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Adding a Version Number

Use positions 50 to 53 on this statement if you want to specify a version number. (The current version of the data set is version 1, the one created before that is version 2 and so on, not including abend-flagged data sets.) When this number is specified, this version of the data set is immediately moved to the first off-site location. If there is no off-site location defined, the version is immediately scratched. All other versions of the data set remain at the data center under the control of whichever retention method has been defined for the data center. When the data center's retention criteria has been met for each of the other versions, they are scratched without movement. Only the version specified here is moved through the off-site locations that have been defined.

Note: You cannot specify a version number with cycle control (type 4) or manual control (type 7).

The statement will look something like this without a version number:

RTN(8DC0005,5OA00003,5OB0005,2OC0030,5OD0000,7OE)

Or like this with a version number in positions 50-53:

RTN(8DC0005,5OA0003,5OB0005,2OC0030,5OD0000) VER(0003)