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CATAPE Resource Class—Secure Tape Volumes

Valid on z/OS and z/VM.

Use CATAPE to secure access to tape volumes for BrightStor CA‑1.

When used with TSS ADDTO/REMOVE, this resource class has the following format:

TSS ADDTO(acid) CATAPE(prefix(es))

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes per command

When used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE, this resource class has the following format:

TSS PERMIT(acid) CATAPE(prefix(es))

Prefix length

One to forty‑four characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes per TSS command

CATAPE is used with:

• The commands CREATE, ADDTO, REMOVE, PERMIT, REVOKE, ADMIN, DEADMIN, WHOOWNS, and WHOHAS
• The ACID types User, Profile, Department, Division, Zone, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS ADD/REMOVE
• The ACID types User, Profile, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE
• CATAPE(OWN) authority to ADD or REMOVE Authority to control access of CA product specific commands owned
• CATAPE(XAUTH) authority to PERMIT or REVOKE the Authority to CA product specific commands, functions and programs

The administrator can:

• Specify the accesses ALL, UPDATE, READ, WRITE, and NONE.
• Use any of the following methods to control access to CATAPE resources: Expiration, Facility, Time/Day, and Actions.

Example: CATAPE resource class

This example gives PRDCNTL ownership of the CATAPE named BLPNORES:

TSS ADDTO(PRDCNTL) CATAPE(BLPNORES)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(PRDCNTL) CATAPE(BLPNORES)

This example gives SYSPRG ownership of the BrightStor™ CA‑DYNAM®/B command named BACKUP:

TSS ADDTO(SYSPRG) CATAPE(DYNAMB.OPER.CMD.BACKUP)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(SYSPRG) CATAPE(DYNAMB.OPER.CMD.BACKUP)

This example permits ACID, TAPELIB, the ability to use the CATAPE resource, DEACT:

TSS PERMIT(TAPELIB) CATAPE(DEACT)
                    ACCESS(READ)

This example enables all users to use the CATAPE resource REINIT:

TSS PERMIT(ALL) CATAPE(REINIT)
                ACCESS(READ)

This example permits ACID, VMUSER1, the ability to use the BrightStor™ CA‑DYNAM®/B command, BACKUP:

TSS PERMIT(VMUSER1) CATAPE(DYNAMB.OPER.CMD.BACKUP)

This example enables all users to issue the BrightStor™ CA‑DYNAM®/B command RESTORE:

TSS PERMIT(ALL) CATAPE(DYNAMB.USER.CMD.RESTORE)