You can use RACF® to control access to the following SMS resources:

• The Interactive Storage Management Facility (ISMF), including:
  • The entire ISMF component
  • Individual ISMF applications
  • ISMF functions, line operators, and commands
• The execution of functions, options, and commands, including:
  • Catalog functions for SMS data sets
  • DFSMSdss functions on data sets
  • Using SMS to activate a configuration
• SMS data sets, including:
  • Control data sets
  • Source data sets for ACS routines
  • The test library for ACS routines

For information on how to use RACF to protect these resources, see the following documents:

• MVS/ESA SML: Managing Data, which shows the sequence of RACF commands you need to issue to protect the various SMS resources
• z/OS DFSMSdfp Storage Administration and z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs, which show the names of the profiles you need to define to protect the various SMS resources.