-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VARY too many devices offline
On Oct 23, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Zaromil Tisler wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:54:31 +0100, Kenny Fogarty wrote: > >> I agree, but, if the wrong date, or IPL parm, or whatever is entered, >> then the chances are you're going to have to re-IPL to rectify the >> situation. As you said above, if RACF doesn't start, you can go back >> to see why, and take steps to fix the issue. I wish the person this had happened to would pipe up, but to set the record more precisely because of a bad date RACF (This is hear say) did something to the (RACF) database that essentially rendered the system not operatrional. Just by IPLing (again) with the correct date was too late as the RACF database unusable. I do not know if they had backups or any specifics. I heard they were down for a day or so. Luckily this was a weekend. <SNIP> During Y2K testing, a future date was picked. Since all RACF IDs were beyond the revoke dates... So IPL with the correct date left them with having to do an OPERATOR override and allow a SPECIAL/AUDITOR ID (similar to IBMUSER, or it was IBMUSER) to logon even though it was revoked. Then it is a long laborious process to re-activate every revoked account. It was my understanding that this happened during a required Y2K test at a Nuclear plant. I'm told it got real interesting when all the access badges went dead as they hadn't been used for over 2 years as far as the security system was concerned. Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed are my own. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
