Using the STATUS keyword

The optional STATUS keyword is available on many commands. Use it to specify the status of a data set. RUV automated processes use active records only. Only one file of each type for each VSAM data set should have an active status. You can use the UPDATE command to change the status of the data set. You can display the current status by using the REPORT command.

Specify one of the following values:

Value

Description

ACTIVE

(Default) Register the data set as active in the repository. If it is an ARCHIVE_OUT data set, during the consolidated accumulation change the accumulated pieces of the processed ARCHIVE_IN data sets to inactive status. This action causes the accumulated ARCHIVE_OUT data sets to be used for subsequent recovery processing, but the original archives (that were used for input to the accumulation) are not used.

If multiple ARCHIVE_OUT data sets are created and marked as active, RUV processes all of them for recovery, even if they are copies of each other.

Note

During consolidated accumulation, only the VSAM files that are actually accumulated are marked as inactive in the repository for the input archives in the repository. The entire input archive is marked as inactive only when all files on it are inactive.

INACTIVE

Mark the data set as inactive in the repository. If you specify STATUS(INACTIVE) for an ARCHIVE_OUT data set, input archive status remains active. RUV does not use inactive archives in recovery processing or inactive backups during restore or recovery processing.


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