Invoking the ISMF Profile Option

You can invoke the profile option by:

Choosing option 0, ISMF Profile, on the ISMF Primary Option Menu (Figure 2)
Entering the PROFILE command on the command line of any ISMF panel except an ISMF menu panel, such as the ISMF Profile Option Menu, the Volume List Selection Menu, an abend panel, or any panel listed in the ISMF Profile Option Menu

In either case, ISMF displays the ISMF Profile Option Menu (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. The Profile Option Menu

   Panel  Help
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                            ISMF PROFILE OPTION MENU
 Enter Selection or Command ===>

 Select one of the following options and Press Enter:

   0  User Mode Selection
   1  Logging and Abend Control
   2  ISMF Job Statement
   3  DFSMSdss Execute Statement
   4  ICKDSF Execute Statement
   5  Data Set Print Execute Statement
   6  IDCAMS Execute Statement
   X  Exit








 Use HELP command for Help; Use END command or X to Exit.

From the ISMF Profile Option Menu, you can select these options:

Change user mode from end user to storage administrator or from storage administrator to end user.
- When user mode is specified as storage administrator, the following commands are invoked as storage administrator commands in the background:
  - HRECOVER (HSEND RECOVER)
  - HALTERDS (HSEND ALTERDS)
  - HBACKDS (HSEND BACKDS)
  - HDLETE (HSEND DELETE)
  - HBDELETE (HSEND BDELETE)
  - HMIGRATE (HSEND MIGRATE)
  - HRECALL (HSEND RECALL)
- When user mode is specified as end user, HRECOVER, HALTERDS, HBACKDS, HDELETE, HBDELETE, HMIGRATE, HRECALL are invoked as user commands.
- Both user commands and storage administrator can be protected using RACF® FACILITY profiles. See Protecting DFSMShsm storage administrator commands with RACF FACILITY class profiles in z/OS DFSMShsm Implementation and Customization Guide.
Display and change your profile parameters for logging and error recovery.
Display and change the job statements and execute statements that ISMF uses to submit background jobs.

Tip: For background jobs, you can also change the job statements and the DFSMSdss execute statement each time you submit a job. Tailoring these statements for individual commands and line operators is discussed in Specifying Job Statements when Submitting Jobs.

Other options on the ISMF Profile Option Menu access ICKDSF, IDCAMS, DFSMSdss, and IEBPTPCH (option 5) execute statement information. These options affect line operators and commands that are available to storage administrators. Refer to z/OS DFSMSdfp Storage Administration for more information.