On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:31:41 -0400, John Eells wrote:
>
>IEBCOPY no longer requires authorization in any supported release of
>z/OS. We removed that requirement in z/OS V1.13 when we did some
>performance work.
>
Once, prior to 1.13, I received the message:
IEB1099I *** IEBCOPY IS NOT APF AUTHORIZED ***
System action
IEBCOPY will continue to determine if it can proceed without authorization
and
will issue IEB1099E when it can not avoid using a service requiring
authorization.
This implied that some unauthorized use of IEBCOPY was supported. I
submitted an RCF asking for a clarification of when IEBCOPY might be
used without authorization. Rejected; reason; "subject to change".
ISTR that in the day unauthorized IEBCOPY succeeded (not always) on
PDSE but failed (more often) on PDS.
ISTR that either IBM continued to distribute the older IEBCOPY which
(sometimes) required authorization, or that some installations kept
such a restricted outdated copy available. Why? Auditor phobia?
How much performance advantage does PDSFAST provide on PDSE?
(And might it use PDSE interfaces documented only under NDA?)
-- gil
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