Abstract for TSO/E Administration

This information supports z/OS® (5694-A01).

Purpose of this information

This information is intended for anyone maintaining TSO/E user definitions or Information Center Facility services at an installation. That person might be a TSO/E administrator, an Information Center Facility administrator, a system programmer, or a person involved with security.

If you are a TSO/E administrator, this information provides information to help you define users to TSO/E and maintain those definitions.

If you are an Information Center Facility administrator, this information provides information to help you do the following tasks:

Maintain the news service, the names directory, and education services
Enroll users to TSO/E and RACF® through the enroll service
Assign users to user types and maintain the user type definitions
Maintain the model ISPF profile and printer support definitions
Maintain Information Center Facility applications.

An administrator is not necessarily either a TSO/E administrator or an Information Center Facility administrator. A TSO/E administrator might also use the Information Center Facility enroll service to define users to TSO/E. Or, an administrator might maintain only a portion of the Information Center Facility, for example, courses, while another administrator maintains news. Or, in small installations, one person might be responsible for maintaining both TSO/E and the Information Center Facility.

This information also provides a brief description of the APPC/MVS administration dialog in Administering TSO/E and the Information Center Facility. For detailed information about using the APPC/MVS administration dialog, refer to z/OS MVS Planning: APPC/MVS Management.

Who should read this information

This information is written for people who define users to TSO/E and maintain the Information Center Facility. It assumes the reader knows how to:

Enter TSO/E commands
Use Information Center Facility panels.

z/OS TSO/E Primer provides that information.