Top Secret IFA707I SMF CANNOT CONNECT TO LOGSTREAM

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• Top Secret

Issue/Introduction

Recently implemented a SMF INMEM resource dynamically by using SET SMF=.

After  IPL  received IFA707I SMF CANNOT CONNECT TO LOGSTREAM IFASMF.PSY1.INMEM 
REASON=SAF RESOURCE WAS NOT DEFINED. This resulted in lost SMF data as IFA707I causes the SMF LOGSTREAM settings to be rejected.   

Review  of the syslog appears to show the SMF address space initializing and generating the IFA707I  prior to Top Secret address space initialization.

Subsequently doing a SET SMF= defines the SMF logstream environment correctly with no IFA707I, and the INMEM resource is available  

Environment

Release : 16.0

Component : Top Secret for z/OS

Resolution

Broadcom and IBM suggests to use INMEM in different SMF PARMLIB, and activate this SMFPARMxx once Top Secret is initialized.

Can use an automated operator to look for Top Secret initialization and then activate the different SMF. Top Secret requires SMF to be up before any requests are processed so that proper auditing can be done.