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Migrating to RACF



Migrating to RACF from another product

Interested in migrating to RACF? IBM's Software Migration Project Office - Tivoli Migration Team offers comprehensive migration services to ease your transition to RACF.

Why choose RACF and the Security Server for z/OS and OS/390? RACF gives you a security mechanism that integrates easily with any product that adheres to the MVS System Authorization Facility (SAF) interface. It also provides:

  • A secure enterprise
  • Outstanding performance
  • System reliability
  • Comprehensive auditing, reporting, and monitoring
  • Security leadership
  • Superior customer support
Migrating to the RACF component of the Security Server

Interested in moving to the latest release of RACF? Use the product and service information for the OS/390 Security Server or RACF to help you plan your move.

You can find the latest z/OS and OS/390 product and service information in Announcement 200-352, Announcement 200-145, and Announcement 900-220. Look for the latest installation and migration information in the OS/390 Security Server RACF Migration, which is available in either PDF or BookManager format.

You can find product information for the previous releases of the Security Server. You can also find the migration information you need for these releases in OS/390 Security Server (RACF) Planning: Installation and Migration, which are available in PDF and BookManager format for each release. Click here for information about downloading and browsing PDF files.

Migrating to previous versions of the RACF product

You can find information about these version 1 and version 2 releases of the RACF product:

RACF Version MVS VM Program # Withdrawn from Marketing Withdrawn from Service
V1R9.0 Y Y 5740-XXH 1 June, 1996 26 April, 1997
V1R9.2 Y Y 5740-XXH 1 June, 1996 26 April, 1997
V1R10 N Y 5740-XXH N/A In service
V2R1 Y N 5695-039 30 June, 1999 30 June, 1999
V2R2 Y N 5695-039 7 March, 2000 31 March, 2001

You can also find the installation and migration information you need for several of the RACF product releases in PDF or BookManager format. Click here for information about downloading and browsing PDF files.

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This page was last updated June 2002.