CAS9125E - Invalid data: Key tampering detected or transcription error

Products

• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR DB2 FOR Z/OS
• COMMON PRODUCT SERVICES COMPONENT
• Common Services
• Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services
• INFOCAI MAINTENANCE
• UNICENTER JCLCHECK COMMON COMPONENT
• CHORUS SOFTWARE MANAGER
• CA ON DEMAND PORTAL
• PAM CLIENT FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• MAINFRAME CONNECTOR FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET
• Datacom/AD

Issue/Introduction

Running CAS9 to install/load a new product sitekey can result in the following CAS9125E message...

CAS9125E - Invalid data: Key tampering detected or transcription error

A sitekey is a special license key that is not CPU specific. The format of a sitekey is as follows:

PROD(WF) DATE(30SEP16) CPU(*SITE*-/siteid) LMPCODE(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
where: "siteid" is the same SITEID value provided on the preceding site card statement, and "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is the CA license management generated code

Environment

OS: z/OS , VSE

Release:  ANY

Component: CAIRIM

Cause

• Missing SITECARD statement
• Incorrect syntax - See SITEID Type LMP Keys
• Missing maintenance

Resolution

When CAS9 is reading in a "sitekey", a corresponding "sitecard" must be present in the KEYS member ahead of all "sitekey" statements. The following example represents a "sitecard" followed by a "sitekey"

SITEID(siteid) SITECODE(ccccccccccccccccccccc) NAME(generated company name)
PROD(WF) DATE(30SEP16) CPU(*SITE*-/siteid) LMPCODE(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Note: The SITEID, SITECODE and NAME on the "sitecard" are generated by CA License Management code. These values must appear exactly as delivered by the CA License Management team.

If the NAME is too long to fit on the same line, define it on the following line by using the continuation character as shown here:

                                                            column 72 v

SITEID(12345678) SITECODE(AFM3XC43BPASTBG0FUUY8)                       -
NAME(THISISAVERYLONGCOMPANYNAME)

 

Additional Information

• If running CA Common Services 14.1 AND product license key contains expiration DATE beyond 2025, PTF RO97307 is required.
• If running CIS for VSE 1.4 AND product license key contains expiration DATE beyond 2025, PTF SO01104 (see KB Article #223386) 
• If running anything below the above mentioned release levels, there is no support available.
• The circumvention for all above scenarios is to contact Licensing-CA and request another set of LMP keys that have an expiration date that do not go beyond 2025.