Manually marking lists for archiving

Overview

When reading in a list, Adabas Audit Data Retrieval creates a list generation record for this list.

Among other things, this record contains information that is used by the archive batch utility when archiving this list. Some of these values may be modified after the list has been read in:

Line commands A and UA

You can modify the following if a list has not been marked for archiving (status "Arch = No"):

  • You can mark the list for archiving using the line command A.

    This will display a panel where you can specify the archive medium, archive retention period, and owner.

    Prerequisite: The list has not been archived and it has not been marked for archiving (Status "Arch = No")

You can modify the following if a list has been marked for archiving (status "Arch = Pend"):

  • You can remove this mark using the line command UA. In this case, the list will not be archived.

    Prerequisite: The list has been marked for archiving, but has not yet been archived (Status "Arch = Pend").

Note

If you want to modify the archive medium, archive retention period, or owner of a list that has been marked for archiving, enter the line command UA first and afterwards enter the line command A. You can then specify these values in the displayed panel.

Alternatively, you can also carry out these modifications using the line command E. With the help of the line command E and the batch utility B97AXPDT, it is also possible to change the archive expiration date of lists that have already been archived.

Update List Generation Record

PE97IG99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===>

 Update List Generation Record Last Update: 00:00:00

 Form : REJ Jobname : REJIMPRT Date : 03/17/2009
 Extension : TRADE JobID : *IMPORT* Time : 13:08:37:41
 Report :
 MY SHORT TRADE LIST

 The archive information for the above list/report are incomplete or might
 be modified. Please enter the required values below:

 Archive Medium ===> (T)ape,(D)isk,(O)disk,(C)entera
 Archive Retention Period ===> 0 (1-36500) Days

 Owner ===> CUST001




 Press the ENTER key to update the list generation record.
 Press the END key to return to the previous panel.

Fields

Field

Description

Archive Medium

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval supports the following media:

  • Tape
  • Disk
  • Optical disk
  • Centera

Archive Retention Period

Number of days the list and its indexes should remain available in the archive (minimum)

Owner

When assigning a list to an archive pool, the owner of the archive pool definition must be the same as the owner specified in this field.

For more information on how this information is processed, see "Archiving concept".