Special Considerations

The following provides special considerations that administrators should keep in mind to ensure a thorough implementation of CA IDMS.

Because CA IDMS is a multi-user address space system, it requires a restart of the region when applying maintenance.
CA IDMS comes defined with two keys: KEY 8 for system use, and KEY 9 for user and system work areas. CA Top Secret requires both storage areas to be the same key. The FACILITY control option defaults to KEY=8.
Since resource checks are now conditional, based on the parameters coded in the SRTT, considerations should be made to place control of this table with the security administrator.
Access to CA IDMS must be granted by facility and the "signon resource". This is particularly important when adding new users.
CA IDMS considers undefined (unowned) resources to be protected. Thus, all resources must be defined and permitted in FAIL and IMPL modes.