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CA Tuesday Tip: (CA IDMS) When do you need to code startup parm STEPLIB=Y?

  • 1.  CA Tuesday Tip: (CA IDMS) When do you need to code startup parm STEPLIB=Y?

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 23, 2013 12:43 AM
    CA IDMS Tuesday Tip by Edward Gorga, Principal Support Engineer for July 23, 2013.


    The startup parameter STEPLIB=Y (or STEP=Y) forces IDMS to load modules RHDCCKUR and RHDCTCKR from the STEPLIB instead of the CDMSLIB.

    There are two situations where you need to specify STEPLIB=Y:

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    [*]z/OS is running with AllowUserKeyCSA(NO)
    [*]#SVCOPTS specifies AUTHREQ=YES
    [list]

    In these situations IDMS needs to run in an alternate protect key and these modules need to be loaded from an APF authorized STEPLIB.