This section describes the system requirements of Adabas Auditing.
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This section lists the Adabas related requirements for successful operation of Adabas Auditing.
The Adabas Audit Server must run with a minimum Adabas version of 8.5 SP1 or, if the Adabas version is greater than 8.5 SP1, the same (or later) version of Adabas as the Adabas database(s) whose data is being audited.
Adabas databases whose data is to be audited must run with Adabas version 8.4 SP2 or later.
In all cases, the Adabas version must be updated with the
appropriate version specific zaps from the
ALAvrs.MVSZAPS data set and any
subsequent
ALAvrs.MVSZnnn
data sets, if they have been provided.
Adabas Auditing requires some ADARUN
parameter settings. For more information, refer to the
Installation for z/OS
section below.
A licensed copy of Adabas Online System (AOS) or the demo version of AOS are not required to support Adabas Auditing.
However, AOS offers some useful statistics and help with the planning and administrative functions of Adabas Auditing. If you choose to install it, be sure to follow the installation instructions in the AOS manual for licensed versions.
If you only use a demo copy of AOS, have in mind that:
Only limited information concerning Adabas Auditing is available to you with the demo copy.
The same versions and maintenance levels of the AOS demo code are required as for a licensed copy of AOS.
When you use Entire Net-Work Administration (or Entire Net-Work for Mainframes) and Entire Net-Work Client (or Entire Net-Work for Open Systems), the Adabas Audit Servers and Adabas databases you maintain must be UES-enabled.
As an alternative to running a separate Net-work session, the Adabas Audit Server can run with ADATCP. For more information, see the Entire Net-Work Administration documentation > Adding Targets. For further details on ADATCP, refer to the Entire Net-Work Administration documentation > Enabling Direct TCP/IP Access (ADATCP) to Your Adabas Nucleus.
If the appropriate Entire Net-Work mainframe and client products are not already installed on your systems, install Entire Net-Work Administration on the mainframe and Entire Net-Work Client on the client side. For complete information on these products, please refer to the section Entire Net-Work Client Administration and the Administration section of the respective platform's Entire Net-Work documentation.
Natural 8.2 SP7 or later is recommended when using the Adabas Auditing Configuration to set up Auditing definitions. Auditing is independent of your version of Natural and is compatible with supported Natural levels.
Should you decide to use the Adabas Auditing feature that allows you to generate format buffers and a field table using Predict, you must also install a supported version of Predict.
For LUW applications to be audited, the following are the minimum release levels required:
WCL 1.8.1.1
ACL 7.1
In order to execute correctly, Adabas Auditing requires
MLC136.LOAD or higher load library to
be installed regardless of the version of the Adabas nucleus. For more
information, see Installation for
z/OS.