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Security for windows mode

BMC AMI Opsproducts that operate in windows mode can display one or more windows of product data on your screen at a time.

The security interface for windows mode:

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  • Uses the standard SAF interface to communicate with your ESM
  • Requires that you define resources to your ESM and grant or deny access to them
  • Supports user-defined resource name, resource group, and security class definitions
  • Stores its security definition members in the BBSECURE parameter library, which is read during coordinating address space (CAS) and product address space (PAS) initialization
  • Fulfills the requirements for United States Department of Defense B1 security
  • Can be administered online by using BMC AMI Ops Security views and dialogs

A good starting point for administering windows-mode security online is the Plex Manager EZSEC menu.

To start a BMC AMI Ops TSO session and display the EZSEC menu, perform the following tasks:

  1. Display the BMC AMI Ops Selection Menu by executing the BMC AMI Ops CLIST in one of the following ways:

    • Select the appropriate ISPF menu or panel option.

    • On the COMMAND line, issue the following TSO command to execute the BMC AMI Ops CLIST:

      TSO EX'hilevel.UBBSAMP(BMCAMIOP)'

    • Start a VTAM or EXCP Alternate Access terminal session that executes the BMC AMI Ops CLIST.

    The BMC AMI Ops Selection Menu is displayed.

    ------------------------- BMC AMI Ops Selection Menu --------------------------
    OPTION  ===>                                              DATE   -- mm/dd/yy
                                                              TIME   -- hh:mm
         0  Parameters and Options                            USERID -- tsoid
         1  Administration                                    MODE   -- ISPF v.r
         E  Alerts and Alarms
         P  PLEX Management (PLEXMGR)
         U  Utilities, Tools, and Messages

      Solutions for:
         A  Automated Operations
         C  CICS
         D  DB2
         I  IMS
         J  JAVA Environments     
         N  Network Management
         O  Cost Optimization
         S  Storage Management
         T  Application Management and Performance Tuning
         W  MQ and WAS
         Z  z/OS and USS

         Enter X to Terminate

  2. Select Plex Manager by typing P in the OPTION field and pressing Enter.The EZPLEX menu is displayed.

    COMMAND  ===>                                                                                    
    CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                                              
     W1 =EZPLEX============SJSCSJ71=*========05MAR2025==06:40:37====PLEXMGR==D====1==================
                                    -------EZPLEX----------...                                       
      ----Target Activity----...                                  --Views and Screens----            
      .All Targets..............    -----------------------...    .All Views.............            
      .All Active Targets.......    |  Place cursor on    |...    .User Views............            
      .--Sum by Area............    |  choice and press   |...    .Screens...............            
      .--Sum by Product.........    |       ENTER         |...    .Diagnostic Views......            
      .--Sum by System/Prod.....    -----------------------...                                       
                                                                                                    
      -SSI Context Activity--...    ----Administration-----...    --Other Information--..            
      .All Active Contexts......    .CAS Definition...........    .CAS Status............            
      .--Sum by Context.........    .Context Defn List........    .CAS Information.......            
      .--Sum by Product.........    .Context Definition.......    .Message Log...........            
      .--Dynamic Contexts.......    .Target Defn List.........    .Job Output List.......            
                                    .Target Definition........    .Log Datasets..........            
      -Alarms and Thresholds....    .Logger Definitions.......    >Metric Information....            
      >Alarm Management.........    .HFSPATH entries..........    >Host Server Info......            
      .Dynamic Calendars........    .CASPERM Registry.........                                       
      .Dynamic Threshold Sets...    .Auto Screen Update(ASU)..    ---Exit InfoManager----            
      .Dynamic Threshold Selects    .Static PORT definitions..    .Quit/Disconnect.......            
                                    >Security.................    .Quit..................            
                                    >Discovered Environment...    .END...................            
                                    .New Product Configuration                                        

  3. On the EZPLEX menu, position your cursor on >Security and press Enter. The EZSEC menu is displayed.

    ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss ----------- BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ---------------
     COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
     CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
     >W1 =EZSEC=============SJSC=====*========18JUN2018==05:49:17====PLEXMGR==D====1
                                        Security Menu                               
                                                              ------Diagnostics-----
         Security Tasks                                       .Security Msg Control.
       . Review Class Definitions    +----------------------+                       
       . Review Security Parms       |   Place cursor on    |                       
       . Common Resources            |    menu item and     |                       
       > Product Resources           |     press ENTER      |                       
                                     +----------------------+                       
         Specification Task                                                         
       . Edit CASDEF                                                                

    The EZSEC menu contains hyperlinks to other security views, including:

    • SECDEFL—list of security class definition members (Review Class Definitions)
    • SEPDEFL—list of security parameter definition members (Review Security Parms)
    • SERDEFL—list of security resource definition members (Common Resources)
    Warning

    Important

    From anywhere within Plex Manager, you can type EZSEC on the COMMAND line and press Enter to display the EZSEC menu.

 

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