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Security File Serialization

When a system is attempting to acquire the security file lock, and detects that the lock is held, CA Top Secret retries to acquire the lock for several minutes. If the lock is still not obtained, CA Top Secret issues the TSS9123 message which prompts for a reply of WAIT or RESET. The correct reply to the TSS9123 message is WAIT. This indicates that CA Top Secret will wait for the holder to release the lock.

The only situations in which replying RESET would be appropriate are:

• Having multiple systems sharing the security file and all of them having the TSS9123 prompt outstanding. The correct action is to respond RESET to the first system, and WAIT on all remaining systems.
• If the system identified in the TSS9123 message took a hardware failure and is non-operational.

Replying RESET any other time directs one system to ignore whatever the other system is doing to the security file. This introduces the potential of damaging your security file.