ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

5.45 ISMF: What you can do with ISMF
Edit, browse, and sort data set records
Delete data sets and backup copies
Protect data sets by limiting their access
Copy data sets to another migration level
Back up data sets and copy entire volumes,
mountable optical volumes, or mountable tape
volumes
Recall data sets that have been migrated
Figure 5-45 What you can do with ISMF
What you can do with ISMF
ISMF is a panel-driven interface. Use the panels in an ISMF application to:
► Display lists with information about specific data sets, DASD volumes, mountable optical
volumes, and mountable tape volumes
► Generate lists of data, storage, and management classes to determine how data sets are
being managed
► Display and manage lists saved from various ISMF applications
ISMF generates a data list based on your selection criteria. Once the list is built, you can use
ISMF entry panels to perform space management or backup and recovery tasks against the
entries in the list.
As a user performing data management tasks against individual data sets or against lists of
data sets or volumes, you can use ISMF to:
► Edit, browse, and sort data set records
► Delete data sets and backup copies
► Protect data sets by limiting their access
► Recover unused space from data sets and consolidate free space on DASD volumes
► Copy data sets or DASD volumes to the same device or another device
► Migrate data sets to another migration level
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