IBM zSecure CARLa Auditing and Reporting Language

Learn the basics of the IBM Security zSecure programming language CARLa. This course teaches you to use the CARLa programming language to create reports for RACF, SMF, UNIX Systems Services (USS), CICS, DB2, and RACF command generation. You spent approximately 40 percent of the course on hands-on lab exercises, where you produce CARLa code that you can use for effective management and reporting on RACF, SMF, USS, and other subsystems. You learn to use CARLa to create custom reports, commands, emails, XML output, or modify existing zSecure RACF functions to fit with your installation's requirements. In addition, you learn how to automate these functions by using them in scheduled batch jobs.

This advanced-level course is for security administrators, systems programmers, compliance officers, and auditors who want to create their own reports or generate automated RACF or USS commands with the IBM Security zSecure Auditing and Reporting Language (CARLa).

Before taking this course, make sure that you have the following skills:

• Basic knowledge of, and experience with, RACF
• Familiarity with the IBM Security zSecure Admin or Audit ISPF panel interface

• Use the CARLa interface to process the allocated supported input sources and introduction of the main CARLa statements
• Use various SELECT options for input filtering and to specify output formatting using the SORTLIST statement and output modifiers
• Apply CARLa frequently used functions such as subselect, lookup, substring, parsing, and using the DISPLAY statement
• Define report titles, redirect output, add statistics with the SUMMARY statement, and use CARLa to generate RACF commands
• Process multiple input sources simultaneously, generate CARLa code with 2-pass CARLa, and use the CARLa compare options
• Use CARLa in batch jobs to automate the generation of reports, CARLa code, RACF commands, emails, WTO messages, and XML-formatted output
• Generate reports about the various logged SMF records
• Learn about and use other supported CARLa NEWLIST types

• Unit 1: Introduction and the CARLa interface
• Unit 2: CARLa SELECT, SORTLIST, and DEFINE statements
• Unit 3: Frequently used CARLa functions
• Unit 4: NEWLIST and SUMMARY options
• Unit 5: Advanced CARLa functions
• Unit 6: Use CARLa in batch jobs
• Unit 7: Produce SMF reports with CARLa
• Unit 8: Other supported CARLa NEWLIST types and functions