CATALOG_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK

Description:

Checks whether any catalogs in the environment are defined with inconsistent share options.

Reason for check:

Catalogs defined with SHAREOPTIONS(3,4) must reside on shared DASD and vice-versa.

Unshared Catalogs (share options (3 3)) that reside on shared DASD will become damaged if accessed by multiple systems. Conversely, a shared catalog (share options (3 4)) on non-shared DASD may see performance degradation due to unnecessary serialization activity.

z/OS® releases the check applies to:

z/OS DFSMS V2R2.

Type of check (local, remote, or REXX):

Local

User override of IBM values:

The following sample shows the defaults for customizable values for this check. Use this sample to make permanent check customizations in an HZSPRMxx parmlib member used at IBM Health Checker for z/OS startup. If you just want a one-time only update to the check defaults, omit the first line (ADDREPLACE POLICY) and use the UPDATE statement on a MODIFY hzsproc command. Note that using non-POLICY UPDATEs in HZSPRMxx can lead to unexpected results and is therefore not recommended. End of change

ADDREPLACE POLICY[(policyname)] [STATEMENT(name)]
UPDATE
CHECK(IBMCATALOG,CATALOG_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK)
SEVERITY(LOW)
INTERVAL(720:00)
REASON(‘Detect inconsistencies between catalog SHAREOPTIONS and DASD’) 
ACTIVE
DATE(‘20131110’)

Debug support:

Verbose support:

Parameters accepted:

Reference:

For more information, see z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs.

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

IGGHC116E

See z/OS MVS System Messages, Vol 9 (IGF-IWM).

SECLABEL recommended for multilevel security users:

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