VMBENC0989I Crypto Hardware assist available FOR algorithm

Products

• VM:Backup for z/VM
• VM:Backup High-Speed Disaster Recovery Option (HiDRO)
• Mainframe VM Product Manager
• VM:Manager Suite for Linux on Mainframe
• VM:Manager Suite for z/VM
• VM SUITE

Issue/Introduction

We noticed these VMBENC0989I messages on one of our systems:

VMBACKUP 00 VMBENC0989I Crypto Hardware assist available for AES (128-bit).
VMBACKUP 00 VMBENC0989I Crypto Hardware assist available for AES (192-bit).
VMBACKUP 00 VMBENC0989I Crypto Hardware assist available for AES (256-bit).

What does this message mean?

Resolution

This informational message is issued to indicate which encryption algorithms will be assisted by the hardware present on the machine where the VM:Backup server is running.

0989I CRYPTO HARDWARE ASSIST AVAILABLE FOR algorithm

Cryptographic processing hardware assists were detected during VM:Backup initialization processing.  This informational message is produced to
indicate which encryption algorithms will be assisted by the hardware present on the machine where the VM:Backup server is running.