What do the amounts on the CA Mainframe Software Manager - MVS Software Status tab mean?

Products

• Compress Data Compression for MVS
• Compress Data Compression for Fujitsu
• Datacom
• DATACOM - AD
• 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:

In this document is described what the amounts on the Software Status screen mean and when they are updated.

Solution:

The CA Mainframe Software Manager - MVS Software Status tab contains 2 sections that are affected by the Maintenance Novelty Interval

1. New Maintenance
   
   
2. SMP/E Environments

New Maintenance

This sections indicates how many HIPERs and maintenance items have been downloaded to the CA Mainframe Software Manager database - using the individual products 'Update Catalog Release' function- within the specified Maintenance Novelty Interval(1).

If no 'Update Catalog Release' was performed for any product, this value will not change within the specified 'Maintenance Novelty Interval'.

SMP/E Environments

This section indicates how many HIPERs and maintenance items are available for existing CSIs and could be installed.

(1) The Maintenance Novelty Interval is specified in the Settings Tab, User Settings, User Preferences. The Maintenance Novelty Interval specifies the number of days over which a downloaded maintenance package is regarded as old. For example, when packages become old, they are removed from the notices on the Software Status tab. Limits: 0 through 20.

Environment

Release:
Component: MSM