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Allocating the Audit/Tracking Files

TSSTRACK accesses the product AUDIT files (DDNAME AUDIT and optional AUDIT2) to format information about your system in TSO or CICS. In order to access these files, CA Top Secret must have these files pre‑allocated.

The sample CLIST TSSTRACK in the next section can be invoked from READY or from TSO/ISPF. The CLIST allocates the AUDIT files, invokes the utility, and then frees the files. See the section “Invoking TSSTRACK under TSO or ISPF.” The TSO user ACID or the CICS ACID must have, at least, READ access for the Audit/Tracking File(s), and must always be allocated with a disposition of SHR.

Allocation for CICS can take place using standard FCT RDO or MDO. The Audit/Tracking Files under CICS can be dynamically allocated using the ADYN transaction, if installed. No FCT entries are required for the Audit/Tracking files if allocated with the ADYN transaction. However, the AUDIT (and AUDIT2) DD JCL statements must be added to the JCL for the CICS Region. TSSTRACK in CICS is invoked through the TSS command transaction.