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MARUBUN SUPPORT posted Mar 31, 2025 02:44 AM
Hi Team,
 
I received the following question from one of our customers.
I would appreciate your advice or answers.
 
[Product]
CA 2E 
 
[release]
r8.7, r8.7.3
 
[Questions]
Our customer is considering copying models between different versions of 2E.
Please let us know if there are any problems with copying between different versions according to the 2E specifications.
Specifically, they will be copying some objects from an 2E r8.7 model to a r8.7.3 model using the YCPYMDLOBJ command.
Also, if there are other commands or methods you would prefer to use to perform the copy, I would be grateful to hear about them.
 
 
Best Regards,
Marubun Support
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Broadcom Employee Praveenkumar Shalaka  Best Answer

Hi Maruban Support,

Good day,

We do not recommend executing YCPYMDLOBJ to directly copy between models with different versions.

For example, if we need to copy Model A, which is in 2E 8.7, to Model B, which is in 2E 8.7.3,


Approach 1: As Jorge suggested, we can upgrade Model A to 8.7.3 and then copy the objects from Model A to Model B, as both will be in 8.7.3. 

Approach 2: If we do not want to upgrade Model A to 8.7.3, then the alternative approach would be to first copy Model A (in 2E 8.7) to a temporary model, Model C, also in 2E 8.7. Then, upgrade the temporary model, Model C, from 2E 8.7 to 2E 8.7.3. Finally, copy the required objects from the upgraded temporary ModelC (in 2E 8.7.3) to Model B, which is also in 2E 8.7.3. This is the best and safest approach.

Note: As always, take a backup of all model libraries by using the SAVLIB command before doing this kind of task. First, test the approach on other test machines and then apply it on the development box. 
Also, as you are working with multiple models, it is better to have a 
shared-name multi-model environment if you do regular copying between models (if it is one time, then we can ignore this):
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/ca-2e/8-7/administrating/setting-up-a-multi-modeling-environment/shared-name-environment.html

Please raise a CA 2E product support case for more support and questions. Thank you.

Best Regards,
Broadcom/CA 2E Team.

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Jorge Quincke

Broadcom's CA 2E product support can better answer that. But I personally wouldn't do that. I would first upgrade the 8.7 model to 8.7.3 and once they are at the same level I would use the YCPYMDLOBJ. If you want to copy just parts of a model I think that is the way to do it.

Best,

Jorge Quincke