Reference information

This section provides IBM® Guardium® S-TAP® for Data Sets reference information.

Simulation mode
Simulation mode enables you to simulate agent processing. IBM Guardium S-TAP for Data Sets uses various z/OS MVS system services to gather audit data and move it to the agent address space. The agent address space evaluates this data according to the specified policy, and transmits the audit record to the Guardium appliance by using TCP/IP. To assess the impact on MVS processing, use the STAP_STREAM_EVENTS parameter to simulate data collection.
VSAM and non-VSAM data set types and events
IBM Guardium S-TAP for Data Sets agent performs data set and record level monitoring for VSAM and non-VSAM data sets. The data set types, as well as the type of events that IBM Guardium S-TAP for Data Sets collects, are described here.
SMF record types and contexts
SMF records are correlated to IBM Guardium S-TAP for Data Sets contexts, as shown in the following table.
Time-to-reporting considerations
Learn about the benefits, considerations, and exceptions that apply to the time-to-reporting feature.

Parent topic: IBM Security Guardium S-TAP for Data Sets on z/OS