PASSWORD


>>-+----------------------------------------+------------------><
   '-+-PASsword-+--(--+-ddn------------+--)-'   
     '-PSWD-----'     | .-,----------. |        
                      | V            | |        
                      '---dsn--/pswd-+-'

PASSWORD specifies the passwords DFSMSdss is to use for password-protected data sets for all restore operations. (Password checking is bypassed for RACF-protected data sets.) The PASSWORD keyword is required only if:

You do not have the required volume-level RACF® DASDVOL or RACF DATASET access.
The installation authorization exit does not bypass the checks.
You do not want to be prompted for the password for VSAM data sets.

Note: Specify the passwords for all data sets that do not have RACF protection but do have password protection. During processing, a utility invoked by DFSMSdss might prompt the operator for a password. You can control authorization checking by using the installation authorization exit.

Catalog passwords are not supported to facilitate disaster recovery operations, application data transfers, and data set migration. Catalog protection via an access control facility, such as RACF, is the preferred method of protection.

ddn: Specifies the name of the DD statement that identifies the sequential data set, or member of a partitioned data set, that contains data set names and their passwords in the format dsn/pswd[,...]. This data set must contain card-image records in DFSMSdss command syntax format.
dsn/pswd: dsn is a fully or partially qualified data set name. pswd is its password. If no password follows the slash (/), dsn is treated as though it were ddn.

Note: Printing of actual data set passwords specified in your input command stream is suppressed in the SYSPRINT output.