General Information

Parameters for each mission can be specified under different categories. It is possible to use different criteria for different scheduling dates (for example, regular workday vs. end of month). Each set of mission criteria is called a category.

Any number of categories (criteria) can be defined for each mission. It is possible to use multiple categories of the same name, although this is usually not desirable. It is recommended that in early stages of Control-V implementation, only one basic category be used for all backup or restore missions, such as DAILY.

For printing missions, parameter CATEGORY can specify the delivery method. For example, a category can be established for each courier or for each specific bundle. Parameters INCLUDE/EXCLUDE USER and INCLUDE/EXCLUDE ODATE enable you to select the reports included in each mission category.

For backup and migration missions, if the CATEGORY field is set to NOWAIT, Control-D does not synchronize mission processing and decollation processing, and it does not back up or migrate CDAM files that were decollated after Control-D monitors were started.

For backup and migration missions, if the CATEGORY field is set to NOINDEX, Control-V indexes are not backed up or migrated together with the CDAM file. In this case, the original Index files are deleted from DASD by the CTDDELRP utility even if they are defined as RESIDENT.

For restore missions, if the CATEGORY field is set to MIG=<migration mission name>, reports restored from the History User file will then be picked up for migration by the specified migration mission. The reports restored by a restore mission with the CATEGORY field set to any other value cannot be migrated after restoring.

The following are some specific strings you can specify in the CATEGORY field for printing missions, and their effect:

• If you specify NOBANNER in the CATEGORY field, banner printing for this print mission is suppressed. NOBANNER can be specified anywhere in the CATEGORY field.
• If you specify NORULER in the CATEGORY field, print rulers are not processed for the mission and the Active User Report file is not searched to determine if a ruler exists for the mission.

  NORULER can be specified anywhere in the CATEGORY field. For example, specifying NOBANNER, NORULER causes banners to not be printed and rulers to not be used.

• If you specify SEQL-FILE or SEQL=filename in the CATEGORY field, printouts are written to the designated sequential file instead of the JES spool. For details, see the Control-D and Control-V chapter of the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide.
• If the CATEGORY field begins with ASIS–, machine control codes are not translated to ASA codes and the original format and the original length of the records that make up the report are saved while printing the report. This increases the number of chunks but may be necessary for some XEROX or AFP reports.

Whenever the mission is scheduled, the specified category is placed in the Active Missions file.