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4.3.13.3 Using CA MICS Archive Tapes With MICF


If you specify ARCHIVE for CA MICS file cycle on the
execution-time parameters panel, MICF will process the
archive tape in place of the corresponding online
file--weekly archive history for WEEKS files, monthly archive
history for MONTHS files, and archive audit for DETAIL/DAYS
files.

Most of the inquiries we distribute let you override CA MICS
file cycles at execution; therefore, most distributed
inquiries automatically support archive tape.

The following steps describe accessing the CA MICS archive
tapes with a new inquiry.

1. Compose and test your inquiry against the CA MICS online
   database as usual.  Specify YES for the option to allow
   execution-time override for CA MICS file cycles.

2. When you execute the inquiry, specify A (ARCHIVE) instead
   of a cycle number.  If an archive tape is available for
   the file, timespan, and DBID you are processing, MICF
   will allocate and read the corresponding archive tape
   file.

Note the following important restrictions on MICF archive
tape access:

   o Dynamic tape drive allocation is not allowed.  You must
     execute your inquiry in batch mode and you cannot use
     archive tape with the MICF production reporting
     interface.

   o You can override the archive tape generation data group
     (the default is generation 0); however, only one archive
     tape is processed (i.e., you cannot concatenate multiple
     archive audit generations.) Specify ARCHIVE-n where n
     is the generation number (for example, ARCHIVE-1 for the
     "-1" generation.)

   o All CA MICS file selections in the inquiry that allow
     execution-time cycle override must specify CA MICS files
     present in the corresponding timespan's archives, that
     is, archive access must be valid for every file to which
     the execution-time override applies.

   o Archive file access is not available to user-written
     report inquiries because you do not specify cycles for
     the CA MICS File Allocation option.  You should continue
     to use the External File Allocation option to allocate
     archive tape files for user-written reports.