VOLSER2

Use the VOLSER2 keyword to specify one or more volume-serial identifiers for the secondary shadow output data set accessed by dynamic allocation.

If the VOLSER2 keyword is omitted for an output data set, then non-specific (private) volume(s) are requested.

When used in conjunction with the STACK_NAME keyword, the VOLSER2 keyword specifies a list of tape volumes to which the output data sets are written. While any number of volume-serial identifiers can be listed, only five at a time will be used for any individual data set written to the stack group. If an individual data set requires more than five volumes, the sixth (and subsequent) volumes for the data set will use non-specific (private) tape volumes. When specified on the ALLOCATE subcommand, a list of volume serial-identifiers cannot repeat a volume.

Note

Do not specify both the VOLSER2 and the VOLCNT keywords; these keywords are mutually exclusive.

Use

VOLSER2 is an optional keyword for the following ALLOCATE command.

Related keyword

SHADOW2_DSNAME
SHADOW2_SUFFIX
VOLCNT

Syntax

 VOLSER2=volser
VOLSER2=(volser [,volser...])
VOLSER2=(*[,*])

Parameters

Specify 1-character to 6-character volume serial numbers. An asterisk (*) specified on the VOLSER2 keyword has special meaning for SMS processing.

Default

None

Alias