Are there Sample Parameter File Members for Advanced CA Auditor Features?

Products

• Auditor for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Are there Sample Parameter File Members for Advanced CA Auditor Features?

Environment

Release: EXAMIN00200-12.1-Auditor
Component:

Resolution

Sites using one of the following advanced CA Auditor features, be sure to define, populate, and make available the central parameter file for CA Auditor usage.

• SNMP Trap Support
  The OPTIONS and TRAPAUTH members are used to customize SNMP trap processing.
• CA Audit Event Support
  Use the ETAOPTNS member to customize CA Audit event processing.
• Symbolic Date Variable Substitution
  The SYMBPARM member is used to specify symbolic date variable substitution values.
• APF Analysis of UNIX System Services (USS) Hierarchical File System (HFS)
  The EXDATA member is used to name the external data store needed for this function.

Sample OPTIONS, TRAPAUTH, ETAOPTNS, SYMBPARM, and EXDATA Central Parameter File Members:

* Member: OPTIONS
* SNMP Trap Support
*
* Change the sample parameters by removing the asterisk in column 
* one of the comment line and specify the appropriate value.
*
* Syntax: TRAPAUTH=[ALLOW|PREVENT|SAF]
*
* TRAPAUTH=ALLOW
*
* LOGUSE=[NONE|BATCH|TSO|ALL]
*
* LOGUSE=ALL
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* Member: TRAPAUTH 
* SNMP Trap Support
*
* The TNGNODES member specifies the Unicenter nodes where SNMP 
* traps from eTrust CA-Examine should be sent.
*
* Change the sample parameters by removing the asterisk in column 
* one of the comment line and specify the appropriate value.
*
* Specify the nodes as follows, one per line:
* NodeID IPAddress Description
*
* prodnode 172.16.252.252 Production Node
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* Member: ETAOPTNS
* Sample ETAOPTNS Member—eTrust Audit Event Support
*
* Change the sample parameters by removing the asterisk in column 
* one of the comment line and specify the appropriate value.
*
* Syntax: ETAUDIT= [ALLOW|PREVENT|SAF]
*          
* ETAUDIT=ALLOW
*
* Syntax: LOGUSE=[NONE|BATCH|TSO|ALL]
*
* LOGUSE=NONE  
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* Member: SYMBPARM 
* The SYMBPARM member supplies symbolic substitution variable names 
* and corresponding data values for date fields.
*
* Change the sample parameters by removing the asterisk in column 
* one of the comment line and specify the appropriate value.
*
* Specify one or more statements as appropriate to define each 
* symbolic variable name and its substitution value. The specific 
* syntax is:
*
* COL 1-8  COL 10
* symname  symvalue
*
* &symname &TODAY-1
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* Member: EXDATA
* The EXDATA member identifies the data set name of the external 
* data store used by the HFS File APF analysis function.
*
* Change the sample parameters by removing the asterisk in column 
* one of the comment line and specify the appropriate value.
*
* Syntax: EXDSNAM=datasetname
*
* EXDSNAM=MYEXT.EXAMINE.HFSAPFDS 
*
* Syntax: EXDSNVOL=volser
*
* EXDSNVOL=VOL123

A Zip file CParmFileSample.zip containing the above Sample OPTIONS, TRAPAUTH, ETAOPTNS, SYMBPARM, and EXDATA Central Parameter File Members is attached.