ETF/R for RACF – Emergency access

ETF/R is a systems software product designed to ease the administration and management of emergency situations.

ETF/R provides an "on demand" access capability. Whenever the Firecall Facility is needed, your authorised users simply "turn on" the privilege which connects them to the appropriate access levels. All requests to use Firecall are journalised to SMF, and are reported using ETF/R report programs. Special privileges such as "Universal ALL Access", "Universal READ Access", and Resource Access can be pre-approved for certain userids.

Through easy to use ISPF panels, Security Administrators define access rights and obtain information on Firecall activity. The individuals that are requesting the use of the Firecall access definitions can use the ISPF panels, or Firecall commands.

Benefits

• Controls access in special "high access" emergency situations
• Accountability remains with the user
• TSO/ISPF display of current "firecall" activity
• Eliminates use of "secret envelope" tactics
• Invoked by the user
• All invocation and usage journalised to SMF files
• Report programs provided
• Cross System Firecall activation
• Automatic 24 Hour Time-out