Authorizations for command processing are those authorizations that do not relate to any one command. They refer instead to the way processing takes place for different commands. The following section lists the command processing authorizations that can be specified on AUTHORIZ records in the VMTAPE CONFIG file.
User can mount a tape, with read/write access, that belongs to any other user ID, using the ANYTAPE option on the MOUNT command. The tape cannot be one that is write-protected by the PERM expiration date. CA VM:Tape skips all data set name and password checks of the MOUNT command for the authorized user.
The ANYTAPE authorization also allows a user to use the CATALOG command to catalog saved tapes owned by other user IDs.
User can list, by volser, tape information in the TMC for tapes owned by other user IDs and for tapes that are not managed by CA VM:Tape.
User can use the FOR option on the MOUNT command to mount a tape for another user ID.
Note: To allow this user to be able to use the FOR option on the ALLOCATE command to allocate tape drives for another user ID, both the MOUNTFOR and the ALLOCATE authorizations are required.
User can specify a retention period (either an exact expiration date or LDATE number) that is greater than the maximum retention period, if one is specified by a DEFRETPD record in the VMTAPE CONFIG file. This authorization must be specified for users who want to use cycle control (CYCLE nnn), or an expiration date of PERM.
User can list and mount non-CA VM:Tape-managed volumes by data set name. This authorization is required if you are using NONVMTAP records. The NONVMTAP record determines those volumes that are non-CA VM:Tape-managed.
User can mount another user's tape by specifying a data set name and the password for the tape (if one exists). User can also list another user's tapes by data set name.
User can mount a tape that is write-protected by the PERM expiration date in read-write mode. PERMRW overrides the write protection that PERM provides. Use PERMRW authorization only for service virtual machines running products that have some need to write on permanently protected tapes. Do not use it for general users.
User can specify a priority no greater than (nn) on MOUNT and ALLOCATE requests. Priorities are 0 (the highest) to 99 (the lowest). For more information about this authorization, see PRIORITY (nn) Authorization.
User can specify a particular tape drive on which to mount a tape.
Users can use only those tape drives specifically reserved for their use. This authorization is typically used for CA VM:Batch worker machines as part of the CA VM:Tape interface to CA VM:Batch.
Note: For more information about this function as it applies to the CA VM:Tape interface to CA VM:Batch, see the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Product Interface Guide.
User can use the SAVEFOR user ID option on the MOUNT command to save a scratch tape for another user ID. This authorization can be used to allow a CMS batch virtual machine to save tapes for the user ID of the virtual machine originating the batch job.
The following examples show how to use a few of the command processing authorizations:
AUTHORIZ REALUNIT HARRY SALLY DAVID
AUTHORIZ MOUNTFOR *
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