BACKUPCONTROLDATASET, MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET, and BOTH: Controlling the source of information

Explanation: BACKUPCONTROLDATASET, MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET, and BOTH are mutually exclusive, optional parameters. When the information to be listed can exist in the MCDS and BCDS, you can tell DFSMShsm where to look for the information. These parameters apply to data set entries, primary volume entries, and migration volume entries.

BACKUPCONTROLDATASET
is specified to request a list of the BCDS entries for a specific data set, level, or volume, or for migration volumes, or primary volumes. BACKUP is allowed as an alias for BACKUPCONTROLDATASET.
MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET
is specified to request a list of the MCDS entries for a specific data set, level, or volume, or for migration volumes, or primary volumes. MIGRAT is allowed as an alias for MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET.
BOTH
is specified to request a list of the MCDS and BCDS data set entries.

Defaults: The default is MIGRATIONCONTROLDATASET.