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Status Planned for future release
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 15, 2018
Merged idea
This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit ZOS-I-993 Separate Storage Management Privileges for STGADMIN.IGG.DEFDELUALIAS.

Provide separate STGADMIN Facility Class for DELETE and DEFINE of ALIAS Merged

Provide separate STGADMIN Facility Class for DELETE and DEFINE of ALIAS related to a User Catalog.

Current protection- One Facility Class for DELETE and DEFINE - STGADMIN.IGG.DEFDEL.UALIAS

Enhanced protection – Two Facility Classes; one for DELETE and one for DEFINE. Example:
STGADMIN.IGG.DELETE.UALIAS
STGADMIN.IGG.DEFINE.UALIAS

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Feb 9, 2024
    This idea is a duplicate of idea ZOS-I-993, merging ideas together.
  • Guest
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    Feb 16, 2018

    I assume you are referring to aliases in the master catalog that point to a user catalog. What about data set aliases (i.e. DEFINE ALIAS(NAME(APP1.PROD.LOADLIB) RELATE(APP1.PROD.V4R2.LOADLIB)) )? I would think you would want your system programmers and/or your application support teams to be able to continue deleting and defining data set aliases when they install a new release of a product or an application.