DSKEYLBL parameter

Parameter Type

Keyword, optional

Purpose

Use the DSKEYLBL parameter to specify the label for the encryption key used by the system to encrypt the data set. A key label is the public name of a protected encryption key in the ICSF key repository. The access method uses this key to encrypt and decrypt data in this data set. No additional coding is required.

The DSKEYLBL parameter has an effect only when creating a basic, large, or extended format data set, or a PDSE. The status subparameter of the DISP parameter must specify or default to a value of NEW. If you are creating a different type of DASD data set, the allocation fails.