October 25, 2002

AccommoDATE Level 2R3 Release Announcement

General

Formula Consultants is pleased to announce that Level 2R3 of AccommoDATE is now available for distribution. As is standard with FCI policy, this release will be provided at no additional cost to all AccommoDATE users with current maintenance contracts, as well as to users who are still in their initial warranty period.

Product Overview

AccommoDATE can assist businesses facing extensive date testing by enabling them to set a simulated date for program testing without having to reboot and without affecting costly production runs. It enables users who have a single system, or those who must use time on a production system, to test their software with different dates even when that system was booted with the current date. In other words, AccommoDATE lets you test batch runs, demand runs, and TIP transactions using a date other than the current system date.


AccommoDATE:

  • Does not require booting the system with a simulated test date
  • Is activated by a keyin from a system console
  • Enables testing of a variety of programs over a range of dates
  • Allows different programs to be tested simultaneously, each using different dates
  • Requires no changes to existing runstreams or programs
  • Allows programs to be placed directly into production after testing, without code modifications.

Release Desription

AccommoDATE level 2R3 is a minor enhancement release.

Minor Enhancements

New Product Modification Element for HMP 7.1
The new Product Modification Element HMP71 has been introduced to support EXEC Level 46R7.

New Product Modification Element for HMP 8
The new Product Modification Element HMP8 has been introduced to support EXEC Level 47R1.

AccommoDATE Notes of Interest

AccommoDATE corrections described by Notes of Interest up to number 8 are included in level 2R3.

Restrictions and Limitations

UCS object module execution must be supported. This includes support for extended mode by the Exec as well as installation of the LINK and URTS products. Be aware that UNISYS does not support an upward compatible LINK between System Base Releases. For example, it would not be possible to generate AccommoDATE under SB5 and install it under SB4.

The following table shows the System Base/HMP Levels and their associated Exec Levels which are supported in AccommoDATE. The SB7 PME should be used to install AccommoDATE under Exec level 45R2 in HMP 3.0. The HMP3 PME is compatible with HMP 3.0 only if UNISYS CHG #00006-70354-PCR is installed on your system. This change is already integrated in HMP 3.1.


SB / HMP Level Exec Levels
SB4 43R8
SB5 44R4, 44R4A, 44R4B, 44R4C, 44R4D
SB6 45R1, 45R1A, 45R1B, 45R1C, 45R1D
SB7, HMP3.0 45R2
HMP3.1 45R2A
HMP4 46R1, 46R1A, 46R1B, 46R1C, 46R1D
HMP 5 46R2, 46R2A
HMP6 46R3
HMP61S 46R4, 46R4S
HMP61V 46R5, 46R5S
HMP7 46R6
HMP7.1 46R7
HMP8 47R1

We recommend creating or using an application group for AccommoDATE testing that is independent of your production application groups. This will prevent any problems in integrated recovery caused by mixing timestamps from various applications. An alternative to creating a unique application group is running your programs in test or training mode. This will prevent any use of production databases.

Compatibility and Migration

Release 2R3 is generated under HMP 6.1 and tested under 46R4, 46R4S, 46R5, 46R5S, 46R6, 46R7, and 47R1.

Previous Level Support

Prior levels of AccommoDATE currently supported include 2R2. AccommoDATE level 2R2 will be supported through July 1, 2003.

Documentation

Documents provided with release 2R3 include:

  • AccommoDATE Installation and Administrator Guide, FP-151-2R3
  • AccommoDATE Level 2R3 Release Announcement

FCI Website

You may obtain general information about Formula Consultants Inc. and its products at our website at www.formula.com. Once you register with the site and receive a userid and password, you can also download PCRs and Notes of Interest. Product documentation in PDF format is also available (Adobe Acrobat™ Reader required).

FCI Support Center

Effective with the release of AccommoDATE 2R2, the FCI Support Center (FCISC) is available for use. The FCISC is a 2200 host server software system that is accessible by using the standard UNISYS Remote Site Support (RSS) product. It allows you to send and receive data electronically to and from FCI. Refer to the AccommoDATE Installation and Administrator Guide for more information.

Corrections

File 13 on your release tape contains PCRs, if any, that have been generated against this release, as of the date your tape was created. Include any of these corrections applicable to your site with the first build from this tape. AccommoDATE elements are a combination of basic and UCS elements so the PCRs are organized by AccommoDATE processor type (basic mode or UCS). These elements can be @ADDed following an @COMUS to enter the corrections into your local COMUS database. You should examine the file to determine which elements should be added to your build.

The elements README, CHGNUM-ALL, and ACMDT-NOIS are informational only and should not be @ADDed to your COMUS database.

The possible elements in File 13 are:

README explanation and cutoff date/time
ADD/SGS changes for the ‘additional SGS’ build prompt
BASE/version changes to AccommoDATE elements
CHGNUM-ALL list of all change numbers
ACMDT-NOIS all relevant Notes of Interest

where:

version can be BASIC or UCS depending on the associated AccommoDATE element. The CHG numbers generated by COMUS must be entered at the ‘New Change number’ build prompt. These numbers can be entered individually, or @ADD the CHGNUM elements that apply to your build.

If you add UCS corrections, the UCOB and/or UC compilers must be installed. Another method of including UCS corrections is to copy updated object modules contained in this file. This is done by answering the build prompt, ‘Any replacement Object Modules to be included’, and specifying the filename into which the modules were copied.

File 13 of your release tape also contains Notes of Interest in the element called ACMDT-NOIS. Notes of Interest are field bulletins which we recommend reading prior to generating or installing AccommoDATE.

Contact Information

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