Use the RMM ADDOWNER subcommand or the Add Owner Details panel in the DFSMSrmm ISPF dialog to define owner information to DFSMSrmm. You must define owner information to DFSMSrmm before defining owner information for non-scratch volumes, software products, and vital record specifications.

If you plan to define volumes using the RMM ADDVOLUME subcommand and want to assign volume ownership, you must predefine those owners to DFSMSrmm before you add the volumes.

You must also define owners before you use the RMM ADDVRS subcommand or the DFSMSrmm Add Data Set VRS, DFSMSrmm Add Name VRS, or DFSMSrmm Add Volume VRS panel in the DFSMSrmm ISPF dialog.

DFSMSrmm automatically adds owner information to the control data set when volumes are read or data is written to volumes. DFSMSrmm uses the RACF user ID for a job, when available, as the volume owner. When there is no RACF user ID for a job, DFSMSrmm uses the job name as the volume owner ID.

To use DFSMSrmm automatic owner notification, you should include the owner's electronic user ID and node, or owner's e-mail address, when you define an owner to DFSMSrmm. For example, if you want DFSMSrmm to automatically notify owners when their volumes become eligible for release, DFSMSrmm can send the release notification to the owner's electronic address, an z/OS or VM user ID and node, or an Internet e-mail address, that you have defined.