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  • 1.  Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Nov 21, 2019 07:28 PM
    Edited by Lynn Williams Nov 21, 2019 07:37 PM
    You may be aware of this CA Technologies (YouTube) Educate video which covers how to access Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information: CA Mainframe Compatibility and Lifecycle Info
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    CA Mainframe Compatibility and Lifecycle Info
    When you upgrade or install mainframe software, you need to know requirements, software levels - a whole host of information. But where is it? You have access to whole host of information on CA Support Online! Check out this video to see the easiest way to get to it quickly!
    View this on YouTube >


    Due to changes in the support portal pages after the Broadcom acquisition the Alerts section is no longer available on the portal home page and the way to access the relevant information is now as follows:
    Go to the Portal PRODUCT INFORMATION page: https://casupport.broadcom.com/product-information.html
    There is a link for CA Mainframe Installation and Maintenance Tools
    On that page are the links for CA Mainframe Compatibilities and Release and Support Lifecycle Dates

    Hope that helps.


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    Lynn Williams
    Senior Principal Support Engineer
    Broadcom
    Australia
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  • 2.  RE: Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information

    Posted Nov 22, 2019 03:47 AM
    Hi Lynn

    I find this page particularly helpful as well.

    CA Gen Compatibility
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    CA Gen Compatibility
    Use this page to identify all compatibilities for a given CA product. If maintenance is required:
    View this on Broadcom >
     

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    Geoff
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  • 3.  RE: Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Nov 22, 2019 07:19 AM
    Thanks Lynn. This will be very helpful for our customers.


  • 4.  RE: Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information

    Posted Dec 03, 2019 01:47 PM
    Hi Lynn, Is the navigation the same on the broadcom.com site?  Thanks, Phil

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    Phil Gineo
    Senior Systems Engineer
    CVS Heatlh/MBI Solutions
    Hartford Connecticut USA
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  • 5.  RE: Mainframe Product Compatibility and Lifecycle information

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 03, 2019 06:53 PM

    Hi Phil,
    Yes the steps I listed at the top of this page should still be valid unless you are seeing some transient problems opening any of the links.

    Regards,

    Lynn



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    Lynn Williams
    Senior Principal Support Engineer
    Broadcom
    Australia
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