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GLOBALBACKUPSTCLASS Parameter

This parameter specifies the SMS storage class for the global variable backup data set (for example, OPSPOOL, WORKPOOL).

Default value

None

Other possible values

Any valid SMS storage class name

Set or modify this parameter...

Anytime

Example: GLOBALBACKUPSTCLASS

This function names WORKPOOL as the storage class default for the backup.

OPSPRM('SET','GLOBALBACKUPSTCLASS','WORKPOOL')

Note: This parameter overrides both GLOBLALBACKUPUNIT and GLOBALBACKUPVOLSER.

When this parameter is specified, the backup data set is allocated with a block size of zero. This allows System Determined Blocksize to select an optimum block size for the backup data set.