Effective RACF Administration (BE87G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1 - Security and RACF overview
  • Unit 2 - Administering groups and users
  • Exercise 1 - Log on to the lab system
  • Exercise 2 - Defining a RACF group structure
  • Exercise 3 - User administration

Day 2

  • Exercise review
  • Unit 2 - Administering groups and users (continued)
  • Exercise 4 - Delegating security administration
  • Unit 3 - Protecting z/OS data sets
  • Exercise 5 - Protecting z/OS data sets: Part 1

Day 3

  • Exercise 5 - Protecting z/OS data sets: Part 1 (continued)
  • Exercise 6 - Protecting z/OS data sets: Part 2 Exercise review
  • Unit 4 - Introduction to user administration and delegation and general resources
  • Exercise 7 - Password reset granularity
  • Unit 5 - RACF database, tables, and performance options

Day 4

  • Unit 6 - RACF utilities and exits
  • Unit 7 - RACF options
  • Unit 8 - Auditing the RACF environment
  • Exercise 8 - Using RACF for TSO administration (Optional)
  • Exercise 9 - RACF utilities (Optional)
  • Exercise 10 - RACF monitoring

Day 5

  • Exercise review
  • Unit 9 - Storage management and RACF
  • Unit 10 - Security for JES facilities
  • Unit 11 - Security classification