Audience
This intermediate course is intended for:
- z/OS system programmers
- RACF administrators
Prerequisites
You should have basic skills in z/OS, storage management and RACF.
Duration
4 days.
Course Objectives
This course will teach you to implement and customize RACF on z/OS.
We will start creating and maintaining the RACF databases. The functions, a resource manager can use, to work with RACF as external security manager are discussed. A short overview about the RACF profiles and the administration of them is given.
RACF customization, like the class descriptor table and started procedure table, are discussed. This also includes performance and tuning of RACF.
Program control and the interaction between the storage management components and RACF is presented.
An overview about multilevel security is given.
- Create and maintain the RACF database
- Customize RACF
- Maintain RACF implementation
- Protect system resources
Course Content
Unit 1 - Overview z/OS security
Unit 2 - RACF database
Unit 3 - Profiles and functions
Unit 4 - Customizing
Unit 5 - Program control
Unit 6 - RACF and DFSMS
Unit 7 - RACF macros and exits
Unit 8 - Recovery procedures
Unit 9 - Performance and tuning
Unit 10 - Multilevel security