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Example B

  1. userid.data.set was last used on January 31st.
  2. On March 1st, userid.data.set was archived based on the criteria CRI=(USEDT,LE,TODAY-28).
  3. On April 1st, userid.data.set is restored using LUSEDATEy. The last use date in the format-1 DSCB is set to xx091.
  4. If the same archive job used in step 2, previous is executed before the restored data set is used, (that is, OPEN or CLOSE), then userid.data.set is not archived because it does not match the criteria.

    However, now that the last use date has been changed, the data set can reside on DASD longer than you can like.

For more information, see the sysparm descriptions for ARESCRDTn, and LUSEDATEn in the Systems Guide.

For more information regarding exempting data sets from archive, see Restore Grace Periods.