Copy a Certificate Authority from one CA Top Secret system to another CA Top Secret system.

Products

• CA Cleanup
• CA Datacom
• CA DATACOM - AD
• CA CIS
• CA Common Services for z/OS
• CA 90s Services
• CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS
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• CA Common Services
• CA Datacom/AD
• CA ecoMeter Server Component FOC
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• CA Infocai Maintenance
• CA IPC
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• CA Mainframe VM Product Manager
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• CA On Demand Portal
• CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service
• CA PAM Client for Linux for zSeries
• CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z
• CA Graphical Management Interface
• CA Web Administrator for Top Secret
• CA CA- Xpertware
• CA Top Secret
• CA Top Secret - LDAP
• CA Top Secret - VSE

Issue/Introduction

Description:

Steps to copy a Certificate Authority from one CA Top Secret system to another CA Top Secret system.

Solution:

1. Export a copy of the Certificate Authority to a dataset:
   TSS EXPORT(CERTAUTH) DIGICERT(digicertname) DCDSN(datasetname)
   FORMAT(PKCS12DER) PKCSPASS(password)
    
2. Verify the TSS EXPORT was successful.
   TSS CHKCERT DCDSN(dataset) PKCSPASS(password)
    
3. FTP the dataset in binary to the other CA Top Secret system.
    
4. Add the Certificate Authority to the security file:
   TSS ADD(CERTAUTH) DIGICERT(digicertname) LABLCERT(certificatelabelname)
   DCDSN(datasetname) PKCSPASS(password) TRUST
    
5. Add the certificate to the keyrings:
   TSS ADD(acid) KEYRING(keyringname) RINGDATA(CERTAUTH,digicertname)
   USAGE(CERTAUTH)

Environment

Release:
Component: AWAGNT

Resolution

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