Audit logging under FM/CICS and CICS® logging

FM/CICS uses standard CICS® APIs to process CICS® resources. Therefore, any established CICS® logging is performed when running FM/CICS. However, FM/CICS audit logging is completely independent of CICS® logging. Therefore, CICS® logging (including CICS® audit logging) can be used with FM/CICS. You could use CICS® audit logging as an alternative to using FM/CICS audit logging.

File Manager provides two different methods for controlling whether audit records are written for File Manager CICS® component. These are described in detail in Alternatives for controlling File Manager CICS auditing.

You should determine which of the two methods is appropriate for your site's requirements.

Use the checklist to determine the customization required for the File Manager CICS® audit facility.

Table 1. Checklist for audit customization, FM/CICS component. This table lists choices and decisions.
Checklist for audit customization, File Manager CICS® component. This table lists choices and decisions.
Audit customization choice	Decision (Yes\|No\|Not applicable)
1. Control auditing using the FMN3POPT options module
2. Control auditing using SAF rules and a member in SYS1.PARMLIB
3. Control auditing using SAF rules, without any changes to SYS1.PARMLIB
4. Audit records are to be written to a data set
5. Audit records are to be written to SMF

For choices 1 to 3, you should answer YES for one choice only. Mark the other two choices as 'Not applicable'.

If you answer YES for choice 1, you can answer YES for one of choices 4 and 5. Mark the other choice as 'Not applicable'.

If you answer YES for choices 2 or 3, you can answer YES for one or both of choices 4 and 5. If you answer YES for both choices you are implementing dual-logging, which is only available with SAF-controlled auditing.

Once you have completed the checklist, use the table below to identify the customization that is required for each customization choice. Only complete the customization if your decision was YES in the checklist.

Table 2. Customization steps for audit customization choices. This table lists choices and related actions.
A two column table showing choices and the associated action.
Customization choice	Sections to complete
1. Control auditing using the FMN3POPT options module	FMN3POPT-controlled auditing
2. Control auditing using SAF rules and a member in SYS1.PARMLIB	SAF-controlled auditing for File Manager CICS component Implementing SAF-rule controlled auditing
3. Control auditing using SAF rules, without any changes to SYS1.PARMLIB	SAF-controlled auditing for File Manager CICS component Implementing SAF-rule controlled auditing
4. Audit records are to be written to a data set	Audit data set configuration
5. Audit records are to be written to SMF	Customizing File Manager to write audit records to SMF