Syntax of the BACKVOL command with non-SMS-managed volumes

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram
>>-BACKVOL------------------------------------------------------>

>--+-+-CONTROLDATASETS-+--+----------------------+-----------+-><
   | '-CDS-------------'  '-(--| Fragment A |--)-'           |   
   +---PRIMARY-| Fragment C |--------------------------------+   
   |            .-,------.                                   |   
   |            V        |                                   |   
   '---VOLUMES(---volser-+-)-| Fragment B |-| Fragment C |---'   

A: CONTROLDATASETS optional parameters

|--+---------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-BACKUPDEVICECATEGORY(-+-DASD------------------------+-)-'   
                           '-TAPE-+--------------------+-'       
                                  '-(-+-PARALLEL---+-)-'         
                                      '-NOPARALLEL-'             

>--+----------------------+--+-----------------+----------------|
   '-DATAMOVER(-+-HSM-+-)-'  '-NULLJOURNALONLY-'   
                '-DSS-'                            

B: VOLUMES optional parameters

   .-INCREMENTAL--------------------.   
|--+--------------------------------+---------------------------|
   +-DUMP--+----------------------+-+   
   |       '-(--| Fragment D |--)-' |   
   '-TOTAL--------------------------'   

C: PRIMARY and VOLUMES optional parameters

|--+----------------------------------+--+------------------+--->
   '-BACKUPDEVICECATEGORY(-+-DASD-+-)-'  '-FREQUENCY-(days)-'   
                           '-TAPE-'                             

                                     (1)   
>--+----------+--+-----------------+----------------------------|
   '-TERMINAL-'  '-UNIT-(unittype)-'       

D: DUMP optional parameters

|--+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--|
   |                 .-,-----.                                                                     |   
   |                 V       |                                                                     |   
   '-+-DUMPCLASS-+-(---class-+-)-+--------------------------------------+-+----------------------+-'   
     '-DCLASS----'               |                         .-,----.     | |          .-,---.     |     
                                 |                         V      |     | |          V     |     |     
                                 '-+-RETENTIONPERIOD-+-(-+---days-+-+-)-' '-STACK(-+---nnn-+-+-)-'     
                                   '-RETPD-----------'   +-*--------+              '-*-------'         
                                                         '-NOLIMIT--'                                  

Notes:
  1. The UNIT parameter is ignored if you specify the PRIMARY parameter.