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Step 2: Ensure the IKE daemon's user ID has enough system resources

The user ID under which the IKE daemon runs requires sufficient system resources when all the z/OS® system's IKE peers attempt to negotiate or renegotiate IPSec tunnels with z/OS at the same time. Start of changeIf thousands of IKE peers attempt to negotiate or renegotiateEnd of change, you might need to adjust certain system parameters upwards to ensure that IKED does not run out of critical resources. Ensure that IKED does not run out of the following critical resources:
  • Virtual storage
  • System message queue space
  • UDP queue capacity
Follow the instructions in this section to ensure that the IKE daemon's user ID has sufficient resources.
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