FWIW A situation I have been faced with many times. If the product is contained in its own library and not on the linklist then a security product audit should give the required usage. Also the SMF type 30 record will provide information at least about the lead module executed which should be sufficient to identify usage of the product.
Then there are link listed product libraries and the almost inevitable "miscellaneous" libraries which contain all the stuff the customer didn't know what to do with. (Which of course are always authorized) For these I wrote a CSVLLIX1 exit to write an SMF record for every LOAD etc. I used the information to move active modules to another library. This has proved pretty reliable although I was once deceived by a product which seemed to have its own method of loading programs. Eventually you have to drop the library and see who screams but if it is about money you have right on your side. David Elliot zSeries Software Engineer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Third Party Tool Usage We have many 3rd party tools in our maiframe estate like CA , BMC , IBM etc. Is there any sysstem utiltiy by which we can come to know which tool has not been used over a long period of time ? As part of cost cutting exercise during MF upgrade we are looking to remove some unused tools so that license fees can be saved for those tools. JAcky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
