Datacom/DB 15.0 EOS: CA Datacom/AD or /DB in use?
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Issue/Introduction
CA Datacom/AD was installed but the Datacom Multi-User (MUF) startup shows this informational message showing Datacom/DB:
DB00215I - CA Datacom/DB Version 15.0
How to verify what Datacom product is in use?
Environment
Release : 15.0
Component : CA Datacom
Resolution
CA Datacom®/DB for z/OS 15.0 effective December 31, 2020 March 21, 2021 only refers to the Datacom/DB product and not to Datacom/AD.
NOTE: The EOS date has been extended to March 21, 2021.
Fyi, CA Datacom/DB for z/OS Version 15.0 has been GA since Oct 2014 and version 15.1 GA Feb 2016.
The Datacom family of products "CA Datacom/CA Ideal/CA IPC Release and Support Lifecycle Dates" can be seen at
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/product-content/status/support-life-cycle/indexes/ca-datacom-ca-ideal-ca-ipc-release-and-support-lifecycle-dates.html
To see what MUFs that have started since last IPL, run batch DBUTLTY on each lpar with SYSIN:
REPORT MEMORY=MVS
You will see the list of MUF NAMEs, the "DC" showing "AD" (or "DB") along with other information.
For example, here is a snippet of a report run here showing two MUFs ... including an AD MUF and a DB MUF:
MUF NAME STATUS REL JOB NAME JOB ID CXX NAME DC ENBL-MDHMS ...
AD15MUF ENABLED 15.0 AD15MUF STC58376 AD15MUF AD 0104223228 ...
DBDVMF1 ENABLED 15.0 DBDVMF JOB57700 DBDVMF DB 0108114427 ...
Additional Information
To further see that your MUFs are CA Datacom/AD and not the fully licensed CA Datacom/DB product, you can see what databases are catalogued.
Run a DBUTLTY job on each MUF with sysin:
REPORT AREA=CXX,TYPE=A
That report will list all of the database areas in that MUF. You should only see the system databases and perhaps some demo bases (1 and/or 10) and then only your CA Using products database(s).
Here are a few examples using product databases: ENF uses base 700; CA Jobtrac uses base 161 and perhaps 162; CA-11 uses base 601.
Also, notice "DATACOM/AD" in that report in the title on the left hand side:
DATACOM/AD DATA AREA SPACE UTILIZATION REPORT
And, the DB00215I is documented in CA DATACOM/AD 15 section "Enable the MUF and Identify DB Software Level"
"When the MUF becomes enabled, the DB00201I MULTI-USER ENABLED CXX=cxxname MUFNAME=mufname message displays on the console. The DB00215I CA-DATACOM/DB SYSTEM VERSION: v.r. message follows it...."
In addition, to check your product installation, check your SMP/e CSI. The presence of FMID CAAXF00 in your CSI gives one clue that this is definitely a Datacom/AD CSI since CAAXxxx is specific to Datacom/AD.
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