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It is important to ensure that your TSO resources on the mainframe are secured. The following table contains the list of RACF classes and corresponding profiles available to protect TSO resources: RACF class name Profile name Resource protected TSOPROC procedure name Logon procedure ACCTNUM account number Account number for […]
It’s important to keep your z/OS system datasets protected. The table below, sets the advised security UACC settings to many of the system datasets. For system data sets that are listed in with a UACC greater than NONE, you might prefer to specify UACC(NONE) and create an access control list […]
The Application Identity Mapping (AIM) is a RACF feature that provides translation between the RACF userid and the names that other software calls users (e.g. in z/OS Unix System Services the users are called UIDs). AIM has 4 stages: Stage 0 = Pre-conversion database Stage 1 = Builds and maintains, […]
Contrary to popular belief, the mainframe is not an old and obsolete technology. Big companies and government agencies keep using the mainframe because it’s a reliable and powerful platform that has been following the technological evolution. As the video below demonstrates, IBM keeps investing heavily on the development of new […]
What is a mainframe? Who uses the mainframe? These are some of the most common questions I get on a weekly basis not only through this website, but also at my job. I came across this YouTube video that I think it’s well worth watching by those who are curious […]
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