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File Not Selected for Encryption

Symptom:

There are many reasons why a file you intended to set up for encryption has not been selected. In most cases a message is issued by the OPEN routine. However, in some of these cases, no error message is issued. This is because CA Tape Encryption is designed to issue messages only for those tape files selected for encryption. In most installations, the majority of tape processing activity is excluded from encryption processing because of the overhead involved.

Solution:

To assist you in determining why a file you intended to encrypt was not selected, check the following:

1. Check to see if the DFSMS data class specified on your JCL DATACLAS parameter has been overridden by the ACS routines at your installation. Check the SYSMSGs to see the actual data class assigned.
2. Check the spelling of the data class name.
3. Check the data set name specified in the CA@BES data set selection profile.
4. Check the APPLDATA/$USERDATA encryption parameters associated with your CA@BES data set selection profiles.
5. If encryption key protection is active, check the user ID submitting the job to ensure it has permission to use the specified key.
6. Check the description field of the data class associated with your encryption processing to verify that the correct BES= or BESn= parameters are specified.