(ID 304518) Technical bulletin: July 2023 enhancements to version 22.4 of BMC AMI Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut are available

We are announcing enhancements to the listed product.

Overview of the enhancements

This section describes the enhancements.

Support for user job schedulers

This supports non-standard and user written job schedulers by allowing them to pass information using new JECL statements to enable support by Job Scheduler Intelligence. At minimum, the scheduler must supply either the time the job must start or must end, plus the expected elapsed time to execute the job.

For more information, see Phase-3-Review-BMC-ThruPut-Manager-interfaces and List-of-JAL-elements-T-Z.

Enhancements to all editions of ThruPut Manager

This section summarizes the enhancements to all editions of ThruPut Manager.

• The Health Checker now ensures that the control file is allocated with a single extent, which is necessary for good performance and greater data integrity in a disaster recovery scenario.
• The Control File and the Duplex are never written at the same time so that in a disaster recovery scenario, at least one of the two files is a valid and useable copy.
• The MVS system name is now included with all trace output to help you identify the trace source.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Phase-2-Configure-BMC-ThruPut-Manager
• File-maintenance-and-performance
• TMSS-initialization-statements
• Messages DTM7132I, DTM7133E, and DTM7134E

Superseded APARS

The following APARs have been superseded:

• TR81008
• TR81009
• TR81011
• TR81012
• TR81013

Obtaining the enhancements

PTF TMT8104 enables the enhancements.

We recommend that you obtain the enhancements by using the SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER command. For more information, see Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER .

However, you can also use the following method:

1. Navigate toElectronic Product Distribution - BMC Mainframe and select the Compuware-Products tab.

2. In Order Type, select Cumulative Maintenance, and search for BMC AMI Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut.
3. Click the BMC AMI Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut 22.4 row, review and select from the list of Required Dependent Products and Recommended products, and click Done to add the product.
4. Click Continue to proceed, select the relevant options across the ordering stages, and complete the ordering process.

To view a list of PTFs included in the cumulative maintenance, go toBMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD), locate the required product name and version, and click the PTF text file.

For more information, see the following video (6:28): 

 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jvw6CIkiHBk?rel=0

If you have questions, please create a Support case atSupport Central.