Thanks all. I was able to get RACF back running. I did not have RACFSMF
set up to handle the switching. I am doing that now!!

One last note after I cleared the SMF data sets and re-ipled RACFVM (I
IPL 490 CL) it still asked for the USERID that was set up to handle the
switching (RACFSMF) and the disk that was used to link 'TO'. I had to
supply this information before RACFVM would come back up even though I
did not have RACFSMF setup(?)

Anyway thanks again!

Thank You,
 
Terry Martin
Lockheed Martin - Information Technology
z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning
Cell - 443 632-4191
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alan Altmark
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: RACF ERROR

On Wednesday, 10/29/2008 at 11:35 EDT, Kris Buelens 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RACF's 301 and 302 log minidisks are full.  Quick bypass:
> (from RACFVM)
> FORMAT 301 Z

<sirens>
<lights>
<loudspeaker>
ATTENTION!  ATTENTION!  ATTENTION!
INTRUDER ALERT -- INTRUDER ALERT -- INTRUDER ALERT
THE SYSTEM ACCESS LOG HAS BEEN DESTROYED
COMPANY POLICY REQUIRES THAT ALL ACCESS LOGS BE MAINTAINED FOR 180 DAYS
BOLO ROGUE SYSTEM PROGRAMMER / APPROACH WITH CAUTION
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
AUTHENTICATION CODE: 1A2A2BC000

Needless to say, the wanton destruction of system access records without

management approval is a Bad Idea.  That's the whole point of RACFSMF. 
Before you erase the files, archive them.

I suggest an encrypted tape drive, of course.  :-)

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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