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VMRDR Resource Class—Secure Virtual Machine Readers

Valid on z/VM.

Use VMRDR to secure virtual machine readers.

Note: z/VM Readers control the spooling or transferring of virtual spool files to specific virtual machines, from a specified ACID.

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

TSS ADDTO(acid) VMRDR(oper,...)

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes per TSS command

Generic prefixing allows the administrator to group a set of similar resource names together, and define them by generic prefix.

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

TSS PERMIT(acid) VMRDR(oper,...)

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes per TSS command

This keyword is used with:

• The commands CREATE, ADDTO, REMOVE, PERMIT, REVOKE, ADMIN, DEADMIN, WHOHAS, and WHOOWNS
• The VMRDR ACID types User, Profile, Department, Division, Zone, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS ADD/REMOVE
• The VMRDR ACID types User, Profile, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE
• VMRDR(OWN) authority to ADD or REMOVE VMRDRs from ACIDs
• VMRDR(XAUTH) authority to permit or revoke access to VMRDRs

The administrator can use any of the following methods to control access to VMRDRS: Expiration, Facility, Time/Day, and Actions.

Examples: VMRDR resource class

This example protects a CMSBATCH machine by assigning ownership of its reader to the Development Department:

TSS ADDTO(DEVDEPT) VMRDR(CMSBATCH)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(DEVDEPT) VMRDR(CMSBATCH)

This example permits a group of users in the Development Department to submit jobs to the CMS batch processor:

TSS PERMIT(PROFDEV) VMRDR(CMSBATCH)

This example revokes access to CMSBATCH:

TSS REVOKE(PROFDEV) VMRDR(CMSBATCH)