How to locate CA Compress Data Compression General Maintenance Information

Products

• Compress Data Compression for MVS
• Compress Data Compression for Fujitsu

Issue/Introduction

Question:

Using the CA Compress Data Compression Maintenance Grid to locate maintenance and product information.

Answer:

For customers that have the responsibility of maintaining CA Compress Data Compression software for their company, one of the most helpful resources (which can sometimes be overlooked) is the CA Compress Data Compression Maintenance Grid for Mainframe. For releases 5.2 and 5.5 you will find:

- Product Information Packet
- Installation and Maintenance Bulletins (Since GA)
- Cumulative Holddata
- HIPERs / Product Error Alerts
- PTFs in Error
- PTFs Resolving PE (Since GA)
- Product Document Changes
- Aggregate Maintenance
- PTFs Available (Since Last Aggregate Maintenance)

You can access this information directly via the provided link:

http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/status/detailed-service-pack-info/ca-compress-data-compression-maintenance-grid-for-mainframe.aspx?intcmp=searchresultclick&resultnum=3

or you can navigate to it via the following CA web sites:

CA Support (support.ca.com)
 Support by Product > Select 'CA Compress Data Compression' > Under the 'All' tab select 'Content Type' > Product Status

Environment

Release: SMCOMV00200-5.2-Compress-Data Compression
Component: