Customizing the number of lists of generic profiles that RACF maintains

Use the GENERICANCHOR operand on the SET command to customize the number of lists of generic profiles that RACF® maintains. You can set a system-wide number, and numbers for specific jobs. You must have the RACF subsystem active in order to use the RACF SET command, and you should configure it to process a RACF subsystem parameter library member automatically during system IPL, and place your SET GENERICANCHOR commands in that member. RACF does not remember the SET options across IPLs. You must specify them during or after IPL on any system where you want them to apply, and using the RACF subsystem parameter library ensures that this happens. For information about activating the RACF subsystem, see Activating the RACF subsystem. For information about using the RACF parameter library, see The RACF parameter library. For information about the SET command, see z/OS Security Server RACF Command Language Reference.

Example: You want to change the number of lists maintained to eight system-wide. Add the following command to the RACF parameter library:

SET GENERICANCHOR(SYSTEM COUNT(8))

or enter the following operator command, where # is the command character defined for the RACF subsystem:

#SET GENERICANCHOR(SYSTEM COUNT(8))

Example: You want to change the number of lists maintained for a job JOBXYZ to 10. Add the following command to the RACF parameter library:

SET GENERICANCHOR(JOBNAME(JOBXYZ) COUNT(10))

or enter the following operator command, where # is the command character defined for the RACF subsystem:

#SET GENERICANCHOR(JOBNAME(JOBXYZ) COUNT(10))

Example: You want to change the number of lists maintained to 10 for JOBXYZ, to five for JOB PDQ, and to five for job WALT. Create a RACF parameter library member named, for example, IRROPT22 containing the following commands:

SET GENERICANCHOR(JOBNAME(JOBXYZ) COUNT(10))
SET GENERICANCHOR(JOBNAME(JOBPDQ) COUNT(5))
SET GENERICANCHOR(JOBNAME(WALT) COUNT(5))

Then, in RACF parameter library member IRROPT00, add the command:

SET INCLUDE(22)

The commands in IRROPT00 are run each time the RACF subsystem starts (unless you have specified a different parameter library member in your RACF procedure). To make the new commands in IRROPT22 run immediately, enter the following command as an operator command, where # is the command character defined for the RACF subsystem:

#SET INCLUDE(22)