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Planning for CA VM:Tape Implementation

Authorizing Users

As system administrator, you are responsible for designating tape librarians and operators, and defining users’ authorizations.

• Depending on the size and structure of your organization, you may want to designate one or more users as tape librarians. Tape librarians can perform functions such as:
  • Maintaining CA VM:Tape TMC and Audit files
  • Scratching tapes
  • Accessing information about CA VM:Tape tape volumes
  • Reporting on tape activity, using the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Generalized Report Writer (GRW) product
  • Determining whether tapes have been cleaned or checked in or out of the library

  Tape librarians should be familiar with VM and/or z/OS standards, conventions, and operation, and with the tape volume requirements of your data center. Tell tape librarians to contact you when problems arise. Provide tape librarians with the Command Reference Guide, the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Generalized Report Writer Reference Guide, and parts of the Administration Guide.

  If your organization does not have a tape librarian function, you can give yourself authorization for some of the tasks, and give the operators authorization for the remaining tasks.

• Designate one or more CA VM:Tape operators. Operators are responsible for daily CA VM:Tape operations, such as:
  • Starting and stopping CA VM:Tape
  • Mounting tapes
  • Querying CA VM:Tape
  • Controlling CA VM:Tape functions
  • Controlling the interface to ARM products
  • Rebuilding the picklist and pointer files
  • Refreshing the scratch pool definitions

  They should be familiar with VM and z/OS standards, conventions, and operation, and with the tape volume requirements of your data center. Tell operators to contact you when problems arise. Provide operators with the Command Reference Guide, Message References Guide, and the Operator’s Quick Reference. If they will be generating reports, provide them with the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Generalized Report Writer Reference Guide.

• Provide general users with the User’s Quick Reference and the Command Reference Guide. Users can use the ASSIGN, CANCEL, CATALOG, CHANGE, LIST, MOUNT, QUERY, and VMTBIN commands on volumes they own with no special authorization.

  Note: For more information about assigning authorizations, see the Authorizations.