About CA VM:Director

This document contains information for CA VM:Director for z/VM (CA VM:Director).

CA VM:Director is an efficient and comprehensive directory and DASD management system for z/VM. It does the following:

Significantly reduces the time required to manage the resources defined in the z/VM directory
Prevents costly errors in DASD mapping

With CA VM:Director, you can delegate aspects of directory management to your users without jeopardizing system control. The product manages the z/VM directory by distributing the burden of user ID and DASD management from a single system administrator to several directory managers. They also allow users to make some directory changes for their own virtual machines.

Note: Due to documentation reuse, some passages are marked "(CA VM:Secure only)" or "(CA VM:Director only)".