IBM ZVM - FOR LINUX V6 RELEASE 1, Getting Started

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Chapter 4. Configuring the Directory Maintenance Facility
This topic describes how to configure the Directory Maintenance Facility
(DirMaint). For an overview of DirMaint and user management, see “Planning for
user management” on page 32.
If you need to repeat these tasks, be sure to shut DirMaint down.
Steps for enabling DirMaint
Before you begin: You need to have a license for the DirMaint product. For
ordering information, see the announcement letter for z/VM or contact your IBM
representative.
Perform these steps to enable DirMaint:
1.
Log onto MAINT.
2.
Check that MAINT has write access to minidisk 51D.
a. From the command line, type this command and press the Enter key:
query accessed
Mode Stat Files Vdev Label/Directory
A R/W 9 191 MNT191
B R/W 130 5E5 MNT5E5
C R/W 59 2CC MNT2CC
D R/W 185 51D MNT51D
S R/O 689 190 MNT190
Y/S R/O 1008 19E MNT19E
Ready;
b. If 51D is not accessed as R/W, type this command and press the Enter key:
link maint 51d 51d m
Ready;
Note:
If MAINT cannot access 51d in R/W mode, another user has the link
as R/W and must change its access to R/O.
Do not use
mw mode
for MAINT’s link.
3.
Access MAINT’s 51D. From the command line, type this command and press
the Enter key:
access 51d d
Ready;
4.
Enable DirMaint. From the command line, type this command and press the
Enter key:
service dirm enable
Result: The command:
v
Sets DirMaint as ENABLED within CP.
v
Updates the SYSTEM CONFIG file on the primary parm disk.
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