Does CA Common Services depend on SYNCSORT

Products

• CA CIS
• CA Common Services for z/OS
• CA 90s Services
• CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS
• CA Common Product Services Component
• CA Common Services
• CA Datacom/AD
• CA ecoMeter Server Component FOC
• CA Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services
• CA Infocai Maintenance
• CA IPC
• Unicenter CA-JCLCheck Common Component
• CA Mainframe VM Product Manager
• CA Chorus Software Manager
• CA On Demand Portal
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• CA PAM Client for Linux for zSeries
• CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z
• CA Graphical Management Interface
• CA Web Administrator for Top Secret
• CA CA- Xpertware
• CA Compress Data Compression for MVS
• CA Compress Data Compression for Fujitsu

Issue/Introduction

Customer run CA Common Services on z/OS v2.1/v2.2 with SYNCSORT rather than IBM DFSORT.
They are going to upgrade the SYNCSORT to v2.1 from v1.4.

Does this our product use the SYNCSORT internally/externally ?
Are the any influence for the product regarding the upgrading?
Are the any consider regarding the SYSNSORT upgrading?

Environment

Release: CA90SV00200-14.1-Common Services-for z/OS
Component:

Resolution

No,  CA Common Services doesn't depend on SORT Version.