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OA52124: ISSUES SEEN WHEN REPORTING ON TSS SMF TYPE 80 RECORDS.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • ERROR DESCRIPTION:Ø
    WRITER class events are reported as class 'WRITE'.
    RESCODES interpreted incorrectly, leading to incorrect RESOURCE
    field with leading byte codes.
    

Local fix

  • n/a
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: Users of zSecure Audit for TSS exploiting    *
    *                 SMF reports.                                 *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: zSecure Audit for TSS has reports the   *
    *                      class name for events belonging to the  *
    *                      WRITER class as WRITE. Resource classes *
    *                      having 2 byte codes in the Resource     *
    *                      Descriptor Table (RDT) are not          *
    *                      correctly recognized.                   *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: Appy the PTF provided.                       *
    ****************************************************************
    zSecure Audit for TSS has the following issues related to the
    SMF reports:
     - class name of the events related to the WRITER class is
       reported as WRITE.
     - two bytes resource codes in the TSS Resource Descriptor Table
       (RDT) are not recognized, so that the resource name is
       not properly formatted and the class name is reported as
       a hexadecimal 00FF.
    

Problem conclusion

  • zSecure Audit for TSS has been moified so that the class name
    for events related to the WRITER class is reported properly and
    the two byte RDS resource codes are supported.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    OA52124

  • Reported component name

    ZSEC BASE,ADMIN

  • Reported component ID

    5655T0100

  • Reported release

    220

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2017-02-13

  • Closed date

    2017-06-19

  • Last modified date

    2017-08-01

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UA92219 UA92220

Modules/Macros

  •    CKTTSS   CKTTSST  GKTTSS   GKTTSST
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    ZSEC BASE,ADMIN

  • Fixed component ID

    5655T0100

Applicable component levels

  • R220 PSY UA92219

       UP17/07/13 P F707

  • R221 PSY UA92220

       UP17/07/13 P F707

Fix is available

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 August 2024