CA - Endevor Change Manager Administration

Audience

The Course is specifically for administrators needing to appreciate how to implement and maintain the CA Endevor environment.

Prerequisites

The student should have a working knowledge of JCL, and TSO/ISPF. Prior knowledge of using CA-AllFusion Endevor Change Manager is not required.

Duration

4 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

Delegates attending will understand how to implement and maintain the CA Endevor Software Change Manager tool and its environment up to the latest release level.  The course contains numerous practical exercises to consolidate the content.

Course Content

INTRODUCTION
The software life cycle
Evolution of Endevor
Plan the Software life cycle
Data set names
Endevor’s inventory structure
Source management
ADD/UPDATE
ADD/UPDATE/MOVE
Output management
Footprint
CCID
PDM
Packages
Practical Exercise

IMPLEMENTATION
Defining your Software Life Cycle
Endevor Logical Structure – Definition using Batch Execution and Clone functions
Environment
Stage
System
SubSystems
Types
Endevor Physical Structure
Naming Conventions
Sizing
Format
Endevor Libraries
Master Control File
CCID definition
Footprint Definition
Practical Exercise

PROCESSORS
Predefined Processors
Processor Generation
System Definition
Building a Processor
Processor Debugging
Correcting Processor Errors
Test Processor
Using Symbolics
Modular Processors
Build a Processor
Move and Delete Processor
Modify an Existing Processor
Practical Exercise

FOOTPRINTS
Introduction
Synchronizing Source and Executables
Displaying source Information
Where Footprints are stored
Creating Footprints Reports
Practical Exercise

FOREGROUND PROCESSING
Endevor options menu
Environment selection
Primary options menu
Display options menu
Endevor actions
Overview
Maintenance task
Retrieve Action
ADD/UPDATE Action
MOVE Action
GENERATE Action
DELETE Action
Perform actions using CCID
Summary
Practical Exercise

BATCH PROCESSING
Introduction
ADD/UPDATE
ADD(copybook)
View created SCL
SUBMIT batch request
MOVE action
Errors from endevor
Warnings from endevor
Summary
Practical Exercise

QUICK EDIT
Entering Quick-Edit
View/change User Defaults(D)
View/Change Action Options(AO)
Navigating Endevor
Creating a new program in Endevor (CR)
Browsing(B)
Browsing the Summary
Browse session Display
Accessing Changes between Change Levels
H History
Editing
The Master Display(M)
List Outputs Option(LL)
List Outputs Option(LO)
Component List Element Options(BX)
Moving an Element(O)
Deleting an Element(#)
Practical Exercise

PACKAGES
Introduction
Create a package
Adding to a package
Building a package
Casting a package
Submitting
Master Control File Information
Migration
Shipping
Practical Exercise

PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Introduction
Building the WIP file
Reporting
Editing
Merging
Practical Exercise

IMPACT ANALYSIS (ACM)
Introduction
Propagating
Build
Practical Exercise

SECURITY
Introduction
Signin/Signout
Practical Exercise

BACKUP & RECOVERY
Transfer, Archieve, Restore, Copy
Practical Exercise

EXITS

COMPLEX PROCESSING
Endevor with DB2 Applications
DB2 Methods
Additional Bind Possibilities