The following presentations were given at the SHARE Conference in Dallas, TX, March 28 and 29, 2022. More information about the presentations can be found here.

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March 28, 2022: Class Struggle? The DFSMS Data Class and Your Datasets presentation addresses:

  • What the important (and unimportant) data class values are, their history, purpose, and their relationship to z/OS® dataset allocation and use.
  • Simplifying your SMS environment, eliminating redundancies, taking advantage of new SMS features.

March 29, 2022: The z/OS Storage Administrator's View of Pervasive Encryption presentation addresses:

  • How z/OS dataset-level encryption is implemented and its impact on storage administration
  • The interaction between DFSMS and RACF
  • The interlocking roles of Storage Administration, Security
  • The End User in providing data protection

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About Our Presenter:
Steve Pryor, CTO at DTS Software, has a more than 30-year background in storage manage-ment, design, and support, and frequently speaks at industry events. Prior to joining DTS in the early 2000s, Steve made important contributions at several mainframe software vendors, designing and implementing major products and components.