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Each of these individual control groups (when appending), will use a volume with the same media policy retention. It should keep like retention saves on a similar volume set.
The expiration date on the volume will keep move forward if the same volume is used again at a later date.
To Enable
In 7.3 and 7.4 run one of the following commands:
CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('SETUPFUN ' '*SET ' 'Q1AAPPEND' '*JOB') - set up to for current job only
CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('SETUPFUN ' '*SET ' 'Q1AAPPEND' '*SYS') - set up to affect all jobs
In 7.5 run the following command:
SETFCNBRM ACTION(*ADD) FUNCTION(NEWAPPEND) SCOPE(*SYS)
NOTE: The SCOPE parameter also supports *JOB to only affect the current signed on job.
To Remove:
In 7.3 and 7.4 run one of the following commands:
CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('SETUPFUN ' '*REMOVE ' 'Q1AAPPEND' '*JOB') - remove for current job only
CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('SETUPFUN ' '*REMOVE ' 'Q1AAPPEND' '*SYS') - remove for all jobs
In 7.5 run the following command:
SETFCNBRM ACTION(*REMOVE) FUNCTION(NEWAPPEND) SCOPE(*SYS)
NOTE: The SCOPE parameter also supports *JOB to only affect the current signed on job.
To check what is setup:
In 7.3 and 7.4 run one of the following commands:
CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('SETUPFUN' '*DISPLAY' 'Q1AAPPEND')
In release 7.5 and later:
DSPFCNBRM FUNCTION(*ALL) then press F10 to see the detailed results.
NOTE: In releases IBM i 7.3 and later, the following PTFs or their superseding PTFs are required:
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