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It looks like we my be swapping out some CA products and replacing them
with IBM 'equivalents' to save big $$. I know the success of replacing a
product has much to do with how it is used. Having said that - let me know
your experience with any of the following swaps and IBM's SMPO. Any info
would be appreciated, including product features or comparisons. I'm
currently reviewing the product websites. Any other good sites? Any cautions?
ACF2 ===> RACF
CA1 ===> RMM
CA7 ===> Tivoli TWS
CA11 ===> Tivoli TWS
AutoSys ===> Tivoli TWS
SmartCon ===> Tivoli TWS
OPS/MVS ===> AF/Operator
Allocate ===> DFSMS
MIM ===> GRS
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The MIM-to-GRS posed us one problem: our operators were too accustomed
to getting repeated MIM messages when there was a conflict, and too used
to having MIM re-queue a job that was delayed by a conflict. A quick and
dirty little started task that woke up and checked GRS for conflicts
cured the first issue, and operator training cured the second. We just
taught them how to manually re-queue the job. I'll try and find the
monitor and shoot it to the CBT web site. It's rude and crude, but it
worked up through z/OS 1.4.
As a contract consultant, I was able to convert a ACF2 shop to RACF in
two days; use the WARN keyword when making RACF definitions, then go
back and ALTER them to NOWARN once you've got everything set the way you
want it. And use GENERIC resource profiles whereever possible; BIG HELP
for performance! Keeping access lists short by using user groups also
helps performance. And use the broadest generics you can, consistant
with your desired result.
(I took the ACF2 definitions and edited them to be RACF commands, then
submitted batch-TMP jobs to issue the commands in larges batches.)
As always, feel free to contact me offlist if you like, for more details.
Rick
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