FDRABRP JCL Requirements

The following Job Control Statements (JCL) are required to execute FDRABRP:

EXEC statement

Must specify the name of the ABR print utility, FDRABRP. The EXEC statement may also contain the region requirements of 256K. You can also specify the PARM= parameter; if present, it is processed as the first control statement.

STEPCAT DD statement

A STEPCAT may be required for the VTOC or backup report, if VSAM files are present and their high-level index is not aliased in the master catalog.

ABRMAP DD statement

Specifies the report data set. When ABRMAP is not found within the JCL stream, the reports are output to the SYSPRINT data set. Usually a SYSOUT data set.

ABRSUM DD statement

Required by the PRINT VTOC report by data set index. Usually a SYSOUT data set.

ARCHIVE DD statement

Specifies the ABR Archive Control File or FDRAPPL Application Control File required for the PRINT ARCHIVE statement. You need not specify this DD statement if the Archive Control File is the standard file name specified in the ABR option table and is cataloged. The Control File is dynamically allocated to ddname ARCHIVE#.

DISKxxxx DD statements

Optionally specifies the DASD volumes to be processed. “xxxx” is any combination of valid alphanumeric digits (0-9, A-Z). They look like:

//DISK1 DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,VOL=SER=PROD01,DISP=OLD

If the VOL and VOLG operands are specified on PRINT statements, any volume is dynamically allocated if they are online, so the DISKxxxx DD statements are usually not required.

SORTLIB DD statement

Specifies the data set that contains the SORT functional modules. Required by selected PRINT functions if your installation needs a SORTLIB DD statement to perform sort operations.

SORTWKnn DD statements

Specify SORT work area data sets. Required by selected PRINT functions if your installation's SORT program requires external work areas.

SYSIN DD Statement

Specifies the control statement data set. Normally required for all ABR function unless input data is entered through PARM= on the execute statement.

SYSOUT DD Statement

Specifies a data set for messages from the SORT program. Required by selected PRINT functions if your installation's SORT program writes messages to a SYSOUT data set.

SYSPRINT DD statement

Specifies the primary output message data set. This is a required DD statement for all PRINT functions and is usually a SYSOUT data set.

TAPExxxx DD statements

Specifies the input backup data set to be used for the PRINT TVTOC statement. “xxxx” is any combination of valid alphanumeric digits (0-9, A-Z). You may specify multiple TAPExxxx DD statements, and all of them are processed in one execution. If the backup data set is not cataloged, the DD statement must specify the full data set name, volume serial, unit, file sequence number, and disposition.

VSAMPRT DD statement

Required by the PRINT TVTOC command when VSAM=YES or VSAM=DUMP is present. Usually a SYSOUT data set.