Planning for running File Manager with or without APF-authorization
File Manager can be run in batch mode with or without APF-authorization. File Manager cannot run APF-authorized under ISPF.
- Users can be permitted to use disk fullpack processing. For more information, see Controlling fullpack access to DASD volumes.
- Users can be permitted to use bypass label processing (BLP), even if the system does not support BLP. For more information, see Controlling Bypass Label Processing (BLP).
- Users can perform catalog actions that require APF-authorization, as described in z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs.
If you plan to use SMF to record audit trail information for File Manager base function, or for the Db2® or IMS™ components, you must make File Manager (or at least the module FMNSMF) APF-authorized. See Using System Management Facilities (SMF) for audit logging for more information.
If you plan to run File Manager APF-authorized in batch mode, and you want to run File Manager batch jobs using COBOL copybook templates, then you MUST also authorize the COBOL compiler library.
If you are accessing data in an LMS without a SUBSYS interface, or you are using FMNCRAEX to access data in an LMS, then you cannot run File Manager APF-authorized.