Verifying a group definition

Use the VERIFY line command to validate a group definition’s configuration parameters and syntax.

About this task

Notes:
  1. You must have UPDATE, ALTER, or CONTROL authority, or the security must be inactive (SAF Not Active, or No Security) for you to be able to complete the following functions: Promote, Verify, and Restore. If not, the following message is displayed: This user does not have the required authority for the zDMF server database. You may proceed with limited functionality. For full functionality, you must change your security setting to be able to update this data set.
  2. Group definitions that were not promoted are identified by ZD, prefixed to the member name.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to verify a group definition that was not promoted.

On the Manage Group Members panel, enter V next to the group definition that you want to verify and press Enter.
The group definition is then parsed and checked for syntax and configuration errors. If an inconsistency is found, a syntax error message is displayed and the error is marked. See Figure 1.
Figure 1. Verifying a group definition

Results

The generated control card shows that each pair is defined with a SET statement, which defines the options for all data sets in that pair. You can enter more than one SET of data sets in a group after you enter the first SET. A SET or group/pair is defined as a source and target data set name - or mask pair - with the same options and volumes.

Note: You cannot verify a group if you specified an invalid class. The following message is displayed: GZD3140E Group definition error: Storage class not active.