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> On Mar 12, 2014, at 11:05 AM, "Joel C. Ewing" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/12/2014 06:53 AM, mf db wrote:
>> Hello Group,
>> 
>> Is there an exit which can help me to restrict a group of ID to access
>> another Volume(Which has list of datasets).
>> 
>> 
>> For example : JLAB001 must be restricted to access any dataset sitting on
>> JPM009.
>> 
>> 
>> I am at Z/OS 1.8 level
>> 
>> Peter
> 
> Your wording is unclear:  Is the object (1) to only grant access to the
> data sets on the specific volume to members of the specific group; or
> (2) to only deny access to the specific volume to members of the
> specific group, or (3) to allow members of the specific group access to
> the volume and its data sets but restrict (deny) their access to any
> other volume,...?  And of course it makes a difference whether one is
> discussing DASD volumes or tape volumes.
> 
> Aside from that and assuming you are talking about DASD volumes and are
> using  SMS (you really should be), managing DASD data set security on a
> volume level is not a good approach.  Restricting new data set
> allocation access on "system" volsers of course makes sense, but can be
> done with SMS ACS routines and RACF.  In an SMS world, access to
> existing data sets should be a security attribute associated with the
> data set and not dependent on the volume of residence, and restrictions
> on target volumes for new data sets would typically be done by requiring
> all non-system data sets to be under SMS and restricting access to the
> SMS class or STORGRP associated with those volumes. 
> 
> Data sets typically need to move at some point during their lifetime and
> their security requirements should go with them;  DASD volume volsers
> and unit addresses may need to change during DASD subsystem hardware
> upgrades, and usually one would want the security of application and
> system data on associated volumes to be unaffected by DASD hardware
> changes.  Data set naming conventions should be  designed so that
> security can be based on the data set name and not on the DASD volume of
> residence.
> 
> -- 
> Joel C. Ewing,    Bentonville, AR       [email protected]    
> 
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