How to Leverage the Most Modern Print Management Features in CA Spool™ 12.0

HowtoLeveragetheMostModernPrintManagementFeaturesinCASpool™12.0

RichardResnick

Mainframe

CATechnologiesDirector,EngineeringServicesMFX36E

2 ©2015CA.ALLRIGHTSRESERVED.@CAWORLD#CAWORLD

Abstract

RichResnick

CATechnologiesDirector,EngineeringServices

TakepartinanopportunitytolearnhowCASpool™canhelpleverage,expand,streamlineandconnectwiththefastpacedworldoftheapplicationeconomy.Thediscussionwillincludeanexplanationofthenewflexiblefeatures,functionsandoptionstodriveandunleashthepotentialvalueofyourCASpoolsolutiononthemainframetohelpdrivenewbusinessvaluetoyourusersandclients.


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Agenda

THEAGILEWAY

NEWFEATURES

Q&A

ENHANCEDFEATURES

ROADMAPOFUPCOMINGRELEASES

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CASpool™12.0

WhatisAgile,IncrementalReleaseand

SprintReviews


CAMainframeAgileDevelopmentTransformation

99.5%reductionincost98%reductioninmonthendcycle

time

DrivingSignificantBusinessValueforourCustomers!

SPEED QUALITY

PERFORMANCE

251uniquecustomersparticipatedin56productreleasesinFY15.

47products releasedagainstzerodefectpolicy.

20%decreaseinsupportissues.

StandardLifebenefits fromCAagileprocess:


AgileDevelopmentTransformation

DrivingSignificantBusinessValueforOurCustomers!

Speed Quality

Performance

UKCustomerStandardLifebenefitsfromagilesolutionsfrom

CATechnologies:

251 uniquecustomersparticipatedin56 productreleasesduringayear.

99.5%reductionincost.98%reductioninmonthendcycletime.

45products releasedagainstzerodefectpolicy.20%decreaseinsupportissues.



Whatisagiledevelopment?

ManifestoforAgileSoftwareDevelopmentWeareuncoveringbetterwaysofdevelopingsoftwarebydoingitandhelpingothersdoit.

Throughthisworkwehavecometovalue:

- Individualsandinteractions overprocessesandtools- Workingsoftware overcomprehensivedocumentation- Customercollaborationovercontractnegotiation- Respondingtochangeoverfollowingaplan

Thatis,whilethereisvalueintheitemsontheright,wevaluetheitemsontheleftmore. http://agilemanifesto.org/


AgileDevelopmentforOutputManagementSolutionsfromCATechnologies§ Whena“criticalmass”ofagilefeatureshavebeenreleasedandvalidated

bycustomers,theagilephaseofthedevelopmentprocesswillendandtheproductwilltransitionintoa“maturerelease”:- Thedevelopment teammayormaynotchoosetohaveabeta.- A“maturerelease”behavesliketoday’ssupported releases.- Sustainingengineering willdelivercorrectivefixes,migrationandtolerationsupportwhennecessary.

§ Thedevelopmentteamwillshifttothenextincrementalrelease.


WhatistheCAIncrementalReleaseProgram?

§ Itallowsdeliverablestobegeneratedbytheagiledevelopmentprocess.

§ Itisavailabletoanycustomerwhoagreestoparticipateintheagileprocessandagreetoproductdeploymentrules.

§ ItisfullysupportedbynormalCAsupportprocesses.Thecustomercandeploytoanyenvironment,includingproduction.

§ Newfunctions(agilefeatures)arereleasedeveryfewsprints,whenthedevelopmentandcustomerteamsdecidethatthereissufficientnewcapabilitytopackageandreleaseforcustomerconsumption.ItusesstandardSMP/Epackaging(forz/OSbasedcontent).


Whysprintincrementalreleases?

§ Productscandeliver,verifyandcorrectnewfeaturesmorequicklyandinsmallerincrements.

§ Enhancementrequestscanbemadeavailablemorequickly.

§ CAcanreducethevolumeofcorrectivefixesdeliveredthroughtheservicestream:– CorrectivefixescanbedeliveredwiththenextAgileFeature(withcustomer

consent)ratherthanshipping viaindividual correctivePTFs– Havingcustomersfocusonfeaturesasreleasedandoveralongerperiodoftime

willnaturallyleadtoearlierdiscoveryofissues, (implementationproblems,codingerrors,usabilityconcerns,etc.,nearerthetimeoforiginal coding


CASpool™12.0

ReleaseEnhancementsNEWFeatures


Enhancement—AFPtoPCLSoftFontSupportfortheCASpool™JavaTransformers§ SupportforbuildingPCLsoftfontsfrom300pelAFPfontsandincluding

themaspartoftheoutputPCLfile§ Onlyfontcharacterswhichareusedareincludedintheoutputfile

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Whenfirstdesignedthereweretwopossibilities:

a) Thefonthadtobecorrelatedtoafontalreadyresidentonthetargetprinter.Thiscould resultinthelossoffidelity.

b) Abitmaporrasterizedversionofeverycharacterwasincludedintheinputfile.ThisresultedinverylargeoutputPCLfiles.

Thenewresultnowretainsfidelitytotheoriginalfilethatprinterresidentfontsmaynotandonlytheactualdataneededissentofcourseresultinginasmalleroutputfile.


TheNodeDefinitionChangestoUseThisFeatureTRANSFRMparameteroptions:

s SpecifiesthatAFPtoPCLSoftFontsupportisusedforthisnode.

r WritesadetailedTransformerreportasaCASpool™file.

w ThewoptionisrequiredfornodesthatdrivethetransformationoffilesfortheBatchTransformerUtility.

V AddstraceentriesrelatedtoAFPtoPCLSoftFontprocessingtotheD2ETRACEsysoutfile.VcanbeusedwithoutspecifyinganyD2E_TRACEenvironmentvariable.


Enhancement- AFPUSERLIBandRemoteSupportforJava™Transformers§ TheJavaTransformersmaynowberunremoteonanysystemrunninga

Linux®kernal,forexampleZ/Linux.AllthesamefunctionalityasrunningthemonZ/OS®isstillthere.

§ YoumaynowcodeaUSERLIBdatasetontheJCLOUTPUTstatementorDESTIDDUERLIBn/FUSERLIBnparametersfortheAFPinputfiles.OntheremoteJavatransformersallUSERLIBmembersarecopiedtotemporaryinputsubdirectory.ItisrecommendedthattheUSERLIByoupointtointhiscasecontainsonlytheneededresourcemembers.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?§ Thisallowsamoreflexibleprintscenario.Italsoallowsforthetransformation

cyclestobeoffloadedifmainframeCPUcyclesareaconcern.


Enhancement- CADRAS&CASpoolJavaTransformersPerformanceImprovements:

§ ThisnewCADRASandCASpool™transformerinterfaceautomaticallytransformsIBM®AFP,XeroxMetacodeandtextreportsstoredintheCAViewdatabasetoAdobePDFfilesduringloading.ThismeanstheonlypluginneededontheworkstationisAdobeReader.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?§ ThecurrentCAOutputManagementWebViewerAFP-PDFtransformer

supportishandledbyCADRASandCAView.ItislimitedtoACIFprocessedAFPReports.

§ AfterupgradingtotheWebViewerrelease12.0,XeroxMetacodereportsstoredinCAViewarenolongerabletobeviewed.


Enhancement—DDcommandDisplayDestid

§ ThenewDDcommanddisplaystheDESTIDsettingsaccordingtoyourselectioncriteria.Tospecifythiscriteria,youuseoptionaloperands,includingfilesequentialnumber,userID,destination,classandfilename.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?§ Destid’scanbewidelyusedinCASpooltocapturespecificinputsand

“change”parmstoothervalues.BeingnowabletodisplaythesecapturevaluescanenhancetheusersproductivitywhendebuggingortracingafilethroughCASpool.


TheDDcommandsyntax§ Thiscommandhasthefollowingformat:

DD[Fnnnnnn][,U=uuuuuuuu][,D=dddddddd][,Q=q][,O=oooooooo]FnnnnnnSpecifiesthesequencenumberofthefileforDESTIDdisplay.

U=SpecifiestheuseridfortheDESTIDdisplay.Specifya1-8characteralphanumericstring.ThisoperandspecifiesthehighestpriorityselectioncriteriafortheDESTIDsearch.

D=SpecifiesthedestinationnamefortheDESTIDdisplay.Specifya1-8characteralphanumericstring.Thisoperandspecifiesthesecondhighestpriority selectioncriteriafortheDESTIDsearch.

Q=SpecifiestheoutputclassfortheDESTIDdisplay.TheoutputclassisasinglecharacterintherangeA-Zor0-9.ThisoperandspecifiesthethirdhighestpriorityselectioncriteriafortheDESTIDsearch.

O=SpecifiesthefilenameforDESTIDdisplay.Thefilenameisa1-8characteralphanumericstring.ThisoperandspecifiesthelowestpriorityselectioncriteriafortheDESTIDsearch.


TheDDSampleOutput

ThefollowingexampledisplaystheclosestmatchingDESTIDsettingwhentheselectioncriteriaarefilesequencenumber12anddestinationanduserIDfileattributes.Thefilesequencenumberoverridestheadditionalselectioncriteria:

– DDF12,D=B54131DA,U=B54131UA– ESF890DESTIDQUSERID=B54131UA,– ESF890QDEST=B54131DA,– ESF890FDEST=DEST2– ESF890END-OF-DISPLAY


Enhancement—DESTVAL=DYNAPDIPDEST=‘IP:ipaddr’Support forDESTVAL=DYNAPDIPinitializationparametertoactivatespecialDEST='IP:ipaddr'APD- AutomaticPrinterDefinitionsupport forDEST='IP:ipaddr'printers.

ADYNAPDIP-addedprinterisautomaticallydeletedwhennomorefilesarequeuedtotheprinter,soaREINITcommanddoesnotdeletetheaddedprinter,howeveraREINITissupported forDYNAPDIPprinters.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?WhenanoutputwithDEST='IP:ipaddr'isreceived,acorrespondingAPDprinterisautomaticallydefined(ifitisnotalreadydefined).UptotheDYNDISP=nnnnnvalue.YouarealsoabletoassigndefaultprinterattributestoDYNAPDIP-addedprinters,bydefiningaDEFNODEwithAPDNODE=#*.DEFNODEHPLU1,XX-HPLU1,...APDNODE=HP%P*DEFNODESCS,3287,...,APDNODE=HP*DEFNODEPRINTER,3287,...


Enhancement—EmailwithMultipleAttachments

ThenewSMTPdriverparameter,MAILCOMB=FILENAME/GROUPID/USERID,sendsoneemailwithemailattachmentsforallqueuedfilesthathavethesameFILENAME,GROUPIDorfilecreator’sUSERIDandhavethesameTO=,CC=andBCC=emailparameters.

IfXEQGRPID=JOBIDandMAILCOMB=GROUPIDarespecified(sameTO=,CC=andBCC=istheadditionalcondition),allthefilesgeneratedbyagivenbatchjobaresentinoneemail(asmultipleattachments).

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Arecipientisnolongerinundatedwithmultipleemailsfromthesamebatchjoborreportscreatedatthesametime.OfcoursethisalsocutsdowntheamountofSNMTPandnetworktraffic.


Enhancement—JavaTransformerResourceCacheFlush

AddedsupportforJavaTransformerResourceCacheflushingtoREINITprocessing.TheREINITcommand,withoutanyparameters,informstheattachedJavaTransformerFSStaskstoemptytheirresourcecaches.

TheREINIT,FSS[,fssname|*ALL]commandrefreshestheresourcecacheforaspecificFSStaskorallFSStasks,withoutperforminganyotherREINITprocessing.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Thiscausesthecachetobereloadedwhentheresourceisneededagain.Thisallowsforchangestobemadeandimplementedeasier.


Enhancement—JavaTransformerResourceCacheFlush

Extendedexistingsupporttospecifycertainportrangesreservedforprinting.UsetheLPORTparameter,specifiedbytheprinter’sDRIVPRM1-4parameters,asfollows:

DEFNODELPR,TCP-LPR,DRIVPRM1='LPORT=(1300-1349,1600-1699,721-731)',TCPDRIVE=LPR,CLASS=ALL,ACQUIRE=WORK,RELEASE=NOWORK

NODEHP6L,LPR,GROUP=3

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Thisallowsformoreworktoprocessthroughatonetime.


Enhancement—JavaTransformersnowsupportanytoanydatastreamconversion.TheOriginaltransformersonlysupportedAFP,Metacode/DJDE/LCDS,PCL,PostScriptandPDF.

NOWALSOSUPPORTEDARE:TIFF,Images,PDF/AandHTML/CSS

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Thisnowwillallowforanevenwiderpossibilityofoutputformatsforevenwideruses.Basicallyyounowhavefiveinputtypesthatcanbetransformedtonineoutputtypes.


HerearehowtheParsersandGeneratorsbreakdown§ Parsers:

—PCL – ParsesHPPCLprint-streamsincluding PCL5andPCL6(PCLXL)—PDF – ParsesinputAdobePDF1.0to1.6files (Acrobat7.0orearlier)—TIFF – Parsesindustry-standardmulti-pageTIFFClassB,G,PandRformats

Also parses1,2,16,256,RGBandCMYKcolordepthsSupports CCITTGroup4andGroup3compression

■ Generators:– AFP – GeneratesAFPMO:DCA-Poutput– Image – Generatessinglepagecolorimageoutputfiles

Supports PNG,TIFFandJPEG– Metacode—GeneratesMetacode/DJDE(DynamicJobDescriptorEntry)output– PDF/A – GeneratesAdobePDFoutputthatiscompliantwiththe

PDF/A-1b(ISO19005-1:2005)standard– TIFF – GeneratessingleorTIFFClassBoutputfiles

Supports CCITTGroup4compression andanyresolution (dpi)– Web – GeneratesHTMLoutputwithCSS


CASpool12.0

ReleaseEnhancementsUpdatestoExistingFeatures


Enhancement—IncreasedX2YYDEFMAXTASK

ThemaximumnumberofconcurrenttransformationsfortheX2YYDEFMAXTASKparameterhasbeenincreasedfrom10to20.TheX2YYDEFMAXTASKparameterdefinesthemaximumnumberofconcurrenttransformationsforanFSS.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Thisincreasesthenumberoftransformationsthatcanoccuratonetime.


Enhancement—NJEInterfaceTCP/IPsupport

TheNJEinterfacenowsupportsTCP/IP.PriorthiswasanSNAonlyinterface:§ TheINITParmNJESERVisusedtospecifytousetheTCP/IPprotocol§ TheNJEINITparmnowletsyoudefineremoteNJETCP/IPnodes§ CanuseeitherSSLorTLStoencryptthedata

Note:BeforeusingthisfeatureyoumustapplyIBMAPAROA45891.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?ThisAllowsforafasterandwiderusedNJEnodeconnections.


Enhancement—NewBATCHTransformerOption&PDFWrapperlimitsTheBatchTransformerutilityhasbeenenhancedtouseanewoption“I”ontheA2PDtransformations:

§ Thisoptionwhenusedwiththed2eprojtobreakanoutputPDFintomultiplefilescauseseachfiletobewrittenasamemberofaPDS.

§ ThisoptionisdiscussedindetailintheJavaTransformerAdminGuide.

ThePDFTextWrapperhasbeenenhancedtonowhandlemorepages:§ Thenewlimitis262,141pageoutputfiles,upfrom32,760pages.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?ThisallowsgreaterflexibilitytotransferlargeamountsofPDF’sassayoneXMITfileandlargertextfiles“wrapped”intoaPDF.


Enhancement—FTPPrinterDriverUsingSSLandNewSecurityPassPhrasesTheconfiguration forFTPcannowsupportFTPS.ThisofcoursewouldnowuseSSL/TLStotransferthedata.AnFTPDATAkeywordhasbeenaddedtoallowacustomFTP.DATAdatasettobeusedforenvironmentsettings.

Externalsecuritycannowbecalledwithpassphraseauthenticationinsteadofjustpasswords.Thiscanbedonewithanyofthe3majorsecuritypackages.Thephrasecanbeupto100charactersinlength.When“turnedon,”ausercanauthenticatewitheitherapasswordorapassphrase.

Important!CAACF2R15(Z/OS) sitesmustapplyAPARRO38461toimplementpasswordphrases.CAACF2R14(Z/OS)mustapplyAPARRO22977.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?PassPhrasesareconsidered tobemoresecurethanjustaneightcharacterpassword.OfcoursetransmittingdatausingSSL/TLSissendingdataencrypted.


Enhancement—UpdatedCommandsThefollowingcommandshavebeenupdated:

1) “C”commandtocancelNJEactivity.ThisnowalignsmorecloselytotheJES2$Ccommand.Whenissued, thepartnernodenolongerholds thefiles.Theyarepurged.

2) TheD,nodename (displayNodecommand).ItnowshowstheTRANSFRMandDRIVPRM1-4printernodeparmoptions.

3) TheREINITcommandcanbeissuedtolimitwhatisactuallyrefreshed.REINIT,PRTcanchangeoneprinter,agroupofprintersorallprinters.REINIT[,PRT[,*ALL|,printername|,GROUP=nnn]]

TheESF881messageindicatesthestatusoftheREINIT,PRTcommand.CASpoolchecksthesyntaxofallDEFNODEandNODEstatementsthatthecommandaffects.CASpool reportssyntaxerrorsandduplicatedefinitions eveniftheincorrectdefinitions arenot thetargetoftheREINIT,PRTcommand.


Enhancement—NewPAXFileFormatTheinstallationPAXfilehasbeenbrokenoutintoseveralpiecesdependingonwhetheryouareinneedofthetransformersornot.

TheBASEPAXfilenowcontainsonlythefollowingthreeFMIDS:§ CBQ4C00:CASpool™baseproduct§ CCSRC00:LPDcomponent§ ASARB75:SAS/CRuntimeLoadlib

TheTransformerInterfacesPAXfilehasthefollowingrequiredFMIDS:§ CE0CC00: JavaTransformersEngineandConfigurationparameters(USS)§ CFD2C00:CTransformersInterfaceandConfigurationparameters§ CFD3C00: JavaTransformersInterface,Configurationparameters(z/OS)

andtheBatchTransformerutility


Enhancement—UpdatedFeaturesSincetheGARelease

§ WebinterfacesupportforZ/OS2.2- UsesApacheTomcatHTTPServer- PTFRO83091

§ NewDEFTOUSRparameter- SpecifiestheactiontoperformwhenanemailhasnoTO=valuedefined

§ Canspecifytohold itorsendittotheuseridthatcreatedthefile

- PTFRO82670

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?Thesearetwoveryusefulnewfeatures.

SincetheGArelease,twoadditionalfeaturesarenowavailable:


CASpool12.0WhatIsNext?


Enhancement—HowCASpoolDoesanIncrementalReleaseAllfeaturesofCASpool™inessencehavebeencreatedusingaPTFmethod(increments).Forexample,since11.7,manyPTF’shavebeencreatedwhichcombinedmakeupthesenewfeatures.TheReleaseGuidealsowillgiveyoualistofthedocumentationPTF’sthatwereincludedintotherelease12.0guides.ThehighPTFisasofSeptember23rd 2015isRO84439.

WhyisthisimportantforyoutoKnow?WhennewfeaturesaredevelopedforCASpooltheywillbereleasedasaPTFthatwillallowyoutobeabletouseandtestthisnewfeaturewithouthavingtodoafullblowninstall.


DELIVERED PLANNED UNDERCONSIDERATION

PRODUCT/RELEASES CASpool r12.0 CASpool CASpool

MARQUEEFEATURES/BUSINESS

VALUE

• SupportadditionaltransformeroptionsPDF/A.

• Porttransformerstoz/Linux.• Run NJEoverTCP/IP toupgradefromSNA• Send multipleattachmentsinasingleemail.

• Softfontsupportminimizesfontmapping.• UserlibsupportforAFP/PSFtransformers• Eliminate recyclingrequirement toflushresourceCache.

• Updatetransformerstor5.1.

• Expandprinterprotocolsbyaddinginternetprintingprotocol(IPP).

• Support SSHfile transferprotocol.• IntegratewithCAViewto collectandstoredocumentsandindexdataformcontenttransformedtoPDFs.

• Singleinstallation image forView,Deliver,SpoolandWebViewer

• Highavailability• Support Followmeanywhere printing• Mobility—accessthroughaCASpoolapp

• Support for3Dprinters

Roadmap:CASpoolTimelineasofOctober,2015

§ SecureDataandServiceEnablement§ BusinessContinuity§ TotalCostofOwnership


Planned

Feature Description Benefit

§ ExpandedprinterprotocolsbyaddingInternetPrintingProtocol(IPP)

§ Supportsinternetprintingprotocol § Expandsthereachesofprinters underCASpoolcontroltothoseontheinternet

§ SupportedSSHfiletransferprotocol § SendsreportstoansFTP serverfromSpool § Uses sFTPorSSHtosendandreceivereportsfromotherplatformsismoresecurethanFTP

§ IntegratedwithCAViewtocollectandstoredocumentsandindexdataformcontenttransformedtoPDFs

§ CA ViewFSScollectortransformsdocumentstoPDFandstoresinCAViewalongwithitsindexes

§ Reducescostofon-demandtransformationsofreportsintoPDFformatinCAVIewby storingtheminPDFformatwhendeliveredtoCAView


Results CASpoolhasaddedintothisreleasefeaturesthatweremostrequestedbyyouthecustomer,thingslikethesoftfontsupportanddisplaycommandsforcurrentsettings.

OurmonthlysprintreviewsareopentoallclientswhocurrentlyuseCASpoolandwanttohaveasayinthedirectionoftheproduct.Andasyoucanseefromtheroadmapwewantto includeandenhanceevenmorefeaturesthatyouneed.Ifyouwould liketodiscussyourneeds,wants,desiresorjusthaveaquestionyouwantmoreinformationon,pleasecomebytheSmartBarorseemeintheDemoarea.

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