HOW TO ADD THE ARCHIVE FACILITY TO AN EXISTING LIBRARIAN MASTER FILE?

Products

• Librarian

Issue/Introduction

Description:

I have an existing Librarian master file that does not have the archive facility turned on. How do I turn it on for the existing file?

 

Environment

Release:
Component: C21E

Resolution

Solution:

To turn on archiving for an existing librarian master file you will need to reinitialize using the -OPT command.
Sample JCL below.

//JOBCARD                                                              
//***************************************************************
//*   THIS SAMPLE JCL WILL USE AFOLIBR TO CHANGE THE            * 
//*   INITIALIZATION SETTINGS OF A MASTER FILE.                 * 
//*   ALL OPTIONS REMAINED INTACT UNLESS ALTERED BY THIS JOB.   * 
//*************************************************************** 
//STEP1        EXEC     PGM=AFOLIBR,PARM='NRJS,NJTA' 
//OSJOB        DD       DUMMY 
//SYSPRINT     DD       SYSOUT=* 
//LIST         DD       SYSOUT=* 
//INDEX        DD       SYSOUT=* 
//MASTER       DD       DSN=YOUR.LBIRARIAN.MASTERFILE.MAST,DISP=OLD 
//SYSIN        DD       * 
-OPT REINIT,ARC=5 
/*
//

Note: Reinitializing a master file to support archiving does not automatically archive members. You must specify ARC on the -ADD or -SEL control statement for each member to archive.