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CA Tape Encryption Data Sources

When you open an object displayed in the object tree, the Windows Client displays data from all the active subsystems on the Logical Partition (LPAR) where CA Tape Encryption is installed.

Note that the CA Tape Encryption objects are read-only. They are defined and maintained using:

• The ISPF editor to define parmlib members. Data entered in parmlib is maintained in the CA Tape Encryption database.
• ISPF ISMF panels to update DFSMS data classes and other DFSMS resources.

The CA Tape Encryption data displayed in the Windows Client comes primarily from three sources:

• The CA Tape Encryption BES database (Symmetric Keys, Key Rings, Statistics, Display Status, B2BCodeBooks and Tape Encryption Details objects)
• The DFSMS control data set (CDS) active on the z/OS system where CA Tape Encryption is running (the Dataclass object)
• z/OS control blocks on the system where CA Tape Encryption is running (Subsystem Address Spaces, Display Status, Display Activity objects.) This includes information on ICSF and the tape management system routines found on the system.