Example of a VMO Record

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Example of a VMO Record

The following is an example of a VMO record:

ABC1 / PSWD LAST CHANGED BY ADMISO ON 07/01/92‑14:52
       MAXTRY(2) MINPSWD(5) PASSLMT(3) PSWDALT
       PSWDFRC WRNDAYS(3)

Each VMO record consists of three components, the SYSID (described later in this chapter), the record name, and record fields. In the above example:

ABC1: Represents the SYSID associated with the VMO record.
PSWD: Represents the record name. This record defines system options relating to password controls.
MAXTRY: The data appearing on the second and third lines illustrates the actual record fields and their contents. For example, the content of the MAXTRY field is two.

We explain each field fully in the section that describes the specific record ID. The VMO PSWD section in PSWD Record - Password Maintenance Support section describes the PSWD record fields.

VMO Record Names

CA selects record IDs for VMO records. You can define or modify these record IDs. These predefined record IDs are listed below, with their basic functions.

APPLDEF: Defines the format of structured infostorage application records.
BACKUP: Defines the authority necessary to do a backup, sets the time for automatic backups, and defines who is notified when CA ACF2 for VM takes a backup.
CLASMAP: The CLASMAP record translates eight-character resource classes into three‑byte CA ACF2 for VM resource type codes.
CMDLIM: Defines which CP commands are protected and the CA ACF2 for VM mode used during validation.
DBSYNC: Specifies the options that apply to the Database Synchronization Component.
DIAGLIM: Defines which diagnose instructions are protected and the CA ACF2 for VM mode used during validation.
EXITS: Specifies the exits the service machine loads.
LINUX: Defines Linux machines to CA ACF2 for VM.
MAINT: Specifies the logonids used for system maintenance functions.
OPTS: Defines the CA ACF2 for VM system control options available to the system.
PSWD: Defines the user password controls.
RESCLASS: Defines the CA ACF2 for VM resource record types that CA ACF2 for VM uses to validate access to resources.
RESTYPE: Defines the resource record types that have resident resource type lists (directories) CA ACF2 for VM built.
RESWORD: Specifies the words or word prefixes that cannot be used in passwords.
RULEOPTS: Specifies the options that apply to access rule and resource rule maintenance.
SAFDEF: Defines the SAF environment and instructs CA ACF2 for VM how to process a SAF call.
SSFTYPE: Provides a relation of predefined CA Standard Security Facility classes to CA ACF2 for VM resource record types (except RESOURCE).
TAPEVOLS: Defines the tape volumes that CA ACF2 for VM secures through volume‑level protection.
WARN: Specifies a warning message for the user when the system is in WARN mode and CA ACF2 for VM detects a violation.

Each VMO record has a unique set of fields. The fields associated with each VMO record are described following the description of the structure of each record.