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MAINT Record-System Maintenance Options

The MAINT VMO record defines logonids that bypass access validation. When CA ACF2 for VM recognizes these logonids, it bypasses rule validation and does not create SMF records. You must define logonids in the MAINT VMO record as noncancelable (NON‑CNCL). If a logonid does not have the NON‑CNCL privilege, CA ACF2 for VM does not examine the maintenance program list. The MAINT VMO record defines virtual machines that perform maintenance, such as disk backup machines.

Fields

LID(null|logonid1,logonid2,...,logonid3)

Indicates the logonids of authorized maintenance users.

If you need more than one MAINT record, add a qualifier to the record name to generate a unique record ID (for example, MAINTABC or MAINT.ABC). This optional qualifier, when combined with the record ID of MAINT, can be up to 16 characters, and must immediately follow the characters MAINT. If you use a period (.) as part of the qualifier string for the record name, CA ACF2 for VM counts it as one of the characters. For example, in the record ID of MAINTABC, because the record ID (MAINT) is only five characters, the qualifier (ABC) could be up to 11 characters. An example of how to use qualifiers follows.

Assume that you have two CPU‑assigned CA ACF2 for VM SYSIDs of VMCPUPRD and VMCPUTST, then:

• Create a MAINT.ALL record with a SYSID of VMCPU***, specifying the MAINT user IDs that both CPUs will use
• Create a MAINT.PRD record with a SYSID of VMCPUPRD, specifying the MAINT user IDs that only VMCPUPRD will use
• Create a MAINT.TST record with a SYSID of VMCPUTST, specifying the MAINT user IDs that only VMCPUTST will use.

On each CPU, issue an ACFSERVE RELOAD CONTROL VMO MAINT command:

• VMCPUPRD processes the MAINT.ALL and MAINT.PRD VMO records
• VMCPUTST processes the MAINT.ALL and MAINT.TST VMO records.

SHOW Subcommand

The SHOW MAINT subcommand displays the MAINT values currently in effect.