Managing the Multi-User Facility (MUF) in which CSM runs

Products

• Compress Data Compression for MVS
• Compress Data Compression for Fujitsu
• Datacom
• DATACOM - AD
• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE- ADD-ON OPTIO
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE
• Ideal
• Mainframe Software Manager (Chorus Software Manager)
• MICS Resource Management
• CIS
• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS
• 90S SERVICES
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR DB2 FOR Z/OS
• COMMON PRODUCT SERVICES COMPONENT
• Common Services
• 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

Issue/Introduction

Description:

Chorus Software Manager requires a MUF to run, where the CSM data is stored. It is not always clear how to use and maintain that MUF.

Solution:

As part of the CSM install, a MUF is created for the use of CSM. Our Sustaining Engineering and Development departments recommend not sharing the CSM MUF with any other products. That may change in the future but for now it should be reserved for CSM. In general, this MUF is delivered at a Datacom maintenance level which is compatible with the release of CSM that is being installed. The release level of this CSM MUF should not be upgraded. When a new release of CSM is installed, then the MUF will be upgraded to the Datacom support level that is consistent with that release of CSM.

When you are doing an upgrade, and identifying the using product databases for procedures like backup, restore, etc, you should not include the CSM databases in that list. CSM has its own backup & restore procedures that are independent from how the other databases are managed. So whenever maintenance is done to MUFs, the databases used by CSM should not be included in those procedures.

Environment

Release: DATABB00200-14-Datacom/AD
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