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VOLUMES

Specify VOLUMES to provide a list of default volumes for the named output descriptor.

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Disk options for the OUTPUT command

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UNLOAD PLUS uses the list as the default list for the VOL01 and VOL02 options for the named output descriptor. The number of entries in the list must not exceed the value that VOLCNT specifies for the named output descriptor.

If you do not want to use a value for VOLUMES and you installed one or more volumes at installation, specify VOLUMES(NONE).

For referenced files, UNLOAD PLUS functions as follows:

  • For DSNTYPE HFS, UNLOAD PLUS ignores this option.
  • For DSNTYPE PDS or LIBRARY, UNLOAD PLUS uses only the first volume in the list.
Warning

Important

To allocate the primary space that the utility requires for the output data set, UNLOAD PLUS must find sufficient space on the first specified volume.

Specifying the default

You can specify the default for the VOLUMES command option in your installation options module by using the VOLUMES installation option. UNLOAD PLUS was shipped without a default value for this option. The command option overrides the default that is in the installation options module.

  

 

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UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 13.1