COPY

Table 1, which shows the access authority needed to perform the copy function, is based on the following assumptions:

The data set is a user data set.
Both the data set and the catalog are RACF-protected.
If the data set is going to be cataloged in the master catalog, then you need UPDATE access to that catalog.

Table 1 also applies to group data sets. To create a new group data set, you need one of the following:

UPDATE access to the catalog when a non-SMS-managed group data set is unprotected, but the catalog is RACF-protected.
CREATE in the group and UPDATE access to the data set.
ALTER access to the data set and be a member of the group that owns the data set. To discretely protect a group data set, you need additional authority such as CREATE in the group.

Table 1. Access Authority for the DFSMSdss COPY Command. This table shows the minimum access levels required to perform a COPY command.
SOURCE DATA SET			TARGET DATA SET
Non-SMS			Non-SMS
With DELETE	Access Level		Preallocated Target	Access Level
With DELETE	Data Set	Catalog	Preallocated Target	Data Set	Catalog
NO	READ	Automatic	NO	ALTER	UPDATE
NO	READ	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	NO	ALTER	UPDATE
YES	ALTER	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
Non-SMS			SMS
With DELETE	Access Level		Preallocated Target	Access Level
With DELETE	Data Set	Catalog	Preallocated Target	Data Set	Catalog
NO	READ	Automatic	NO	ALTER	Automatic
NO	READ	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	NO	ALTER	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
SMS			Non-SMS
With DELETE	Access Level		Preallocated Target	Access Level
With DELETE	Data Set	Catalog	Preallocated Target	Data Set	Catalog
NO	READ	Automatic	NO	ALTER	UPDATE
NO	READ	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	NO	ALTER	UPDATE
YES	ALTER	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
SMS			SMS
With DELETE	Access Level		Preallocated Target	Access Level
With DELETE	Data Set	Catalog	Preallocated Target	Data Set	Catalog
NO	READ	Automatic	NO	ALTER	Automatic
NO	READ	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	NO	ALTER	Automatic
YES	ALTER	Automatic	YES	UPDATE	Automatic
Note: "Automatic" means that you have automatic access to the user catalog if you can access the data sets. In the course of copying data sets, DFSMSdss will rename the source data set using the conventions described under DFSMSdss Temporary Data Set Names. (See Temporary copied data sets under Temporary Copied Data Sets.) Whenever DFSMSdss renames a RACF® protected data set to a temporary name, a RACF profile must exist for the temporary data set name.