Stopping the Auditing of a Specific z/VM Event in a System z/VM Event Profile

To stop auditing a specific z/VM event within a system z/VM event profile, do the following:

  1. Identify the profile that was last used to set auditing on the system. You can compare the output from the SETEVENT LIST command (which shows the actual settings on the system) with the output from the RLIST command (which shows the settings that would be made from a VMXEVENT profile).
    For example, on z/VM, suppose SETEVENT LIST indicates that the SPOOL and TAG commands are to be audited. If the output of the command RLIST VMXEVENT EVENTS (Figure 1) is the following, then the z/VM event profile EVENTS was most likely the last used to set auditing on the system.
    Figure 1. Output from RLIST VMXEVENT EVENTS Command
    CLASS      NAME
    -----      ----
    VMXEVENT    EVENTS
    
    MEMBER CLASS NAME
    ------ ----- ----
    VXMBR
    
    OPTION  z/VM EVENT AUDIT AND/OR CONTROL MEMBERS
    ------  -------------------------------------
    IN      DIAL
    IN      MESSAGE.G
    AUDIT   SPOOL
    AUDIT   TAG
    
    LEVEL  OWNER      UNIVERSAL ACCESS  YOUR ACCESS  WARNING
    -----  --------   ----------------  -----------  -------
     00    IBMUSER         NONE              ALTER    NO
    
    INSTALLATION DATA
    -----------------
    NONE
    
    APPLICATION DATA
    ----------------
    NONE
    
    AUDITING
    --------
    FAILURES(READ)
    
    GLOBALAUDIT
    -----------
    NONE
    
    NOTIFY
    ------
    NO USER TO BE NOTIFIED
  2. Update the VMXEVENT profile using the RALTER command with the DELMEM operand.
    For example, the following command changes profile EVENTS so that TAG is not audited when profile EVENTS is in effect.
    RALTER VMXEVENT EVENTS DELMEM(TAG/AUDIT)
  3. Use the SETEVENT REFRESH command to refresh the system with that profile.
    SETEVENT REFRESH EVENTS
    Note: Only users with the AUDITOR attribute can add or delete events that have been designated with the AUDIT option in the profile. In addition, only users with the AUDITOR attribute can issue the SETEVENT command to refresh the events they have chosen to audit.