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BMC Mainframe: RACF for z/OS Systems Programmers

The course is developed and delivered by © RSM Technology.

This advanced three-day course, designed, written, and presented by specialist RACF consultants, specifically focuses on RACF from a Systems Programmer's perspective.

The course provides a uniquely detailed insight into the technical architecture of RACF and RACF's relationship to z/OS. It describes and explains how RACF is implemented, and how it can be customized using standard RACF facilities.

Extensive hands-on practicals accompany the theory sessions, with each student having their own RACF system to customize.

Major release:

BMC Mainframe Infrastructure Platform Training

Good for:

Administrators

Course Delivery:

Instructor-Led Training (ILT) | 24 hours

Course Modules

  • What is RACF?
    • Why do we need security?
    • What does security provide?
    • How does RACF work?
    • RACF Profiles
    • RACF classes
    • How many RACF classes?
    • Controlling access
    • RACF commands
  • z/OS Technical Overview
    • z/OS controls & drivers
    • The IPL process
    • PARMLIB & IPLPARM
    • Display IPLINFO
    • LOADxx & IODF
    • System parameter list IEASYSxx
    • What is APF?
    • Defining an APF authorized library
    • Program Properties Table
    • Linklist
    • Dynamic changes
    • SMFPRMxx
    • System exits
    • In-storage profiles
    • RACLIST & GENLIST
    • Group tree in storage
    • ACEE data in memory
  • The RACF Database
    • The RACF database
    • Database format
    • Database templates
    • RACF templates
    • Issues
    • Dynamic template objectives
    • New template support
    • RACF initialisation
    • IRRMIN00
    • Multiple database support
    • RACF database sharing
    • The RVARY command
    • RVARY passwords
    • RACF FAILSOFT processing
    • Database backup & recovery
  • RACF in a Sysplex
    • RACF and sysplex
    • Basic sysplex
    • Parallel sysplex
    • RACF communication
    • RACF data sharing
    • RACF data sharing problems
    • The four sysplex modes
    • The RACF database name table
    • Coupling Facility structures
    • Defining Coupling Facility structures
    • In-storage profiles reminder
    • RACLISTed profiles via RACROUTE
    • In-storage profiles and sysplex
    • Introducing RACGLIST
    • RACGLIST and REFRESH
    • Using RACGLIST
  • RACF Modules
    • RACF control tables
    • RACF modules
    • ICHRDSNT
    • Using the IRRPRMxx member
    • IRRPRMxx parameters
    • ICHRDSNT - example
    • ICHRRNG
    • Class Descriptor Table (CDT)
    • Dynamic CDT
    • Defining a Dynamic CDT
    • Rules
    • POSIT values
    • New segment CDTINFO
    • CDTINFO options
    • Managing Dynamic CDTs
    • Migration Utility (CDT2DYN)
    • ICHRFR01
    • Normal rules apply
    • ICHRIN03
    • The Started Task Table
    • ICHAUTAB
    • ICHNCV00
    • ICHSECOP
  • RACF Utilities
    • IRRUT100
    • IRRUT100 example output (Group)
    • IRRUT100 example output (User)
    • IRRUT200
    • IRRUT200 example JCL
    • IRRUT200 example output
    • IRRUT400
    • IRRUT400 example JCL
    • IRRADU00
    • IRRADU00 example JCL
    • ICHDSM00
    • ICHDSM00 example JCL
    • IRRDBU00
    • IRRRID00
    • IRRRID00 JCL
    • BLKUPD
    • IRRBRW00
    • IRRBRW00 JCL
    • DFSORT ICETOOL utility
    • Using ICETOOL
    • ICETOOL - sample JCL
    • ICETOOL report
    • RACFICE package
    • Sample report - ICETOOL keywords
    • The Audit Reporting Tool
    • ART main menu
    • SMF UNLOAD
    • XML output format support with SMF UNLOAD
    • SMF UNLOAD - Job
    • SMF UNLOAD - XML document
    • Browsing an XML document
    • Using an XSLT stylesheet
  • RACF Control Blocks
    • RACF control blocks
    • RACF Communications Vector Table (RCVT)
    • Finding the RCVT
    • Understanding the RCVT
    • Data in the RCVT
    • RCVT vs ICB
    • SAF Vector Table (SAFV)
    • Finding the SAFV
    • Accessor Environment Element (ACEE)
    • Where's my ACEE?
    • ASXBSENV
    • TCBSENV
    • Local Control Block
    • Which ACEE is used?
    • Which ACEE do I need?
    • Caveat ACEE
    • Finding the active ACEE
    • Security Token
    • Security Token contents
    • Security Token uses
    • ACEE versus Token
  • RACF Macros
    • RACF macros
    • Macro interfaces
    • The MVS router (SAF)
    • RACF macros
    • What do they DO?
    • RACF macros: RACHECK, RACINIT, RACLIST, FRACHECK, RACDEF, RACSTAT
    • RACROUTE additions
    • ICHEINTY
    • The RACROUTE interface
    • RACROUTE MF= styles
    • SAF Parameter list (SAFP)
    • Initializing SAFP
    • SAFP setup
    • SAF Work Area (SAFW)
    • SAFW setup
    • History of REQSTOR & SUBSYS
    • Using REQSTOR & SUBSYS
    • Setting up REQSTOR and SUBSYS
    • Other RACROUTE information
    • The ACEE - AGAIN!
    • Return codes
    • REQUEST=Verify
    • RACINIT ENVIR= options
    • RACINIT ENVIR=CREATE
    • Who do you create?
    • RACINIT STAT=
    • ENVIR=CREATE ACEE=
    • Sample user/password=
    • Sample with PASSCHK=NO
    • Sample with Token
    • Create SESSION=
    • Create with TERMINAL=
    • POE=
    • TERMINAL= vs POE=
    • Sample with POE=
    • What about IP addresses?
    • RACINIT ENVIR=DELETE
    • ENVIR=DELETE ACEE=
    • Sample DELETE
    • REQUEST=AUTH
    • CLASS=
    • ENTITY/ENTITYX
    • ENTITY(X) examples
    • Sample RACHECK
  • RACF Exits
    • Dataset RACF exits
    • ICHRTX00/01
    • Pre-processing for ICHRTX00
    • ICHRTX00: input, output
    • Pre-exit commonalities
    • Post-exit commonalities
    • Pre- to post- communication
    • Work area pointer
    • From post- to pre-
    • 'Gotchas' for SVC exits
    • Need some input
    • Finding the parameter list
    • Coding RACF exits
    • RACF command exit (IRREVX01)
    • What's a 'dynamic exit'?
    • RACF IRREVX01 dynamic exit
    • What can you do in the exit?
    • IRREVX01 parameter list
    • The exit command buffer
    • Using the ACEE passed in exit
    • Testing your command exit
    • Sample SETPROG command