) ... ... ... 

08:09:15 CAS9      State of CA1/MVS is INITDONE     
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CA1/MVS is INITDONE   
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CADATACO is INITDONE   
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CADATACO is INITDONE     
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CADATACO is INITDONE     
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CAIRIM is INITDONE     
08:09:15 CAS9      State of CCSRIM is INITDONE       
08:09:29 CA1INIT  State of CA1 is UP                  

and also report on the different sub-task state(s) ...

for example 
STATE of CTS is STARTING

STATE OF CTS.APEC IS ....
STATE OF CTS.DTS IS ...
STATE OF CTS.TMAP IS ..
STATE oF CTS.xxxx IS  ...

STATE OF CTS IS UP

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[Nick Ciancio]
[Cerner Health ]
[Pennsylvania]
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