Optional parameters of the LIST command

When you issue the LIST command, you may specify one or more of the optional parameters. Refer to the syntax diagrams at the beginning of this topic for the recommended use of the LIST command and its subparameters.

ALLDUMPS and BACKUPCONTENTS: Determining existence of dumps or listing incremental backup contents
ALLVOLS, DATASETS, DUMPVOLS, FASTREPLICATIONVOLS, and NOVOLS: Listing a specific type of copy pool information
BACKUPCONTROLDATASET, MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET, and BOTH: Controlling the source of information
DATASETINFORMATION and NODATASETINFORMATION: Including or not including data set information
DATE and VERSION: Specifying the date or version of the aggregate group
DUMPCONTENTS: Listing contents of a set of dump volumes
INCLUDEPRIMARY: Listing entries for any data set that has migrated
OUTDATASET, SYSOUT, and TERMINAL: Specifying the location of output for the list
RESET: Requesting that the host ID field indicate no serialization
SELECT: Listing only those data set or volume entries that meet selection criteria
SELECT (ACTIVE and RETAINDAYS): Displaying information about active and retained backup copies
SELECT (AGE): Specifying data set use by age
SELECT (ALTERNATEVOLUME and NOALTERNATEVOLUME): Listing tape volumes that have alternate tape volumes
SELECT (AVAILABLE): Listing available dump volumes for dump output
SELECT (CAPACITYMODE): Identifying tape volumes by their ability to use available tape capacity
SELECT (CONNECTED and NOTCONNECTED): List volumes that contain spanning data sets
SELECT (DISASTERALTERNATEVOLUMES): Listing tape volumes that have disaster alternate volumes
SELECT (DUMPCLASS)
SELECT (DUMPSTATE, FASTREPLICATIONSTATE, INCOMPLETERECOVERY, and NONPREFERREDFRVOLS): Listing specific information about copy pools
SELECT (EFMT1, EFMT2, EEFMT2, EFMT3, EEFMT3, EFMT4, EEFMT4, ENCRYPTED, and NOTENCRYPTED): Recording format
SELECT (EMPTY, FULL, NOTFULL, ASSOCIATED, NOTASSOCIATED, ERRORALTERNATE, and RECYCLETAKEAWAY): Identifying tape volume capacity
SELECT (EXCESSIVEVOLUMES): Listing volumes with data sets spanning four or more volumes
SELECT (EXPIRED): Listing expired dump volumes
SELECT (FAILEDCREATE): Listing all tape volumes that have incomplete data set information saved in the OCDS TTOC record
SELECT (FAILEDRECYCLE): Listing only those volumes that have failed recycle
SELECT (LIBRARY and NOLIBRARY): Listing tape volume library status
SELECT (MIGRATIONLEVEL1, MIGRATIONLEVEL2, VOLUME(volser), BACKUP, and BOTH): Requesting specific information for volumes
SELECT (MULTIPLEVOLUME): Listing multiple-volume non-VSAM data sets from backup or dump VTOC copy data sets
SELECT (NORETENTIONLIMIT): List dump volumes with no retention period
SELECT (OVERFLOW and NOOVERFLOW): List overflow or non-overflow ML1 volumes
SELECT (RECALLTAKEAWAY): Listing ML2 volumes taken away by recall or ABACKUP functions
SELECT (RESUMEAUDIT): Listing tape volumes that are capable of being resumed after AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS was interruped
SELECT (SMALLDATASETPACKING and NOSMALLDATASETPACKING): Specifying whether data sets have migrated to SDSP
SELECT (UNAVAILABLE): Listing dump volumes with invalid contents
SELECT (UNEXPIRED): Listing dump volumes that have not reached their expiration date
SELECT (VSAM): Specifying the data set organization
SUMMARY: Requesting a summary

Parent topic: LIST command: Listing information from the MCDS, BCDS, and OCDS