Using the Database Report to verify the contents of the archive

The Database Report function generates a list of data sets that are currently in the Archive Database, a list of tapes where the inactive data sets are archived, and provides summary information.

About this task

As an alternative to running a Database Report, you can use either of these methods to verify archive contents:

Review the report and log information that is written by the Archive job to the ARCHRPT DD and the ARCHLOG DD, respectively. For more information, see Using Archive job report and log information to verify archive contents.
Use the ISPF interface to list the data sets in the archive. For more information, see Using the ISPF interface to display a list of archived data sets.

Procedure

Use the information in Archive Database reporting to generate an Archive Database report.

What to do next

If the contents of the archive are not what you expected them to be, you can modify the Archive job JCL to create a candidate rejection report that provides information about the data sets that were rejected by Archive processing. Go on to Creating a candidate rejection report.