Command direction can be used to perform security administration for multiple data centers from a central site without submitting batch jobs or logging on to the remote systems when the AT option is specified. Command direction using the AT option is not usually used when the remote databases are kept synchronized. In that case, automatic direction is used. Most RACF® TSO commands can be manually directed on the local node or to a remote node within an RRSF network.

Manual command direction extends the user's RACF TSO command execution environment to include any of the RRSF nodes defined as targets of the node the user is logged on to, provided the user has an associated user ID on the target node and the associated user ID has the appropriate authority to run the command.

You can enable the use of command direction by creating a profile in the RRSFDATA class. You can restrict the use of command direction by not creating the profile (so no one can direct commands) or by creating a profile and restricting access to it. See Controlling the use of the AT operand for more information on restricting the use of the AT option.