IBM Security zSecure Admin Basic Administration and Reporting

Running IBM Security zSecure Admin

• List the advantages of using IBM Security zSecure Admin to administer RACF.
• Identify the sources of information that IBM Security zSecure Admin uses.
• Select different input sources.
• Use the basic setup panels.

Selecting and displaying existing RACF profiles

• Select and display details of user, group, data set, and general resource profiles that match particular search criteria.
• Select and display details of group profiles that match particular search criteria.
• View the access control list (ACL) using different formats.

Profile maintenance using IBM Security zSecure Admin

• Modify single profiles, using line commands, overtyping, or the quick administration panel.
• Change RACF profile definitions in a way that affects multiple profiles and generates multiple RACF commands.
• Mass update, define, delete or recreate up to 10 profiles of the same entity.
• Display and manage application segments.

Advanced options

• Display SETROPTS and Class Descriptor Table settings.
• Define new input file sets.
• Create new data sets to serve as input to zSecure.

RACF administration reports

• Produce reports about RACF profiles and resources.
• View the group tree of a RACF database.
• Produce general status and system settings reports.
• Report who can manage application segments.

Specific user and group reports

• Report users based on password characteristics.
• Identify users with specific attributes.
• Report groups and their settings.
• Compare different users side by side to identify different connects and permissions.
• Compare different groups side by side to identify different permissions.

Resource profiles

• Identify the sensitive resources and global writable data.
• Select and report general resources with their member lists.
• Report Global Access Checking (GAC) tables and started tasks.
• Report the status of digital certificates.

RACF management reports

• Identify inconsistencies in the RACF database.
• Use CKGRACF to run commands for profiles that require special care.

Customized reports

• Create your own customized reports.
• Customize the way that RACF installation data is displayed and printed.