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Separation of Function

CA ACF2 for z/VM has three online databases that contain information about system users, what they can do, and other records that describe CA ACF2 for z/VM and site options. CA ACF2 for z/VM records all changes to the databases in z/OS‑compatible SMF records. These SMF records provide recovery of the CA ACF2 for z/VM databases in the event of a system disaster. You can also direct the ACF2VM service machine to take periodic backups of the databases, and initiate tasks to rebuild offline copies of the databases.