ARCHIVE subtask

By default (operand NOW=YES), statements involving input/output operations on save volumes (EXPORT, IMPORT, LIST, RESTORE and SAVE) are processed by a task created by ARCHIVE, known as the subtask. In this case, the I/O operations are not performed by the user job (main task).

Example

%  ARC0002 STATEMENT ACCEPTED. ARCHIVE SEQUENCE NUMBER 'A.100814.163022', VERSION='12.0A'
%  ARC0033 ARCHIVE SUBTASK TSN 'OPDJ' GENERATED

In interactive mode, the user must wait until the subtask has been completed and the user job has brought the directory file up to date and created the lists before (s)he can make a new entry.

The subtask is started in the same batch category and job class as the main task.