View - Upgrade View to V14.0 from V12.2

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Issue/Introduction

I am upgrading View V12.2 to V14, and I have some queries:

1. how to know if there any modified User Exits on View ?

2. how to find the customized Panel and Banner pages for View ?

3. how to find out the View system extensions ?

4. how to find out any Tracking of backup Tape usage is available ?

5. how to find multiple CPU setup is available ?

6. How to find out Download EMC is customized?

7. Shall we use the Old parmlib and its members on V14 as well ?

Environment

Release : 14.0

Resolution

Here are the responses to the client's queries, on a View 12.2 to 14.0 upgrade:

 . To see if there could be any modified user exits, please compare the size of the
   "...UX" modules in the 12.2 library to the new and unmodified 14.0 library, noting
   the differences. 

   The 12.2 library and 14.0 library, at their base, are very similar. 

   Any modules with a very dissimilar size should especially be noted, especially 
   where the larger version of the exit is in the 12.2 library.   

 . The View CVDEPENU library contains the panels, default and perhaps modified. 

   Review the library, to see if there shows to be any entries with a "Changed" 
   timestamp. 

   The View CVDEDATA library contains the banners, default and perhaps modified. 

   Review the library, to see if there shows to be any entries with a "Changed"
   timestamp. 

   Other than those libraries, any changed panels and banners could have come from 
   anywhere else.

 . The presence of a View SARXTD task would be possible evidence of the use of the 
   system extensions. 

   Please see if, in one of the proc libraries, you find a modified SARXTD task. 

 . To see what tapes are being used by View, you would run the following SARPAC job:

//XXXXXXXX JOB ...                                                   
//SARPAC   EXEC PGM=SARPAC,PARM='VIEW_HLQ,REPORT' <=== MODIFY DB NAME
//STEPLIB  DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=VIEW.CVDELOAD     <=== MODIFY, IF USED   
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*                                              
//SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=*                                              
//SYSIN    DD  DUMMY                                                 
//                                                                   

 . Though a View database can be browsed from multiple CPUs, the View SARSTC task and 
   the related database need to be on the same LPAR. 

   Multiple View databases can be run on a single CPU, however a View database cannot
   collect reports from more than one CPU. 

 . The SARINIT CENTADR, CENTNAME, and CENTPDSN parameters will have values, if EMC
   Centera is used. 

 . There are new parameters with the higher release, but those would be active with 
   the default values. 

   It is recommended to review any parameters used in the older releases, to see if 
   they are to have the same values in the new release.