PASSWORD


>>-+----------------------------------------+------------------><
   '-+-PASsword-+--(--+-ddn------------+--)-'   
     '-PSWD-----'     | .-,----------. |        
                      | V            | |        
                      '---dsn--/pswd-+-'

PASSWORD specifies the passwords that DFSMSdss is to use for password-protected data sets. (Password checking is bypassed for RACF-protected data sets.) This keyword is required only when:

You do not have the required RACF® DASDVOL or RACF data set access.
The installation authorization exit does not bypass the checks.
You do not want to be prompted for the password for VSAM data sets.

Note: You should specify the passwords for all data sets that do not have RACF protection but do have password protection. During processing, a utility invoked by DFSMSdss may have to prompt the operator for a password. You can control authorization checking by using the installation authorization exit.

Catalog passwords are not supported to facilitate disaster recovery operations, application data transfers, and data set migration. Catalog protection via an access control facility, such as RACF, is the preferred method of protection.

Passwords for a tracks copy operation are required only for the data sets on which the requested ranges fall.

ddn: Specifies the name of the DD statement that identifies the sequential data set, or member of a partitioned data set, that contains data set names and their passwords. This data set must contain card-image records in DFSMSdss command syntax format.
dsn/pswd: dsn is a fully qualified data set name. pswd is its password. If no password follows the slash (/), dsn is treated as though it were ddn.

Printing of actual data set passwords specified in the input command stream is suppressed in the SYSPRINT output.

When a system utility is being used to perform the DFSMSdss copy operation, the user must supply the password for each password-protected data set selected or have the proper RACF data set access authority.