> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Edwards > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 6:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Replace Compuware products with CA > > Has anyone replaced Compuware's products, Abendaid for MVS and CICS, > Fileaid and Strobe with CA's products? Any information - the > good, bad or > ugly would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Susan
Yes, we did at one time. We are back to CompuWare's products. Does that answer your question about functionality? The programmers hated the CA products, especially FileMaster. I don't remember exactly what it was, but FileMaster could not browse a VSAM file using an alternate index. Only via the base index. We raised many problems on that. It may be fixed now. I had many problems with Symdump getting abends itself in its display functions. It would capture a dump OK, but in some cases (IIRC), it would get an S0C4 attempting to format the Working Storage. Something weird with OCCURS DEPENDING ON, I think. Intertest was generally a "no problem" product. But the programmers preferred Xpeditor. We did without Strobe. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
