'L163D SECURITY VIOLATION FOR library.sublib' During IPL After Specifying SEC=YES

Products

• Top Secret - VSE

Issue/Introduction

After specifying SEC=YES for the VSE 'SYSTEM' statement, the following message is received prior to Top Secret initialization:

'L163D SECURITY VIOLATION FOR library.sublib'

Environment

Release:
Component: TSSVSE

Resolution

VSE SYSTEM parameter SEC=YES activates VSE Library Security.

A library accessed prior to CA Top Secret initialization needs to be in the VSE DTSECTAB table with SEC=YES otherwise a:

'L163D SECURITY VIOLATION FOR library.sublib'

will be received for the library.

Please refer to IBM VSE Bookshelf for more details about the DTSECTAB macro.