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Current Monitor Access Mode

This field displays the current status of the Change Monitor.

Option

Description

U

Update mode. In update mode the CCDB areas are readied in update mode.

R

Retrieval mode. In retrieval mode the CCDB areas are readied in retrieval.

Note: This mode would only be used when an emergency offline process needs to be run against the CCDB while the dictionary is still available for update. No Change Logging is accomplished.

O

Offline. In offline mode the Change Monitor does not ready the CCDB areas. No CCDB or dictionary processing can take place in the CV.

Note: This mode would only be used in an emergency situation when the CCDB is required of an offline updating process. O must be specified before the CCDB can be varied offline with DCMT commands.

The following table summarizes the actions, which the CA Endevor/DB Change Monitor performs for various combinations of the Dictionary Status Block settings:

Access Mode

Security Processing

Change Logging

Action Description

O

- - -

- - -

Fail all requests

R

N

N

Allow all requests; log nothing

R

- - -

Y

This combination is not allowed by CA Endevor/DB

R

Y

N

Do security

U

N

N

Allow all requests; log nothing

U

N

Y

Allow all requests; log all updates

U

Y

N

Do security; log nothing