Storage administrators should receive the following authority from the security administrator:

• CLAUTH to STORCLAS and MGMTCLAS resource classes
• Authority to activate an SMS configuration
• Authority to perform exceptional catalog and DFSMSdss operations on system-managed data sets
• Authority to all ISMF applications, dialogs, line operators, and commands
• Update authority to the RESOWNER field in the DATASET profiles
• Update authority to the DATAAPPL, MGMTCLAS, STORCLAS, and DATACLAS, fields in the USER/GROUP profiles
• Authority to alter SMS constructs.

It might be preferable to have a group profile with authorities mentioned above for all storage administrators.