Consider making these preparations for diagnosis before you use RACF®:
- Install and operate RACF so
that you get adequate problem data (such as messages and dumps) when
problems occur.
- Provide timely and complete backups of the RACF database.
- Obtain access to a RACF user
with the SPECIAL attribute.
- Reserve a RACF user ID
with the SPECIAL attribute for use only after logon problems are
resolved. For example, if all users logging on are, through an
error, revoked when logging on, then even the system security administrator
could be revoked when logging on. After the problem is corrected,
the system security administrator could then log on with the user
ID that is still active and activate the other user IDs.
- Obtain messages that have been sent to the system console or the
security console.
- Prevent common problems by using RACF macros
and utilities. See the recommendations in Utilities.
- Correct any problems that were caused while using RACF profiles and options. See z/OS Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide.
z/OS Security Server RACF Diagnosis Guide
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