ACTIVATE operand description

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   .-ACTIVATE--=--NO------.   
>>-+----------------------+------------------------------------><
   |              .-NO--. |   
   '-ACTIVATE--=--+-----+-'   
                  '-YES-'     

Specifies whether VTAM® automatically activates the physical unit and its associated logical units (that have been defined with ISTATUS=ACTIVE) after the physical unit has been moved to a new line.

If you use ACTIVATE=NO, you can activate the physical unit after the move by issuing VARY ACT,ID=pu name.