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Direct-to-Tape Archival

For large reports, or other SYSOUT for which the site does not require immediate access but for which archival is desired, the site can define from one to eight classes to be archived directly to tape. The initialization parameter used to define direct-to-tape archival classes is TAPECLSL.

For example, if you want to archive all SYSOUT with a form name of VIEW and, of the SYSOUT that is archived, you want any class T or U SYSOUT archived directly to tape with no disk storage being used, specify the following parameters:

FORM=VIEW
TAPECLSL=TU

Due to the sequential nature of tape, some restrictions exist for SYSOUT archived directly to tape. These restrictions are:

• Exceptional conditions do not cause the automatic printing of the SYSOUT
• The microfiche started task does not process the SYSOUT

For performance reasons, after a SYSOUT data set is selected for archival, a tape drive is allocated. It remains allocated through the next backup cycle or until the archival task is stopped. Alternatively, you can specify the UNLOAD initialization parameter to unload and free the tape drive after each SYSOUT group is archived to tape.

Note: If SYSOUT is being archived to tape when a backup cycle is initiated, archiving is suspended until the backup has been completed.

All direct-to-tape SYSOUT is written to STORGRP0, the default tape storage group. If you specify a group other than STORGRP0 for the SYSOUT, the consolidation program SARPAC honors that group when it processes the tape.