Skip - Check the web pages I left behind. Instructions for setting the 
keys through the ICSF panels are in there.


On 10/19/2016 08:41 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
> We are installing a z13s and going through preliminary setup. When selecting 
> the Crypto tab in an Image profile, I was a bit alarmed by this message:
>
> Attention: You must install the 'IBM CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions'
> (CPACF) feature if a cryptographic candidate is selected from the list box.
> Otherwise, some functions of Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility (ICSF) 
> may fail.
>
> I spoke to the person who created and placed the order. He assured me that 
> CPACF had been ordered and that no one he talked to believed that it requires 
> explicit 'activation'. So I went to a z12 that has been in service for years. 
> I see the same warning message on the Crypto tab. So it appears to be 
> standard boilerplate that does not reflect the status of CPACF.
>
> We’re still exploring how to set the Master Key. We had thought that it was 
> an HCM task, but now we're led to believe that it's done through ICSF. Which 
> means that we have to IPL (each?) LPAR in order to set it. The guy who did 
> this for years is gone.
>
> .
> .
> J.O.Skip Robinson
> Southern California Edison Company
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Kirk Wolf
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: (External):Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded
>
> Right.  I've never seen this particular error caused by a missing CPACF 
> feature.
> More likely either ICSF is not started or the correct userids do not have 
> access to the necessary ICSF features via SAF/RACF.
>
> Kirk Wolf
> Dovetailed Technologies
> http://dovetail.com
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:13 AM, R.S. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> W dniu 2016-10-19 o 17:05, John Eells pisze:
>>
>>> R.S. wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Double click on CPC icon. Instance Information tab, bottom right
>>>> corner "CP Assist for Crypto functions:
>>>> Installed".
>>>>
>>> Note also that CPACF is a feature, so if it's not installed
>>> (enabled), you need to order the feature to get it installed.
>>> (Whether its enablement or lack thereof matters in this context, I
>>> have no clue.)
>>>
>>> Isn't it enabled by default for all customers except North Korea ?
>>> ;-)
>> --
>> Radoslaw Skorupka
>> Lodz, Poland
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