Create and initialize archive history data set


Run a job such as that shown in the following figure to create and initialize the archive history data set with six cylinders.


//HISTORY JOB (5212),'EXAMPLE',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,REGION=4M,            
//         NOTIFY=&SYSUID                                               
//*                                                                     
//*=====================================================================
//*=====================================================================
//* BEGINNING WITH PACLOG V11.1, PROGRAM ALMMAIN WILL                    
//* ALLOCATE THE HISTORY FILE IF IT DOES NOT EXIST. ALTERNATIVELY,       
//* YOU CAN MANUALLY ALLOCATE THE HISTORY FILE USING ONE OF THE          
//* FOLLOWING SAMPLES.                                                   
//*=====================================================================
//* USE THIS JOB TO CREATE AND INITIALIZE THE ARCHIVE HISTORY DATASET   
//* IF IT WAS NOT CREATED DURING THE PACLOG INSTALLATION.               
//*=====================================================================
//*                                                                     
//ALMHIST  EXEC PGM=IEBDG                                               
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//HISTORY  DD DSN=BMCALM.DBW1.HISTORY,DISP=(,CATLG),                    
//            UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,6),                                 
//            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=196,BLKSIZE=8820)                     
//SYSIN    DD *                                                         
  DSD OUTPUT=(HISTORY)                                                  
  FD NAME=HDR1,LENGTH=01,STARTLOC=02,PICTURE=1,B'1'                     
  FD NAME=HDR2,LENGTH=01,STARTLOC=04,PICTURE=3,B'196'                   
  CREATE QUANTITY=1,FILL=X'00',NAME=(HDR1,HDR2)                         
/*                                                                      
//

 

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