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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_SMF
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 17, 2019

Enable digitally signed SMF record validation for shutdown/IPL

We create daily SMF dump file with digitally signed SMF records. We then validate (SIGVALIDATE) these files with IFASMFDP.
When we shutdown/IPL the system we are not able to successfully validate the SMF dump file of that day.
We need to be able to validate each daily SMF dump file even when a shutdown/IPL happened.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Feb 13, 2024
    .This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.
  • Guest
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    Mar 24, 2020

    Hi,

    For us this functionality is as I see it a show stopper.

    If you can't validate SMF records due to a system shutdown, well then I won't even bother to implement this function, since I know that my auditors will not be pleased when I explain that the function stops working during restart of our systems.

    Br. Magnus Persson