CSVTAM_VIT_OPT

Description:

Checks to see whether the VTAM® Internal Trace (VIT) options PSS and SMS are active.

Reason for check:

IBM® suggests that the VIT PSS and SMS options always be activated, since they are almost always required when servicing a VTAM problem.

z/OS® releases the check applies to:

z/OS V1R9 and later.

User override of IBM values:

The following shows the default keywords for the check, which you can override on either a POLICY statement in the HZSPRMxx parmlib member or on a MODIFY command. This statement may be copied and modified to override the check defaults:

UPDATE
CHECK(IBMCS,CSVTAM_VIT_PSS_SMS)
DATE('date_of_the_change')
REASON('Your reason for making the update.')
ACTIVE 
SEVERITY(LOW) 
INTERVAL(ONETIME)

Debug support:

Verbose support:

Parameters accepted:

Reference:

For more information on defining VTAM Internal Trace parameters, see TRACE for MODULE, STATE (with OPTION) or VTAM internal trace in z/OS Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Reference.

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

ISTH006E

See z/OS Communications Server: SNA Messages.

SECLABEL recommended for multilevel security users:

SYSLOW - see z/OS Planning for Multilevel Security and the Common Criteria for information on using SECLABELs.