Common Components and Services requirements of Gen

Products

• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Does Gen need Common Components and Services to run properly? 

Environment

Common Services 15.0 - Gen 8.6 - z/OS supported releases - 

Resolution

According to Gen documentation: 
Common Components and Services Requirements 
the following Common Components and Services are provided by Broadcom:

• CAIRIM (Resource Initialization Manager)
• LMP (License Management Program services)
• CAISSF (Standard Security Facility)
• CA-C Runtime
• CAICCI (Common Communication Interfaces)
• CAIENF (Event Notification Facility)

Gen uses LMP (License Management Program services). While all the Common Components and Services are listed, only the component containing the LMP (License Management Program services) is required. 

LMP is included as part of the Common Services component, which also includes CAIRIM (Resource Initialization Manager) and CAISSF (Standard Security Facility). The other Common Components and Services are not required for Gen.