SELECT(ACTIVE | RETAINDAYS): Selecting entries based on specification of the RETAINDAYS keyword

ACTIVE specifies that DFSMShsm is to display the information about the active backup versions only. The information about the retained backup copies is not included in the output.

RETAINDAYS specifies that DFSMShsm is to display the backup information about the active and retained backup copies that have RETAINDAYS specified at the time of backup. Retained backup copies do not have version and generation numbers, therefore this information is not available in the HLIST command output.

Note: If you specify SELECT without specifying either RETAINDAYS or ACTIVE, DFSMShsm displays information about both active and retained backup copies. The output contains "***" for generation and version numbers for retained copies, and "*****" in the field of the RETAINDAYS value for copies that do not have RETAINDAYS specified during backup.