Happy New Year folks - I need a sanity-check, please ... I've not used RACF on VM for a few decades and I believed that, as z/OS advanced, there came a time when it was no longer possible to share a RAC F database between a z/VM system and a z/OS system. I'm sure that this bel ief was based upon statements made by people that I trust, plus my own understanding of the disparity between RACF development on z/OS and its development on z/VM, but ...
On page 4 of SC24-6149-01 it unequivocally states that (subject to a numb er of caveats such as needing to reside on full-pack minidisks) the database CAN be shared. Hmm - can anyone who's actually current on RACF (rather than simply a book-learner such as myself) please help me out with an indication of today's thinking as far as the sharing of a RACF database is concerned. (This is specifically sharing with z/OS.) (I see possible responses ranging from, "Don't even THINK about it!" through, "It's possible but only a masochist would do it" and, "It can be done but there are restrictions" up to, "It's a breeze - just follow the rules".) In the hope that I'm not stirring up a hornet's-nest and with thanks in anticipation. Jeff Gribbin
