What is the correct method to shut down the CA Common Services for z/OS ENF component?

Products

• CIS
• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS
• 90S SERVICES
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR DB2 FOR Z/OS
• COMMON PRODUCT SERVICES COMPONENT
• Common Services
• Datacom/AD
• CA ECOMETER SERVER COMPONENT FOC
• Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services
• INFOCAI MAINTENANCE
• IPC
• UNICENTER JCLCHECK COMMON COMPONENT
• Mainframe VM Product Manager
• CHORUS SOFTWARE MANAGER
• CA ON DEMAND PORTAL
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• PAM CLIENT FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• MAINFRAME CONNECTOR FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET
• Xpertware
• Compress Data Compression for MVS
• Compress Data Compression for Fujitsu

Issue/Introduction

There may be occasions when it becomes necessary to stop the ENF task.  What is the proper way to ensure that ENF is shut down successfully? 

 

What is the proper method to use when shutting down the ENF component?

Environment

CAIENF executing in a z/OS environment.

Resolution

Be aware of these factors when attempting to stop the ENF task: 

• All commands issued against the ENF task must specify ENF as the task name despite the name of the locally defined procedure or task which may be different.
  • To stop the task, the correct command to use is P ENF
  • The command will issue a CAS9227A message prompting a response of "Y"
  • Failure to respond with a "Y" causes ENF to continue normal processing
• Stop any CA products that rely on ENF services Before issuing the command
  • Products that rely on these services may not function correctly until ENF is restarted