The CA OPS/MVS product team has opened the 13.5 project on CA Validate as part of the latest CA development initiative. The CA OPS/MVS 13.5 project is targeted to run from February 2018 until November 2019. Below are items that we are currently working on and considering for the 13.5 release.
CA OPS/MVS 13.5 Incremental Release (INC00)
- Delivery targeted for February 2018
Modern UI - Mainframe Team Center - Automation (MTCA) Web UI Enhancements
- Monitor, detect, and update changed rules
- Disabled rule support
- Security rule support
- Rule edit action
- OPSLOG viewer
- Rule comparison action
- Rule enable/disable action
- Rule analysis tree showing relationships
- System State Manager (SSM) policy management
- System State Manager (SSM) analysis tree showing relationships
Simplify Operations - OPSLOG Enhancements
- Archive autoload to provide immediate access to archived OPSLOGs from live OPSLOG
- OPSVIEW panel to FTP datasets to CA technical support
- Block commands for Delete, Restore, Merge actions
- “M” or “MM” commands to initiate Merge function
- Improved sorting of fields for archive panel
- Improve Sort command behaviors
- Case-neutral text string searches
- Add UTC, routing codes, descriptor codes
- Improve time precision from hh:mm:ss to hh.mm.ss.ms
Simplify Operations – New Interface to Event and Service Desk Management Products
- CA Unified Infrastructure Management (CA UIM)
- ServiceNow Incident Management
- IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
- BMC Remedy
CA Automation Point Improvements
- Modern user interfaces
- Modern security and auditing
- Modern communication interfaces
Housekeeping
- Deliver a variety of customer-submitted enhancements from community Ideation
- Replace CA HISRV interface with direct BCPii integration
- Restructure CA OPS/MVS documentation set
- Replace USS SYSLOGD interface
CA OPS/MVS 13.5 Validation Program
All CA OPS/MVS customers are encouraged to participate in shaping the direction of the 13.5 release. The CA OPS/MVS 13.5 project is targeted to run from February 2018 until November 2019. The 13.5 project is now open and ready for applicants to register at CA Validate. All CA OPS/MVS customers are encouraged to participate in shaping the direction of the release. Participant benefits include:
- Help ensure new features and functionality meet your business requirements.
- Give you the opportunity to recommend functional modifications that increase value to your business before the technology becomes generally available.
- Work directly with CA OPS/MVS development and product experts to identify how the technology can be enhanced and leveraged in your specific environment.
- Provide your lines of business with knowledge about the improvements you are making to deliver enhanced service levels by partnering with strategic vendors.
- Review and influence improvements in documentation, installation methods, and integration opportunities that improve your business operations.
- Enhance your relationship with CA OPS/MVS development so that best practice techniques can be leveraged in your environment.
As always, your feedback is important to us and we look forward to hearing from you soon.