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Convert SDT Records to VSAM

CA Top Secret will maintain digital certificate, keyring, and KERBSEGM records in a VSAM data set. To improve performance and increase the amount of records that can be stored, convert the records to VSAM.

The VSAM file can be created in the VSAM r12 and later file structure.

Follow these steps:

1. Run TSSFAR to obtain the security file statistics. This data is used to help specify the number of ACIDs, volume, RES, PIE and SDT blocks to allocate in the new BDAM SECFILE.
2. Run TSSMAIND to determine the number of blocks that should be specified in TSSMAINS.
3. Run VSAMDEF3 to allocate the new VSAM/r15 file. Run STEP 2 only if the security file is shared.
4. Edit TSSMAINS:
   1. Change //VSAMFILE DD to specify the output VSAM data set.
   2. For the VSAM file, if the security is shared, change //VSAMAIX DD statements in STEP 2 to specify the output VSAM alternate index.
5. Run TSSMAINS. Run STEP 2 only if the security file is shared.

   The BDAM file is allocated and the VSAM header record is written.

6. Edit TSSXTEND. Change //SECNVSM DD to specify the output VSAM data set.
7. Run TSSXTEND.
   • TSSXTEND verifies that the timestamps in the new BDAM and new VSAM match or the job fails.
   • TSSXTEND moves selected records from the SDT to the VSAM file.

Note: TSSMAINT allocates the BDAM file and puts a header record into the VSAM file. The BDAM header and VSAM headers have identical time stamps.

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