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Define CIA Real-Time Control Options (CA Top Secret)

The CA Top Secret control options provide the information required by the CIA real-time component to connect to the DSI server and to read and process the update requests from the CIA logstream.

When specified, the following fields in the CA Top Secret control options enable the recording of update requests to the CIA logstream.

Follow these steps:

  1. Modify the CA Top Secret control options to enable recording of update requests to the CIA logstream.
  2. Edit the CA Top Secret parameter file to make changes permanent.

Note: For more information about these control options, see the CA Top Secret Control Options Guide and the CA Top Secret Compliance Information Analysis Guide.

CIAAUTO(START|NOSTART)

Specifies whether CA Top Secret will automatically start the CIA real-time component started task during CA Top Secret initialization. .

CIAHOST(CIA DSI host name)

Specifies the 1-to-255 character host name for the CA DSI Server on the z/OS image that hosts the CIA repository.

CIALOGNAME(log stream name)

Specifies the name of the log stream used by the CIA real-time process.

CIAMAXSTOR(25|nnn)

Specifies the maximum amount of above the bar (64 bit) storage in the CA Top Secret address space that is used to temporarily hold the queue of update requests that are waiting to be written out ot the CIA logstream.

CIAPORT(nn)

Specifies the port number for the CA DSI Server on the z/OS image that hosts the CIA repository.

CIAPROCNAME(CIA started procedure name)

Specifies the procedure name for the CIA real-time component started task procedure.

CIART(ACTIVE|INACTIVE)

Specifies whether the CIA real-time feature is active or inactive. The default is INACTIVE.

CIASYSID(CIA sysid used in the CIA database)

Specifies the SYSID parameter value that was used for this security image when its information was loaded into the CIA repository.

This option allows multiple z/OS images to update a single security image in CIA. When a security product database is shared across multiple z/OS images, each of those images must use the CIASYSID control option to specify the SYSID of the single image that was unloaded.