Looks like CPACF on a z9 doesn't do anything related to public/private keys, just symmetric keys. So, likely there's no support for the PKDS on a z9 without crypto cards.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, July 16, 2020 1:45 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is for a very old z/OS 1.12 system running on a z9BC. CPACF is enabled > in the machine. There are no cryptographic coprocessors installed. I can > initialize the CKDS using the panel. But when I try to initialize the PKDS, > the panel displays "OPTION NOT ACTIVE". PF1 displays 'THE SELECTED PANEL > OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE WITH YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION" > > Is this normal? Can I not use the PKDS on a system with only CPACF? Or do I > need to enable some other option somewhere? > > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > ------------ > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
