Interactive Storage Management Facility Menus

ISMF is an Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) application. ISMF is the interface to DFSMS that helps you analyze and manage data and storage. ISMF provides access to the storage, data, space, and tape management, and backup and recovery services that DFSMSdfp, DFSMShsm, DFSMSdss, and DFSMSrmm provide.

In addition, ISMF works with the following products:

ISPF/PDF, which provides the edit, browse, data set, and library utility functions
Time Sharing Option/Extensions (TSO/E), which provides a way to issue commands instead of using the ISMF panels
Data Facility Sort (DFSORT), which provides fast and efficient sorting, merging, copying, reporting, and analysis of your business information
Resource Access Control Facility (RACF®), which provides security and access control for data sets and resources