Controlling private tape pool definitions
The ability to define a private pool is typically restricted. Only a system administrator or an authorized user can define a private pool and the private pool must be uniquely identified by a pool owner and a pool name. The pool owner must be a valid CMS file name and the pool name must be a valid CMS file type of one to eight characters.
A non-system administrator with permission to define pools can only define pools that are owned by him/her. The owner of a pool defined by an administrator does not have administrative privileges for the pool by default and cannot change the pool attributes. Non-system administrators that define their own private pools will have administrative access to any pools they define.
The Tape Manager configuration file (SYS CONFIG) controls pool
definition authorization. Set the PoolAuth
parameter
to "Y" to indicate pool definition authority is to be controlled by
system administrators or set PoolAuth
to "N" to indicate
that pools can be defined by any user. If PoolAuth
is
set to "Y", the PoolDef
parameter specifies the default
pool definition authority:
- If
PoolDef
is set toNONE
, the permission to define pools must be granted by a system administrator using the POOLACC command. - If
PoolDef
is set toALL
, any user can define pools, but permission to define pools can be restricted by a system administrator using the POOLACC command.
When PoolAuth
is set to "N", the PoolDef
keyword
is ignored, but authorizations can still be made with the POOLACC
command to prepare for a switch to set PoolAuth
to
"Y" at a future time.
The default access to a pool can be altered using the POOLACC command. If you have restricted the authority to define pools, you can grant permission to specific individuals by using the POOLACC command with the SYS POOL parameter. This is helpful if you need to grant permission to non-administrative users that require pool definition authority.