Does ACF2 LID for started tasks have a need for TAPE-LBL with OM View tapes

Products

• View

Issue/Introduction

An audit raised a concern with the ACF2 TAPE-LBL privilege on LIDS, as included in the list of tasks for the started task IDs for View.

Environment

• Output Management View® for z/OS
• View®
• OM View for z
• ACF2™ for z/OS 

Resolution

There is no mention, in any View documentation or support cases, of the ACF2 TAPE-LBL privilege.  View tapes are created with standard tape labels (LABEL=(,SL)).  Access to reports on View tapes can only occur from View itself (online or batch), as View's tapes have a proprietary format. 

As the TAPE-LBL privilege means that the tape label is validated by ACF2 before the user is given access, and since View makes its own accesses, then View does not need the TAPE-LBL privilege.