RACF automation and recovery scenarios

This table provides scenarios for RACF® automation and recovery.

Table 1. Scenarios for RACF automation and recovery . RACF program provides improved security for an installation data. RACF protects your vital system resources and controls what users can do on the operating system.
Task	RACF automation and recovery scenarios
Startup	If it is installed, RACF is started as a part of IPL.
Shutdown	RACF is not shutdown.
Handling in-flight and indoubt transactions if there is a failure	Not applicable
How to determine if RACF is running	Use the RACF SETROPTS command to display the status of RACF.
What happens to WebSphere® for z/OS® if RACF goes down?	RACF goes into fail safe mode. This means that for every resource that is accessed, the operator is asked to verify if it is okay. In general, the system is IPLed if this occurs.
What happens to other subsystems if RACF goes down?	It depends on the subsystem and how RACF fails.
Where to find more information	z/OS Security Server RACF System Programmer's Guide z/OS Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide