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Should new RACF databases be created as VSAM or non-VSAM files?

  • 1.  Should new RACF databases be created as VSAM or non-VSAM files?

    Posted Fri April 21, 2023 10:16 AM

    Hello friends of z Security,

     

    we are in the process of switching from Top Security to RACF. And now we have the question if we should create the RACF databases as VSAM or rather as non-VSAM. Among other things, we use shared mode, which is supposed to work with VSAM since the latest patches.

     

    What is your opinion? What would you advise us to do? Have you already gained experience with it? What are the advantages, what are the disadvantages of a VSAM based RACF DB?

     

    Many greetings from Germany

    Stephan



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    Stephan Reichelt
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