DUMP

The access authority you need to the output dump data set depends on many factors not controlled by DFSMSdss because access-authorization checking is done by O/C/EOV. The primary considerations are as follows:

You need access to a protected dump data set with:
- ALTER access to create it.
- UPDATE access if it is already allocated.
- CREATE authority in the group and UPDATE access if it is a group data set.
You may need UPDATE access to a catalog if the dump data set is going to be cataloged.
You may have sufficient authority to the dump data set if you have the system-OPERATIONS attribute.
You also need access authority to the data sets that are going to be dumped as shown in Table 1.

Table 1 is for the following conditions:

Both the data set and the catalog are RACF-protected.
You have the indicated level of access authority to the data set.
The data set is cataloged in a user catalog.

Table 1. Access Authority for the DFSMSdss DUMP Command. This table shows the minimum access levels required to perform a DUMP command.
SMS-Managed Data Set?	With DELETE?	Access Level:
SMS-Managed Data Set?	With DELETE?	Source Data Set	Catalog
NO	NO	READ	Automatic
NO	YES	ALTER	UPDATE
YES	NO	READ	Automatic
YES	YES	ALTER	Automatic
Note: "Automatic" means that you have automatic access to the catalog if you can access the data set.