If it becomes necessary to restore a RACF® database from tape, in most cases a resynchronization is necessary before the system can be available for normal processing again. If the changes are also recorded on SMF, the SMF data for the period between the time of the dump and the loss of the RACF data can be helpful. A program to process the RACF SMF records and create the commands necessary to update the RACF database would be useful in conjunction with manual checks.