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Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: braleighkyI am running Change Man v5.6.1 and trying to find a way during checkout of a source component to see if member name's match the first 6 characters with the name in another library that contains the automated balancing procedure for that source. I would like to notify the user that there is an automated balancing procedure with the same name as the source and let them know they should verify whether it should be updated due to changes to the source member. If anyone has any ideas that they could share that would be appreciated.Posted 1/11/2008 1:51 PM#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost#postd165f2f7f9

Question posted 9/18/08 by Veasna ChimDetails:Is anyone using OOCoD (On/Off Capacity on Demand) with ChangeMan ZMF at their shop? We are on z/OS 1.9/ISPF 5.9 and our ChangeMan ZMF version is 5.5.3. If yes, can you share your experience with me (good, bad, lessons-learned)? We are going to be testing the compatabilit of OOCoD with ChangeMan ZMF at our shop in the next month and wanted to get some 'foresight' before then. We would appreciate any input from anyone here on this ChangeMan ZMF forum. My contact information is below in case you want to directly correspond with me But so far, these are the questions we asked Serena Support and their responses. Thanks!:1. Do you have other customers using OOCoD? Not that we know of. We license as "not to exceed nnn mips". 2. Are there any known problems, conditions for using this feature (ex: do we need a new license)? If the serial number changes then YES. Otherwise NO. 3. Will ChangeMan ZMF 5.5.3 fail? NO. 4. Will ChangeMan ZMF 5.5.

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davebytesWe are currently upgrading all our ZMF applications to R5.6. Ideally we would like to migrate 1application, or a number of small applications, at a time. The conversion procedures suggest a 'big bang' approach.We are a little concerned as some of the bigger applications have a lot of customization.Can anyone suggest a method of migrating individual applications.Regards,Dave SealeyPosted 7/11/2007 2:27 AM fdufourcWe have planned to upgrade to ZMF 5.6.1 by October, and we're actually in 5.3.5. Upgrading from this version seems to be quite easy, according to the migration guide, they say these 2 versions are compatible both ways.Which version are you using now ? And are you upgrading to 5.6.0 or 5.6.1 ?I am at the very begining of the upgrade, so not much suggestions for you.But I would appreciate to have some from you !Regards,Françoise DUFOURCPosted 7/11/2007 4:17 AM davebytesWe are upgrading from 5.3 and 4.1.6!! an

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerChangeMan ZMF Virtual User GroupThursday, Feb. 7, 200811AM Pacific / 2PM EasternThe Secrets of ChangeMan ZMF Web Services RevealedPresenters: John Skelton, Principle Software Developer and David Parker, Director, Product MarketingAbstract: ChangeMan ZMF web services offer enterprises an opportunity to build seamless linkage to lifecycle applications and tools. Leveraging this powerful capability can provide better integration and automation to enterprise development teams, helping them to drive additional value from ZMF. This session will take a close look at the available ZMF web services of ChangeMan ZMF, providing customers with a solid foundation to consider their lifecycle tools integration initiatives.Register here: http://www.serena.com/company/news/usergroups.htmlPosted 1/13/2008 10:39 PM manevarezThe last Virtual User Group Meeting I received an email. By registering at the link provided, will it send me a

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: lbjergesWe currently use stacked revere deltas to some extent as a baseline library type. In the future we will probably increase its use since we are thinking of converting Librarian ARC-masters to stacked reverse deltas.All this works fine, however there is a small problem that I would appreciate if anybody has any thoughts about.This is the scenario:When we delete components in Changeman we don ́t really like to erase them physically due to audit rules concering source-code (like SRC, like CPY and so on). These "deleted" components we would like to scratch from Changeman controlled baseline libraries BUT store, along with their history, in "shadow" libraries outside of Changeman.When using Librarian as a means of baseline storage we are able to do a utility COPY of the member and the a subsequent -DLM (if the Copy worked). The resulting "shadow" library will then be accessable by means of normal Librarian functions (batch or

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: eptuttleDoes anyone have any experience integrating Shadow RTE and ZMF? We have been asked to come up with ZMF-like change control for Shadow RTE.Thanks,Beth TuttleNorfolk SouthernPosted 10/25/2007 12:17 PM#ChangeManZMF#postba4a28ae6d#oldforumpost

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerPlease join us at the next ChangeMan ZMF Virtual User Group, scheduled for March 13 at 11:00AM. Register at http://www.serena.com/company/news/usergroups.html.Abstract: ChangeMan ZMF is the industry’s most powerful mainframe SCM tool, delivering a central point of control, consistent change lifecycle methodology, increased accountability, and protection of software assets. While these capabilities are crucial for developers, those who are required to correct application failures or poor performance often rely on Operational Productivity technologies. These technologies help ensure the smooth performance of business systems, and when problems occur, they help identify the root cause of an application failure.Traditionally, SCM and Operational Productivity technologies have been seen as “bookends” for the production environment. But the unification of these tools can provide a holistic view of the entire production env

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Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: karlacopeI am interested in finding out if anyone has customized ChangeMan ZMF to take advantage of the COBOL compiler options 'CICS' and 'SQL.' This is the recommended method rather than running separate pre-compile steps. It seems like a good idea but I’m not sure the customization effort would be worth it. Has anyone done this?Posted 3/19/2008 7:50 AM lbjergesAbout threee years ago we implemented the DB2 coprocessor in Changeman COBOL compiles in a test environment.Our main goal at the time was to reduce the number of steps and file I/O in the Cobol stage and also draw benefits for the developers doing interactive debug (nicer listings).At that point in time however the feature was not very mature and required a lt of PTFs in the IBM products.We finally got it to work however and found out that the elapsed time and excps actually was higher than doing a stand-alone pre-compile. The listing was OK however.The reason that we

Question posted 4/13/09 by John WrenDetails:We are looking at implementing CA-JCLCheck under Changeman. At first it appeared to be simple. However, we quickly learned that we need to consider programs, control card updates, cataloged procedures, etc. in the package along with the JCL or in a participating package. How do we include these components that are referenced in the jcl when they are not yet in baseline?Do we make it simple by requiring users to baseline programs, control cards and cataloged procedures prior to staging a JCL component? Thank you for your time,John Wren#oldforumpost#post57129804a9#ChangeManZMF

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: ChangeMan ZMF (v5.36) interface with GSD (1 of 3), Read 117 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Janet Spears duane.a.wood@us.hsbc.comDate: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:02 AMDear fellow ChangeMan Administrators,We have an new initiative at HSBC to create a Change Man interface with our incident/change tracking system, Computer Associate's Unicenter ServicePlus Service Desk (or GSD - Global Service Desk). The initiative has been mandated by our internal auditing department. The goal is to be able to associate ChangeMan packages with valid/approved Change/Incident/Problem tickets created in GSD. This initiative is one of the many changes that HSBC is putting in place in order to assure Sarbanes Oxley compliance.If anyone has a need for a similar interface or has any ideas that I could follow up on, please let me know.thank you!Janet SpearsTopic: ChangeMan ZMF (v5.36) interface with GSD (2 of 3), Read 67 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Rick

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: PROJCL - implementing into Changeman ZMF (1 of 2), Read 133 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Paul Cooney cooney.paul@aaa-calif.comDate: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:06 AMHello:New to the board. We want to add ProJCL 2.60E processing to our ChangeMan ZMF 5.3.3 environment. Anyone out there doing this already?Topic: PROJCL - implementing into Changeman ZMF (2 of 2), Read 70 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Sandy Karlin Sandra.Karlin@gwl.comDate: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:46 AMI added this for 4.1.6, but have not carried it into later releases as the user community changed their plans about invoking ProJCL within Changeman.You may already know the following:1) ProJCL ships Changeman skeletons for ProJCL in it's SAMPLIB (SKELS are CMN$$JCP, CMN$$PRP, CMN$$SCP)2) The ProJCL Administration Guide and Installation Guide list the samplib members.3) The ProJCL Reference Manual has step by step directions for implementing the ProJCL func

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: ChangeMan 5.2.6 and Z/OS 1.7 (1 of 5), Read 189 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Joseph Blue joseph.a.blue@jpmchase.comDate: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:52 AMDoes anyone have any experience with ChangeMan 5.2.6 and Z/OS 1.6 or higher.We still have an old subsystem running ChangeMan 5.26 and we are going to be updating our operating system to Z/OS 1.7 in the next few months.We are converting the remaining apps to our new subsystem (5.5.1) but will not finish in time.Topic: ChangeMan 5.2.6 and Z/OS 1.7 (2 of 5), Read 177 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Janet Spears duane.a.wood@us.hsbc.comDate: Friday, February 10, 2006 07:49 AMHi,We have upgraded to OS/1.6, but are working with V5.36. There is a known bug with Audit that may want to check into... See Case 5065445Fix module from Serena for work around of IBM bug caused when upgrading to OS/1.6. Case #5065445 Abend in Audit IEWFBDAT FECAfix module CMNBINDFJanet Spears, HSBCTopic: Cha

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadmin Topic: XML Service to delete component from package (1 of 3), Read 145 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Jan Wessel jan.wessel@atosorigin.comDate: Friday, January 06, 2006 02:30 AMWe are now able to checkin a component to a package using XML.Next thing is we want to delete a checked in component from a package.We have not found a XML-service to do that.Has anyone an idea how to accomplish this?Thanks in advanceJanTopic: XML Service to delete component from package (2 of 3), Read 116 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Ingo Pieper ingo.pieper@provinzial.comDate: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 04:48 AMDear Jan,you can usethis XML:service name="CMPONENT"scope name="PKG_COMP"message name="DELETE"If you can uses "Yellow" Services. If not, ask youe CHM-Consultant or write an email (ingo.pieper@provinzial.com)with best regardsIngo PieperTopic: XML Service to delete component from package (3 of 3), Read 136 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Jan Wessel jan.wessel@atosori

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerApplications are often deployed across multiple plaforms, that span both distributed and mainframe environments. At the same time, enterprises often have a clear differentiation that separates the mainframe data center and the distributed environment. Is it important to federate/integrate your mainframe change management solutions across environments? Why? What challenges does this raise?Posted 5/21/2007 12:53 PM#post23774a259e#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerGreetings Community!We're seeing an increased interest in our mainframe user community for zSeries zIIP, zAAP, and IFL specialty processor engines. The promise of these engines is that they help you take better advantage of what you already have, increasing the throughput of a machine by offloading capacity from the main CPU.The growing importance of these engines is a clear indicator of the growing importance of Linux and Java environments on the mainframe.Have you implemented these specialty processor enginers, and if so, are they paying the dividends you had expected? What are some of the challenges are you facing?#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post0ab6a3e4e6

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerAgile development methodologies are rapidly gaining ground in distributed applications development environments, but less so for mainframe teams. What is preventing your mainframe shop from adopting Agile?Posted 5/21/2007 12:56 PM eburkeDavid - in many ways the mainframe developers are in a much better position to implement agile. The concepts of interative development and tools and process displine around release management in the mainframe environment makes iterations and 'shippable code' at the end of each sprint a real possiblility. During a recent Certified Scrum Master training course I attended, we had a mainframe application manager in the class that had already implemented scrum and was releasing to prodution at the end of every two week sprint.The key is process displine and tools to release shippable code on a 2-4 week basis (don't look now, but the mainframe guys have been doing this for a long time!)Po

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: SER0820E No applications with valid licenses; Shut (1 of 2), Read 45 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Carlos Canales ccanales@cl.ibm.comDate: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:11 AMPlease I need a help. I installed ChangeMan ZMF v5.6.0, and when I start the Sernet, I receive message:SER0820E No applications with valid licenses; Shutting downSER0999I SerNet server "A" termination complete, RC=16I have experience working with ChangeMan v4.1.6My email is ccanales@cl.ibm.comThanks in advanceCarlos CanalesChileTopic: SER0820E No applications with valid licenses; Shut (2 of 2), Read 52 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Miguel Nevarez Miguel.Nevarez@gmacinsurance.comDate: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 07:02 AMI haven't upgraded to V 5.6.0 yet, but I recommend you read "SER10TY USERS GUIDE" which tell's you how to validate your licenses. Once this is done, you shouldn't have any problems bring up ChangeMan.Take Care and Good Luck,Miguel NevarezMiguel.

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: bas lib search order changes after admin update. (1 of 2), Read 79 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Rick Behee Richard.Behee@commercebank.comDate: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 03:28 PMHas any one had issues in v552 with the compile process after changing or adding library types to an application. Currently when i select or view an application baseline the search order changes in cmn$$syc.Topic: bas lib search order changes after admin update. (2 of 2), Read 49 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Sandy Karlin Sandra.Karlin@gwl.comDate: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 01:03 PMWe just ran into the same issue, but with only one of many applications. To make a long story short, specifying sequence numbers for the library-type definitions in both Global and Application Administration should solve the problem. The sequence numbers apply to like-source, like-copy, and like-load library types. Starting in 5.5.1 or 5.5.2, if SEQ NO. is not specified, the

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: sujaprakashConsidering Configuration Audit to be one of the four main functions of Configuration Management , I personally feel that the Audit feature, if properly explored and used with Changeman ZMF, can go a long way in implementing Physical Configuration Audit.As far as the Functional Configuration Audit is concerned, it is more to make sure that a functional system verification has been completed, which can be implemented by slightly customizing approvals, to make sure that Testing at the appropriate level has been completed.The audit report can be used to report on the release and prepare release notes too about the mainframe configuration going live.Many shops just use audit as a formality to initiate freeze. Are we using audit to its full potential?#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post2dbff2dc6b

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: lbjergesHi.I read the document "Converting Librarian to ZMF" and have three comments and a question.The comments:1) In the GPO-job I added the line:-OPT EXEC(R),NOSEPlike:...-OPT GPO-OPT EXEC(R),NOSEP-SEL LVLS= n,ARC=-00n...The EXEC(R) option will effectively overwrite any previous member versions on the work dataset so I'll always get the latest version.2) Why not just execute the CMNUPDAT utility always instead of doing the IEBCOPY from work to base-0 the first time?3) I wrote a Rexx tho generate the SYSIN file to CMNUPDAT:################################parse upper arg dsname /* Work dataset */memvar = ""m = 0address ISPEXEC "LMINIT DATAID(MEMID) DATASET('"dsname"')"address ISPEXEC "LMOPEN DATAID("memid") OPTION(INPUT) LRECL(DLND)"address ISPEXEC "LMMLIST DATAID("memid") OPTION(LIST) MEMBER(MEMVAR)"rcode = rcdo while rcode = 0m = m 1member.m = strip(memvar)address ISPEXEC "LMMLIST DATAID("memid") OPTION(LIST) MEMBER(MEMVAR

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: Promote after Baseline (1 of 4), Read 46 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Steve King StevenR.King@Caremark.comDate: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 08:10 AMOriginally Posted 4-Apr-2007 08:08Can a ChangeMan package be promoted after it has been 'baselined'? is there any option or customization for this? Do you know of any customers who do this? We may be looking into this option in the future.....The only three things that I could think of was A) Create new packages with the same components in as the "BAS" packages; and then promote to the post-prod environment; or B: When ChangeMan is down, change the status on the "BAS" packages to 'FRZ' on the package master to allow for the promote to this environment; and then change back to "BAS", but this option sounds dangerous; or C) Add more steps to the CMN30 install skel to do the promote, but have the job sit in SDSF on hold until the post prod move is ready to go.Topic: Promote aft

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: JAVA and Mainframe (1 of 2), Read 98 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Richard Shostak rshostak@dtcc.comDate: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 07:44 AMIs anyone using JAVA in ChangeMan ZMF. Serena says they do not support it, but we have customized ChangeMan for C (creating objects, side decks, DLLs)so perhaps there is a way to incorporate JAVA into ChangeMan.Topic: JAVA and Mainframe (2 of 2), Read 81 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Beth Tuttle beth.tuttle@nscorp.comDate: Monday, July 03, 2006 07:46 AMWe are heading in this direction too, probably in 6 months. I'm going to keep an eye on this topic.#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#postc9187512cf

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: mikeokeefehi all. Working at a site that wants to trap mainframe alerts, particularly job abends, and generate a Help Desk ticket in TeamTrack. Assuming the mechanism into TeamTrack (big assumption, I know), how would one generate that email from the MF side? I am guessing something out of the job scheduler.Thanks!MikePosted 6/4/2007 9:03 AM bennywestaedtThere are several possibilities to enable messaging for the mainframe.1. monitoring tools like patrol can send emails2. Some jobscheduling tools provide follow-up of submitted jobs3. an extra step at the end of your jcl that checks the jcl and send an email.So depending on your mainframe environment and available tools there are numerous ways to create and send emails from the mainframe.The Teamtrack side can capture easily the mails that are being send to a particular mailbox and create incidents for it.Regards,BennyPosted 6/5/2007 4:14 AM #oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post37e

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: ZMF Automatic demotion at Baseline (1 of 2), Read 46 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Everett Harper everett.harper@worldspan.comDate: Thursday, April 12, 2007 08:18 AMI am running ZMF V553, is there any way to stop the automatic demotion of packages at baseline time by CMN application? As a last resort can it be done by hardcoding each application ID in the skels?ThanksEverettTopic: ZMF Automatic demotion at Baseline (2 of 2), Read 19 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Glenn Dove gdove@jasmattcorp.comDate: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 05:54 AM Hey Everett,Just customize your baseline ripple process (CMNINLPM) to exclude the cleanup based on the applications you don't want the cleanup to happen for. Check the application, set a flag and then have the cleanup happen based on the flag being set to yes or no. You might even want to set up a separate skel just to check the application and set the flag and imbed that. It will keep CMNINLPM cleaner