REQUEST and NOREQUEST: Specifying whether the operator's permission is required

Explanation

REQUEST and NOREQUEST are mutually exclusive, optional parameters specifying whether the operator’s permission is required before DFSMShsm starts any of the following actions:

automatic primary space management
automatic secondary space management
interval migration
automatic backup
automatic dump

Note: Operator permission is never required for on-demand migration, even if SETSYS REQUEST is specified.

REQUEST: Operator’s permission is required before DFSMShsm starts any of the actions listed above.
NOREQUEST: Operator’s permission is not required before DFSMShsm starts any of the actions listed above.

SMS relationship

Parameter has the same meaning when applied to SMS-managed or non-SMS-managed DASD volumes or data sets.

SETSYS default

None.

DFSMShsm default

If you do not specify this parameter on any SETSYS command, the DFSMShsm default is NOREQUEST.