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CA Tape Encryption Health Checker

Monitor the CA Tape Encryption Health Checker messages to:

Business Value:

The Health Checker helps you configure CA Tape Encryption for optimum performance.

Additional Considerations:

The following checks are provided for CA Tape Encryption:

TE_BEST_PRACTICE_ALOGRITHMS@BESn

Monitors your use of control parameters that cause encryption to be performed outside of the CPACF processor.

TE_CHECK_BES_KEYS_AVAIL@BESn

Monitors the number of unique BES key index values in use by this BES.

TE_VRFY_DB_PLACEMENT@BESn

Ensures the BES primary and mirror databases are not on the same volume.

TE_VRFY_DB_SPACE@BESn

Monitors the amount of space available for encryption key storage in the database used by this BES.

TE_VRFY_ICSF_CHECKAUTH@BESn

Ensures your ICSF system is operating with CHECKAUTH(NO) specified.

TE_VRFY_KEYS_DB@BESn

Ensures your KeysDatabase StartUp attribute correctly identifies the keys database.

TE_VRFY_LPA_MODULES@BESn

Ensures the LPA modules in use by this BES are not back-leveled by another BES.

TE_VRFY_ZIIP_ATTRS@BESn

Ensures the zIIPExploitation and the PercentRunOnzIIP attributes are consistent.

TE_VRFY_ZIIP_ENVIRON@BESn

Ensures zIIP resources are being used when they are available in the system.