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VSAM Allocation Protection Access Rules

CA ACF2 for VM validation is available for VSAM catalog management allocation and deallocation requests programs or the CMS AMSERV command issue.

CA ACF2 for VM VSAM AMSERV protection validates the VOL parameter of an access rule only when the VOL parameter is provided. Not all VSAM catalog requests provide the VOLSER. If an access rule contains a VOL parameter and the AMSERV request does not provide the VOLSER information, that rule does not match the request, access is denied, and a violation message is issued. We recommend that you do not use the VOL parameter in VSAM allocation rules.