CA Dynam for VSE User Guide

Chapter 12: Maintaining and Reporting
on the Audit Trail
The CA Dynam Audit Trail facility, AUDTUTIL, gives you a permanent record of
CA Dynam file management activity. Each time CA Dynam processes a file, or
whenever any batch or online update is made to the Catalog, an Audit record
is logged (added) to the Audit Trail disk file. An Audit Trail reporting program
is also supplied; it lets you produce both predefined and customized reports.
The Audit Trail facility records the following details about file OPEN/CLOSE
processing:
• Data set name
• File name
• Job and phase name
• Volume serial number
• File and volume sequence number
• Version number
• System date
• Time of processing
• Exceptional occurrences, such as operator responses of ACCEPT, RERUN,
or CANCEL
• All maintenance performed on the CA Dynam Catalog
This is a complete auditing facility, designed to increase security and efficiency
for your installation. For instance, you can generate reports to track various
conditions regarding file use and track unauthorized access to data files, or
locate and correct bottlenecks.
The Audit Trail facility also records internal Catalog recovery information.
Therefore, you can use this facility to recreate or recover the CA Dynam
Catalog if it is destroyed or corrupted; no information relating to file
management activity is lost.
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