Updating z/OS for the z/OS Operator Consoles task
Some setup is required before you can use a z/OS console with the z/OS Operator Consoles task, as described in this topic.
Authorizing users to the z/OS Operator Consoles task
To view and access the z/OS Operator Consoles task in the z/OSMF
navigation area, users require READ access to resource
<SAF-prefix>.ZOSMF.CONSOLES.ZOSOPER in the ZMFAPLA class. By
default, <SAF-prefix> is IZUDFLT.
Host system customization for the z/OS Operator Consoles task
- Ensure that the system is defined to z/OSMF. The systems that are displayed in the table on the Overview tab are retrieved from the Systems task of the z/OSMF Settings category. By default, z/OSMF provides a system definition for the z/OS® system that hosts the z/OSMF instance to which your web browser is connected, and it provides a system definition for the systems that belong to the same JES2 multi-access spool (MAS) or JES3 complex as the z/OSMF host system. If you want z/OSMF to interact with other systems, you must create the corresponding system definitions.
- Establish an extended MCS console for the system, then grant permission to a user to use that console. This work is performed outside of z/OSMF, typically by a security administrator. For instructions, see Security setup for the z/OS Operator Consoles task.
The attributes of the EMCS console that is started by z/OSMF are controlled by the
OPERPARM settings of the user profile <consolename>. Thus, for example, if a
user wants the z/OS Operator Consoles task to create a console named console1, a
user profile named console1 must exist and contain an OPERPARM segment with the
appropriate settings.
Security setup for the z/OS Operator Consoles task
IBM provides job IZUGCSEC in SYS1.SAMPLIB to assist you with performing these updates. The job contains RACF commands for creating the required security authorizations. For more information, see Resource authorizations for the z/OS console REST interface.