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Status Future consideration
Workspace IMS System Services
Categories System Management
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 16, 2021

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Enhance DFSDASP0 to not suppress messages when it issues the RACF AUTH call (when ODBASE=Y)

It was determined that we will rely on APSB security checking to control access for applications using the DVM product to access IMS data.

This is working as expected. However, we are only getting the following in our system log:
DFS2855A APSB SECURITY CHECK FAILED FOR ODBA016C US
DFS2855A APSB SECURITY CHECK FAILED FOR ODBA016C US
SAF RC=08 RACROUTE=AUTH RC(0008,0000)*BAIMSA
DFS554A DVMOVZC1 00006 IEFPROC PHRG2 (7)
2021/236 14:17:38 IMSA

There is a SAF error listed, but our mainframe security group would like to see the normal ICH408I error produced as this is used by the application developers to determine what access to request.

During the review of code it was determined that DFSDASP0, which issues the RACF AUTH call (when ODBASE=Y), IBM has MSGSUPP=YES, so the ICH408I message is suppressed.

If you don't want to stop suppressing across the board, we would be open to having this parameter driven so the customer can choose.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Dec 16, 2021

    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS's lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    After reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, our decision is to add this item to our backlog. Items in our backlog are expected to be delivered within the next 18 months. We reserve the right to re-prioritize our backlog items as new requests come in. This helps ensure that we are constantly focused on providing the best value to all of our clients.


    Have a great day!

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