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Starting the Archival Task

Note: The OPT=NEW or OPT=INEW command does not start a new DR tape. A new DR tape is automatically started after a back cycle is completed. You can force a new DR tape by replying NO to the IEF455D mount message.

You start SARSTC with one of the following operator commands:

S SARSTC
S SARSTC,OPT=DUMP
S SARSTC,OPT=NEW
S SARSTC,OPT=CLEAN
S SARSTC,OPT=IDUMP
S SARSTC,OPT=INEW
S SARSTC,OPT=STOPBU

Where

OPT=NEW

Specifies that the archival task initiates its backup cycle immediately following initialization and before archiving any SYSOUT

The new tape generation resides on a new tape.

OPT=CLEAN

Specifies that the archival task performs a cleanup of its database. The cleanup recovers space for any SYSOUT groups that are created or loaded to disk when a system crash or abend of the archival task occurs

The archival task automatically performs a cleanup operation as part of its backup cycle.

OPT=IDUMP

Specifies that an interim backup cycle is initiated immediately following initialization and before archiving any SYSOUT

This backup resides on the same tape as the previous backup, provided the tape has room, because the archival generation number is not incremented. (Also, an initialization parameter, MAXGENT, specifies the maximum number of generations that are written to one tape.)

OPT=INEW

Specifies that the archival task initiates an interim backup cycle immediately following initialization and before archiving any SYSOUT

The archival generation number is not incremented; however, this backup resides on a new tape.

OPT=STOPBU

Specifies not to restart the backup task. Use this option when the earlier execution of SARSTC was canceled or abended during a backup cycle and you do not want to restart the backup automatically. When this option is used, the SARINIT parameter EROPRO is set to ALL so that ERO processing in the next standard backup cycle processes all reports from prior generations. If the EROPRO was previously set to YES, it is not changed.

Note: We recommend that you add command S SARSTC to member.

COMMNDxx of SYS1.PARMLIB to start the archival task automatically at each IPL.