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Automatic Re-Backup or Delete

You can code the CTLCARDS DD statement with the SARTSLST job to have SARTSLST automatically generate SARBCH input control statements to clean up a lost tape from the database.

Be aware of the following:

• If the SYSOUT still has an active primary disk copy, a SARBCH CHANGE statement is created to mark the SYSOUT as not backed up, and the next backup cycle makes a new backup.
• If the SYSOUT has no active primary disk copy, a SARBCH DELETE statement is created to delete the SYSOUT from the database.

Note: Do not use SARTSLST if you use tape duplexing, and a duplex tape is available and readable. If the duplex tape was created with 3420 processing, you can use the SARTCP utility to recreate a primary copy from the duplex tape, and no database recovery is needed.