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MANUAL System Option—Manual Update of Retention Schedules

Use the MANUAL system option to determine whether manual overrides of tape retention schedules are allowed. When manual overrides are allowed, the retention of the updated tapes may be changed from what was specified in the RMF.

This system option has the following format:

MANUAL=[NO|YES]
NO

(Default) The retention schedule for a tape may not be updated manually.

YES

The retention schedule for a tape may be updated manually.