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This is a recent article I have written for SHARE for the Security Corner. This article and others can be accessed for free at SHARE’s website. For the typical mainframer, any system that does not have the letter z at the beginning of its name is not really a system […]
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 […]
Ever wondered how you can transfer data between z/OS and Unix System Services? Well, one of the ways you can do this is via batch job. //COPYFILE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //IN DD PATH=’/tmp/file.txt’ //OUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USERA.USSFILE.EXAMPLE(FILEUSS) //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * OCOPY INDD(IN) OUTDD(OUT) TEXT /* In this batch job, […]
The following table contains the list of some useful operator commands to manage a Parallel Sysplex environment: Command Description ATS STAR commands D U,,AS Display auto switchable tape devices. V xxxx,AS,ON Turn on the auto switchable attribute for a specific device. V xxxx,AS,OFF Turn off the auto switchable attribute for […]
In z/OS Unix System Services (USS), Access Control Lists (ACLs) are used in conjunction with the normal permission bits, allowing access control for files and directories by individual UIDs and GIDs. These are known as extended Access Control Lists and require RACF class FSSEC to be active. Although controlled by […]
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