MVS batch jobs
For MVS™ batch jobs that include RACF® passwords in the job control
language (JCL), you can replace the password with a PassTicket. To
define the PTKTDATA profile for an MVS batch
job, do the following:
- Ask the system programmer for the SMF system identifier of the MVS system where the application runs. The SMF identifier is located in SMFPRMxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB and is specified by the SID value.
- Determine the high-level qualifier of the PTKTDATA class profile for the MVS batch job by using the characters MVS as a prefix to the system's SMF identifier.
Example of a profile name for an MVS batch
job: If the SMF identifier of the system where the application
runs is SYS2, the resulting profile name is MVSSYS2.
If the profile applies only to RACF users
connected to the RACF group
PROD, the resulting profile name is MVSSYS2.PROD.
Note:
- If the SMF identifier contains blanks or characters that are not alphanumeric, omit them before specifying the profile name. For example, if the SMF identifier is SY*6, specify the high-level qualifier of the PTKTDATA class profile as MVSSY6.
- Beginning in z/OS V1R13, certain
batch jobs that are submitted from online TSO sessions can be defined
in the PTKTDATA class profile using either the characters MVS or TSO as
the prefix to the system's SMF identifier.
Guideline: Use MVS as the prefix to help administrators distinguish between a batch job and a non-batch job.