DD ARCHIVER usage

Products

• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE- ADD-ON OPTIO
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE

Issue/Introduction

Is the DD ARCHIVER only used to the input to a restore to allocate the input? Is this the ONLY time that DD is used?

Resolution

The ARCHIVER DD name is used if an archive volume on 3480 needs to be opened for INPUT.
For example for the following functions:
DMSAR
FMS
MERGCOPY
MERGE
RECOVER
RESTORE
XCOPY

Note: Depending on whether the archive is on DASD or TAPE or 3480 or DYNnUNIT, the DD name might vary.
Following a list of possible DD names per device:
TAPE DDN=ARCHIVES
3480 DDN=ARCHIVER
DISK DDN=ARCHIVED
DYN1 DDN=ARCHIVY1
DYN2 DDN=ARCHIVY2
DYN3 DDN=ARCHIVY3
DYN4 DDN=ARCHIVY4
DYN5 DDN=ARCHIVY5
DYN6 DDN=ARCHIVY6
DYN7 DDN=ARCHIVY7
DYN8 DDN=ARCHIVY8
DYN9 DDN=ARCHIVY9
DY10 DDN=ARCHIV10
DY11 DDN=ARCHIV11
DY12 DDN=ARCHIV12
DY13 DDN=ARCHIV13
DY14 DDN=ARCHIV14
DY15 DDN=ARCHIV15
DY16 DDN=ARCHIV16
DY17 DDN=ARCHIV17
DY18 DDN=ARCHIV18
DY19 DDN=ARCHIV19
DY20 DDN=ARCHIV20