Logical partition authority

The authorities that you grant to service tool users determines what logical partition information they can access and what tasks they can perform. Care should be exercised in assigning service tool user profile privileges to manage partition security.

Two service tool functional privileges relate to logical partitions. These privileges support basic operations or advanced administration.

To grant a user logical partition operations authority perform the following steps:

  1. Start DST as QSECOFR or with any other user ID with Service tool security privilege.
  2. Select option 5 (Work with DST environment).
  3. Select option 3 (Service tools user profiles).
  4. Select option 1 (Create) to create a new user profile or option 7 (Change attributes) to adjust an existing user.
  5. Ensure that the System partitions-operations privilege is granted.

To grant a user logical partition administration authority , perform the following steps:

  1. Start DST as QSECOFR or with any other user ID with Service tool security privilege.
  2. Select option 5 (Work with DST environment).
  3. Select option 3 (Service tools user profiles).
  4. Select option 1 (Create) to create a new user profile or option 7 (Change attributes) to adjust an existing user.
  5. Ensure that the System partitions-administration privilege is granted.