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RESET Command

Use the RESET command to do the following:

• Modify the relationship between a primary archive volume and its backup (copy) volume.
• Reset the volume's expiration date.
• Change the value of the DYNn flag.

This command has the following format:

RESET KEY=,TYPE=,COPY=,DISABLE,ENABLE,CLOSED,OPEN,SCRATCH,EXPDT=,FAST=

KEY=

Specifies the key of the archive tape, or the key to the archive data set on disk, for which the status is to be changed.

TYPE=

Specifies the new DYNn value to set the corresponding flag in the ARCHVOLS record. This parameter is valid only for those ARCHVOLS created using DYN1 to DY20 values

COPY=

Specifies the serial number of the first volumes on which a backup copy of the archive data set exists. If the word NULL is specified, spaces are moved into the backup copy field in the ARCHVOLS record being updated.

DISABLE

Causes an archive tape volume (or archive data set on disk) to be disabled. This removes it from being eligible for use by CA Disk restore or recover processing. All subsequent restores that would have been directed to this volume are directed to the copy volume, if one exists.

ENABLE

(Optional) Reverses the status set by the DISABLE parameter. It removes the disabled status from an archive volume. The volume is made available again to restore and recover processing.

CLOSED

(Optional) Resets the indicator that an ARCHVOLS record was not closed properly. This allows the ARCHVOLS volume to be used before the safety grace period of two days is passed for Merge, Purge, or IXMAINT deletion.

OPEN

Turns on the indicator that an archive data set was not closed properly, and prevents its use before the safety grace period of two days from the data set's creation is up. This indicator being turned on has no effect if the archive data set is older than two days.

SCRATCH

(Optional) Specifies the deletion of the archive volume record, and its associated copies, if any. It will not cause any data set index records to be deleted. This is most commonly used to delete copy volumes from the CA Disk archives.

EXPDT=

(Optional) Provides the expiration date in an accepted CA Disk format that is assigned to the ARCHVOLS record being updated.

FAST=

(Optional) Allows the Fast Archive status of the Archive data set to be changed.

Valid values: YES or NO.

OPEN

(Optional) Provides the means to mark an ARCHVOLS record being OPEN (never closed). If it is already more than two days old, then this accomplishes nothing.