The IKE daemon is a z/OS® UNIX application, and it requires a z/OS UNIX file system such as z/OS File System. The IKE daemon can be started from an MVS™ started procedure, from the z/OS shell, with the AUTOLOG statement in the TCP/IP profile, or by using the COMMNDxx member of PARMLIB. The IKE daemon must be started by a RACF-authorized user ID, and it must be in an APF-authorized library. For more information about how to start the IKE daemon, see Starting the IKE daemon.
The IKE daemon uses the MVS operator's console, syslogd, CTRACE, and STDOUT for its logging and tracing. The MVS operator's console and STDOUT are used for major events such as initialization, termination, and error conditions. Syslogd is used for logging events related to dynamic IPSec tunnel management. CTRACE is used for detailed tracing and debugging.
The IKE daemon uses a standard message catalog. The message catalog must be in the z/OS UNIX file system. The directory location for the message catalog path is set by the environment variables NLSPATH and LANG.