Question:
What are CA-ACF2 SAFPROT, SAFSAFE, and/or SAFMAPS records in the ACF2 Infostorage database?
Description:
When listing all SAF records, there may be some obsolete records, named SAFPROT, SAFSAF, and/or SAFMAPS.
The GSO SAFPROT , SAFSAFE, and SAFMAPS records were part of CA-ACF2 5.n service levels. The SAFPROT and SAFSAFE records were replaced with GSO SAFDEF records and the SAFMAPS record was replaced with CLASMAP records at CA-ACF2 release 6.0. These records are ignored as there is no support in CA-ACF2 for these records (since release 6.0). These records can safely and easily be deleted.
Resolution:
SAFPROT, SAFSAFE, and/or SAFMAPS records can be deleted via the following commands:
- You can delete a specific SAFPROT (SAFSAFE or the SAFMAPS) record via the following commands:
ACF
SET CONTROL(GSO)
DELETE SAFPROT.xxx
DELETE SAFSAFE.yyy
DELETE SAFMAPS
Note: xxx and yyy are the specific qualifiers associated with the records. There can only be one SAFMAPS record.
- You can also delete all SAFPROT or SAFSAFE records via the following commands:
ACF
SET CONTROL(GSO)
DELETE LIKE(SAFPRO-)
DELETE LIKE(SAFSAF-)
Caution: do NOT mask to SAF- as this could remove valid SAFDEF records.