Re: ALLOWUSERKEYCSA
Ron, Take a look at APAR OA53355. IBM recently updated it to reference a previously un-documented parameter called ALLOWUSERKEYCADS. CAUTION!!! TRY THIS ON A SANDBOX LPAR FIRST!!! >>> If you code ALLOWUSERKEYCADS(NO) in your DIAGxx member any offenders will generate an S01D-15 abend. In our experience, a couple of products kind-of recover and keep running while another one just fails. Everyone's mileage may vary. The takeaway from this is that some third party products are not yet fully remediated. We have not seen this issue with any IBM products but that may just be a case of our particular product mix. Thanks, Roland Fernandez Pacific Life -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Funny characters in CPAC.PARMLIB(HZSPRM00)
Skip, My emulator was set to 1047-Latin and it displayed the same squirrely characters. Updating to 037-US now displays them as proper brackets. Thanks, Roland Fernandez Pacific Life -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Vulnerability mitigation with OSPROTECT
Good Friday Everyone! Has anyone implemented OSPROTECT=SYSTEM or OSPROTECT=1 in IEASYSxx yet? I'm primarily concerned about the overhead and how (or even if) it can be derived from the usual metrics. This is the z/OS portion of the Meltdown mitigation implemented via APAR OA55233. It only works if you have the appropriate MCLs applied. The Init and Tuning Reference was recently update to include this parameter. The guidance for OSPROTECT=1 cites a "...minor impact to system performance and/or workload execution." I presume "minor" could be subjective depending on your workload characteristics. Thanks for your input! Roland Fernandez Pacific Life -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
