Re: BFS for Dummies

George Henke/NYLIC Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:16:10 -0700

I got this problem last week and Googled just the error message, 
DTCPRD3038E, and this is what I found:




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TCP2PROD LOADBFS Error DTCPRD3038E (Level 530 +) 

With TCP/IP level 530, TCP/IP service procedures require that the VMSYS, 
VMSYSU and VMSYSR filepools be operational when TCP/IP service is placed 
into production. This is necessary to accommodate service update 
processing for LDAP server components that reside in the z/VM Byte File 
System (BFS). 
If the servers (VMSERVS, VMSERVU and VMSERVR, respectively) that manage 
the above-listed file pools are not operational when TCP2PROD is run to 
process such BFS-resident files, the error messages that follow will be 
reported: 
  ...
  DTCPRD3038E LOADBFS command completed with RC = 1
  DTCPRD3021E TCP2PROD processing completed with RC = 8
  ...

Note that if the z/VM LDAP server is not, or will not be, used for your 
installation, a local modification can be made to the 5VMTCP30 CATALOG 
file to bypass the appropriate file entry, so that processing of LDAP 
BFS-resident files is not performed. The relevant entry of the 5VMTCP30 
CATALOG file that requires modification resides within the :TCPBFS. 
section, and is shown here: 
   &BLD1Z           LDAPSRV  LOADBFS   =        =         LDAPSRV

When marked to be bypassed, the above entry would be as follows (note the 
leading hyphen (-) character): 
 - &BLD1Z           LDAPSRV  LOADBFS   =        =         LDAPSRV

Detailed information about modifying the 5VMTCP30 CATALOG file can be 
found in Appendices A and B of Program Directory for TCP/IP for z/VM - 
Level 530 (GI10-0748-00). 







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and when I asked IBM this is the response I got: 
  
"Sorry you ran into this problem, but fortunately the solution is quite 
easy. The service for TCP/IP hit parts that are stored in the byte file 
system.  In order for that code to be copied to production,  the servers 
need to be up and running.  Bring up the Shared File System (SFS) servers 
by logging on (or autologging) VMSERVS, VMSERVR and VMSERVU.  Then you can 
run PUT2PROD and get past this hurdle."           
much easier to do 

munson 




From:        George Henke/NYLIC <[email protected]> 
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Date:        10/28/2010 12:53 PM 
Subject:        Re: BFS for Dummies 
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Here is IBM's recommended workaround for the TCPIP problem in PUT2PROD 
that bypasses BFS. 

Comment out with a '-' in column 1 the BFS load (in tag :TCPBFS) in 
5VMTCP40.CATALOG on 5VMTCP40 491 and your TCPIP processing in PUT2PROD 
will finish normally. 

Evidently the BFS load is done for LDAP. 

If you do not want to bypass BFS, that is another question. 
 

Jim Bohnsack <[email protected]> 
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10/28/2010 12:24 PM 

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I'm still struggling in my attempt to set up or correct something that 
I've screwed up in BFS and/or RACF to allow BFS to be able to support 
SSL on z/VM 5.4.  I've been told by IBM I need to work thru the 
Controlling OpenExtensions and BFS Security chapter in the RACF Security 
Admin. Gde, ch 14 for the 5.4 doc or ch 12 for the 6.1 doc.  IBM 
referenced  the 6.1 doc even tho I told them I'm working with 5.4.

My immediate question is under the heading, "Setting up Support for 
OpenExtensions" , p 214 of the 6.1 level manual, where it says:

3. Identify your BFS service machine user IDs to RACF:
a. Create a profile called POSIXOPT.SETIDS in the VMPOSIX class.
b. Permit the BFS service machine user IDs.
c. If it is not active already, activate the VMPOSIX class.

This is where the Dummies question arises.  What are the BFS service 
machines as they relate to SSL use.  Are they the VMSERVS, U, and R 
userids?  Are they GSKADMIN and/or SSLSERV.  Is TCPIP involved since 
it's in the area of TCPIP where my PUT2PROD fails.

Jim

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