PRODUCT SHEET CA Roscoe Interactive Environment

CA Roscoe® Interactive Environment r6.0

CA Roscoe® Interactive Environment (CA Roscoe) is a high-performance, online program development system for the z/OS environment that enhances user productivity by providing a complete development environment with an integrated procedure system.

Overview CA Roscoe provides an online resource that combines remote job entry management, data set and source code editing and integrated procedures, enabling powerful online services for programmers and end users.

Business value Our unique architecture enables over 200+ concurrent users to perform their program development tasks within a single address space architecture, enabling sites to maximize the use of IT resources. This architecture enhances system performance and program development while providing all the essential development tools required to perform a variety of tasks.

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Features Mainframe 2.0

CA Roscoe has adopted a key Mainframe 2.0 feature that is designed to simplify your use of the product and enable your staff to install, configure and maintain it more effectively and quickly.

Electronic Software Delivery (ESD): The Mainframe 2.0 ESD enables you to install CA Roscoe using standard utilities------without requiring you to reconstitute a tape cartridge. This new procedure helps speed installation and facilitates a consistent install process across the mainframe products from CA Technologies, shortening the learning curve for mainframe staff.

What’s new in CA Roscoe r6.0

PDSE: Support for PDSE load libraries, RECFM=U, has been added to the CA Roscoe Data Set Facility.

Dynamic UCB support: CA Roscoe supports dynamic I/O configurations, DCD.

ETSO: Enables sites to execute purchased or user-developed applications under CA Roscoe.

BTSO: Enables sites to execute purchased or user-developed applications in an address space separate from CA Roscoe. A CA Roscoe user communicates with the BTSO address space via a 4k ETSO application.

RPF security: CA Roscoe enables sites to control access to RPF executions through external security. CA Roscoe r6.0 uses SAF-compliant calls to provide external security through CA Top Secret®, CA ACF2™ and IBM’s RACF.

JOB facility: An extension has been added to JOB processing to incorporate the ATTACH JOB, DISPLY, PURGE and CONSOLE commands into a user-friendly display. This facility utilizes menus and selection lists for the processing of jobs in the JES queue and provides information about executing jobs, initiators, devices and console commands.

Group sign-on: When signing on to one CA Roscoe from another CA Roscoe via XTPM, users can now pass an optional user group code.

JES SPOOL security: Access to the JES SPOOL, via the CA Roscoe Attach Job Facility, can be controlled through external security. CA Roscoe uses SAF-compliant calls to provide external security through CA Top Secret, CA ACF2 and IBM’s RACF.

LIBUTIL batch security: An exit can now be used to provide security for the CA Roscoe user library system. This exit is incorporated within LIBUTIL and can be used to provide site-specific security checks.

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CA PANVALET support: Support for CA Panvalet® libraries has been extended to the IMPORT and EXPORT facilities of CA Roscoe. Additionally, the status of locked members is returned with the directory output from the IMPORT command.

CA LIBRARIAN multi-volume support: An extension has been added to CA Roscoe that permits sites to access multi-volume CA Librarian® master files as VSAM, as well as BDAM.

CA LIBRARIAN PDS master file support: An extension has been added to CA Roscoe permitting sites to access multi-volume CA Librarian master files.

Prevent translation of non-printable characters: When editing data, users can determine whether non-displayable characters will be translated to blanks. This option can be set as a system default and overridden by the user.

Multiple library and UPS administrators: Clients can now assign users Library and/or UPS Administrator privileges through external or internal security definitions. Library Administrator privileges include the use of UPDATE, SAVE, DELETE, RENAME and ALTER commands for daily CA Roscoe library maintenance. UPS Administrators are allowed the use of the UPSMNTnn command.

TGET NOWAIT support: CA Roscoe architecture has been updated to allow TGET NOWAIT processing.

STATUS command information: Information provided by the STATUS CMD command can now be used in RPF programs.

Permanent variables increased: The maximum number of RPF-permanent variables has increased from 32 to 128.

Seamless edit of data sets: An RPF-driven system enables users to edit data sets directly in the AWS and save directly from the AWS.

Case insensitive searching: To enable users to specify mixed-case searches, a new operand has been added to commands containing string search capabilities through the SET command. This option can be set as a system default and overridden by the user.

User-defined PFkey split option: In addition to defining a PFkey for SPLITing screens, users can now designate how the screen is to be SPLIT. This option can be set as a system default and overridden by the user.

SMF support: A new variable, S.SMFID, allows sites to use the value of the site-defined SMFID for the domain for which CA Roscoe is executing.

LIBSERVE batch editing: A new LIBSERVE control statement provides a batch global edit facility.

TSO LISTA support: The CA Roscoe ETSO facility now supports the TSO LISTA command and all its variables.

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Other key features

CA Roscoe provides:

Single address space architecture: Enables simultaneous use by over 200+ concurrent users

Multiple temporary work areas and a permanent storage area: Facilitate seamless editing of data

User-defined PFkey split-screen option: Allows users to conduct two independent sessions simultaneously

CA Roscoe Programming Facility (RPF): A high-level, comprehensive procedural language to automate virtually any task

Job-processing facilities: To submit, display status of, browse, attach, display and purge job.

CA Roscoe Printing Services (RPS): To schedule, monitor and control printing

Data Set Facility (DSF): To browse data and perform data management tasks online using primary commands, panels or selection lists

Panel and selection lists: For the CA Roscoe library to facilitate member browsing and maintenance

ETSO: To execute site-written or purchased applications under CA Roscoe

BTSO: To execute site-written or purchased applications in an address space separate from CA Roscoe

System customization features: To tailor CA Roscoe to meet site-specific needs

An extension to ETSO: Allows users to easily switch between TSO facilities and native CA Roscoe facilities

TSO commands can be executed from the CA Roscoe command line or from within RPFs. CLISTS and REXX execs are supported using native TSO command as well as TSO programs, including ISPF dialogs.

Ability to allow users access: To ‘‘privileged’’ CA Roscoe commands

Extended editing capabilities

Installation and maintenance: Procedures managed by IBM’s System Modification Program

Integration: With the external security systems CA Top Secret, CA ACF2 and IBM’s RACF

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Delivery approach CA Services provides a portfolio of mainframe services delivered through CA Technologies internal staff and a network of established partners chosen to help you achieve a successful deployment and get the desired business results as quickly as possible. Our standard service offerings are designed to speed deployment and accelerate the learning curve for your staff. CA Technologies field-proven mainframe best practices and training help you lower risk, improve use/adoption and ultimately align the product configuration to your business requirements.

Benefits CA Roscoe is a powerful and cost-effective z/OS program development system. Its unique architecture combines a wide array of program development tools and an integrated procedure system to enable improved utilization of system resources. As such, CA Roscoe significantly boosts your programmer and end-user productivity while delivering enhanced system performance.

The CA Technologies advantage CA Technologies has 30 years of recognized expertise in robust, reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise-class IT management software. CA Roscoe is a key component of the Mainframe 2.0 initiative from CA Technologies to change the way the mainframe is managed forever by helping you maximize the value of our mainframe products and by providing a simplified experience and innovative solutions that deliver value quickly and flexibly.

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