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CLEAN

This parameter specifies whether the CA View backup cycle is to invoke cleanup processing of CA Deliver direct-to-CA View reports with OPEN status.

Syntax:

CLEAN=YES|NO

The default is YES.

Values are as follows:

YES

Specifies cleanup processing during all backup cycles, standard and interim.

NO

Specifies no cleanup processing.

Sites that run in a nonshared JES environment should set CLEAN=NO. Use this setting because CA View cannot determine if the report was left in OPEN status or if it is actually being processed.

Notes:

• If CLEAN=NO, cleanup must be done manually with the online C command.
• The modify clean command does not affect CA Deliver OPEN subfiles, only SYSOUT subfiles left open by SARSTC or a CA View FSS collector.
• SYSOUT files originating from CA Deliver left in OPEN status can only be cleaned with the online C command.
• If long-running jobs are archiving SYSOUTs direct-to-View such as a started task archiving a log of some type, CLEAN must be set to NO because two consecutive backup cycles completed four hours apart would delete the SYSOUT and corrupt the database.