Basics of z/OS RACF Administration

Course overview

This basic course is for those who are new to z/OS and the RACF and responsible for security administration using the RACF element of the z/OS Security Server. Those who need to implement some of...

This course begins with an introduction to the z/OS environment, TSO and ISPF/PDF, batch processing, and z/OS data sets. Hands-on labs allow you to gain experience with viewing and allocating data sets, submitting a batch job, and viewing job output. After the introduction to z/OS, you will then learn, through lecture and exercises, how to use basic RACF command parameters and panels to define users and groups, protect general resources, z/OS data sets, and choose a basic set of RACF options.

Who should attend

This basic course is for those who are new to z/OS and the RACF and responsible for security administration using the RACF element of the z/OS Security Server. Those who need to implement some of the more advanced features of the RACF might want to attend one or more of the following courses: • Effective RACF Administration (BE87G) • Implementing RACF Security for CICS (ES84G) • Exploiting the Advanced Features of RACF (ES88G)

Prerequisites

You should have: • Some familiarity with z/OS system facilities (beneficial). Background material needed to proceed is presented the first day.

Delivery formats

• • Instructor-led online (virtual classroom)
• • Instructor-led on-site at your premises
• • Self-paced online training
• • Private/closed group delivery for corporate teams

Related and follow-on courses

• BE87G — Effective RACF Administration (Intermediate)
• ES20G — z/OS System Services Structure (Intermediate)
• ES07G — z/OS JCL and Utilities (Basic)
• ES10G — Fundamental System Skills in z/OS (Basic)