RACF

RACF Utility IRRDBU00

IRRDBU00 is the IBM RACF database unload utility that can be used to create a sequential file from a RACF database. The sequential file produced can then be used to: View the RACF environment configuration Used as input for programs Manipulated with sort/merge utilities Be loaded into a database manager […]

RACF

The OWNER of a RACF Resource

It is important to understand what owning a RACF resource really means to avoid security misconfigurations and the introduction of security vulnerabilities in your mainframe environment. In this article, I will try to explain the concept of a RACF resource OWNER, and describe what the OWNER can actually do. Let’s […]

JCL

How to Invoke USS from z/OS Batch Jobs

In order to run Unix System Services (USS) shell commands, scripts and others, from a batch job, you can use the BPXBATCH program provided with z/OS. BPXBATCH can be invoked form a JCL (batch job) or from TSO: JCL: EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM=’SH program-name’ EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM=’PGM program-name’ TSO: BPXBATCH SH program-name BPXBATCH […]