Hello James, You can download documentation at supportconnect.ca.com. In download -
documentation you can find (almost) all manuals for CA products. But I guess you need a supportconnect account for this. I would advise to sign up for supportconnect anyway. We have two different systems using Topsecret. The first is a VSE installation. This topsecret spans 11 VSE's in 4 VM's. The topsecret file s are shared in these environments. User maintainance is performed on any o f the CICS systems online or in batch on any of these VSE's. It depends on my needs at the time. Online using CICS is easier. In batch I can use batch jobs to perform lots of commands in one go. The second system is a single VM with 4 VSE systems. The Topsecret files are shared between VM and the VSE's. We manage users from VM but we also could do this from VSE. From VM it has the advantage that I can use EXEC' s to perform commands. Just like a batch job in VSE. So how you want to manage users is a matter of opinion. I like VM but the CICS online interface has it's advantages too. As for sharing, I like that because we only have to maintain one security file. But if that is a possibility in your shop also depends on the requirements from the security department. We could convince our security officer quite easily and our user setup would also require a shared environment but some other shops are much tighter in such security rules. Regards, Berry.
