--- On Mon, 6/28/10, Mark Zelden <mzel...@flash.net> wrote: From: Mark Zelden <mzel...@flash.net> Subject: Re: Linklst; 6 of 1/half dozen of the other? To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 11:19 AM
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:40:35 -0400, Don Williams <donb...@gmail.com> wrote: >Where can I find the pros and cons of controlling the content of the MC? > I don't think you'll find what you are looking for (a pros/cons list). It's mostly common sense. There is paragraph in DFSMS Managing Catalogs in the "planning a configuration" chapter that states this: "For ease of backup and recovery of the master catalog, no user data sets should be cataloged in the master catalog. If you deny update access to the master catalog for most of your users, there is typically much less update activity for the master catalog." You might want to have a look at that chapter and the rest of the manual. Mark Mark: I will agree with your points. Plus I would add that giving update out to anyone is a way to play russian roulette and you won't feel a thing till the system will not IPL. Also it does not allow users (assuming your RACF is set up correctly) to put things in the MC. Way back when (before RACF) our users had a tendency to name their data sets john.q.accounts.receivables (or some such nonsense). When we had to move the catalog one day we had to clean it up and found lots of old stuff in there. So.... We first put a password on the master catalog and at least 2-3 a day we saw someone trying to update the catalog. We did not give the operators the password so it always failed. The users we furious but we stuck to our guns and said use the HLQ(s) you have. We stopped migration of any foreign datasets in the catalog after that and the user(s) got the message. We also did this unannounced so we got them good. They finally got the message and stopped doing it. The password is the easiest way. BTW I think we set attempts to 0 so the operator would not get involved. This was before console automation. >From then on that is what I did. Others might find it a bit harsh but rules >are rules. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
