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Status Functionality already exists
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS DSS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 29, 2024

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Currently there's no check in the COPY command for ADRDSSU to see if the data sets are the RACF databases or not

Hi - 

Sometime ago, there was a problem when the data sets which contains the RACF primary and backup databases were moved using ADRDSSU. The data sets were protected as recommended by the books as well as they were assigned the PSU attribute. However, the operands used in the COPY allowed the program to bypass this condition and the person, who knew they shouldn't be moved that way, had the proper access to. The conclusion is that the data sets were moved from one disk to another, and it wasn't done using the "rvary dance" therefore the RACF was impacted when trying to read/open its databases. 

I would like to suggest evaluating the idea of not allowing the databases to be moved whether by enhancing the COPY operands within a way to check the databases are getting included or their conditions are somehow being bypassed or else from the data set or the RACF perspective. 

Thanks much,

Lucas Rebecca.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     May 16, 2024
    Thank you for submitting your idea. As the description identified, The user in this case had the authority and specified the correct combination of keywords to allow the data set to be moved (PSU). If the location was different on the target volume than the source volume, the user had to specify the FORCE keyword. Setting the FORCE keyword is telling DFSMSdss that the caller understands the implications.

    Currently, the user can use a combination of INCLUDE/EXCLUDE criteria to ensure no RACF data sets are processed - as long as the site's naming convention allows for it.

    As far as new support to identify such data sets would be unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan. To do so would likely require non-DFSMSdss support to identify these RACF data sets. If the existing support is not suficient and you feel that this requirement is still needed, please resubmit or create a new updated request.
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  • Guest
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    |     Mar 1, 2024

    That's a similar issue with datasets in the JES2 procedure concatenation, and NONSMS managed APF libraries that are volume specific. The problem is the dataset names are site specific so there'd need to be a way to identify them and add the extra protection with a common DFDSS keyword or RACF profile.

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