Syntax rules 1

Use the following rules when you specify the options in the SYSIN data set:

• Group filter options together.

• Group device type options together.

• Specify at least one ARCHIVE n keyword.

• Specify the data set prefix immediately after each ARCHIVE3 or ARCHIVE4 keyword.

• Place subordinate keywords immediately after the corresponding primary keyword.

The following syntax rules apply to all BMC AMI Recovery Manager batch programs:

• Terminate commands with a semi-colon (;).

• You can code commands on multiple lines.

• You can code multiple commands and execute each command after it passes its syntax check.

• BMC AMI Recovery Manager ignores columns 73-80.

• BMC AMI Recovery Manager ignores blank lines.

• You can specify comments in two ways, depending on whether you want the entire line to be considered a comment.

  • Specify an asterisk (*) or double hyphen (--) starting in column 1 to cause the entire line to be considered as a comment.

  • Specify a double hyphen (--), double slash (//), or slash asterisk (/*) starting in column 2 through 72 to cause the remainder of the line to be considered a comment.

• Wildcards are supported in object set names as follows:

  • The characters % (percent) and * (asterisk) can be used as wildcards to match any number of characters in a name.

  • The character ? (question mark) can be used as a wildcard to match a single character in a name.

• Double quotation marks (" ") are not supported in object set names. 

Rules for naming PDS member

• A member name cannot be longer than eight characters.
• The first member character must be either a letter or one of the following three special characters: #, @, $.
• The remaining seven characters can be letters, numbers, or one of the following special characters: #, @, or $.
• A PDS member name cannot contain a hyphen (-).
• A PDS member name cannot contain accented characters (à, é, è, and so on).