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Stacking Rules

Dynamic data set stacking can be controlled by a variety of different DO statements in Control-M/Tape rules. These DO statements enable specification of stacking criteria that affect only the data set or data sets processed by a specific rule. The DO statements that can be specified are shown in Table 13.

Table 13 Dynamic Stacking DO Statements

Statement

Description

DO STACK

Indicates that the data set should be stacked.

DO STKDEFSZ

Default length for the data set if it is to be stacked.

DO STKGROUP

Stacking group for the data set.

DO STKMODE

Method to be used for stacking the data set.

DO STKMXLBL

The highest label number that can be assigned to the data set when it is stacked (meaning, the data set cannot be stacked on a volume or volume chain that already has the specified number of labels).

DO STKMVOL

The highest volume sequence number of a volume on which the data set is to be placed (meaning, the data set cannot be stacked on a volume chain that already has the specified number of volumes).

DO STKRULE

Stacking limitation for the data set.

DO STKSRCHL

Maximum number of volumes that can be considered for stacking the data set.

For more information about these DO statements, see the rule parameters chapter of the Control-M/Tape User Guide.

Note: Additional stacking and filtering rules can be implemented using Control-M/Tape Exit 10. A sample version of Exit 10 is supplied in the CTTX010B member of the IOA SAMPEXIT library. For more information about Control-M/Tape Exit 10, see the CTTX010 member in the IOA SAMPEXIT library.

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