BACKUP

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

Determines whether this NCP’s resources can be taken over by a backup host if the owning host fails.
BACKUP=NO
Indicates that the backup host cannot take over the NCP’s resources.
BACKUP=YES
Indicates that a backup host can take over the NCP’s resources.

If BACKUP=YES, resources are held in reserve unless they are owned by the host VTAM® to which this NCP is defined. (Such resources have the same OWNER name as the one on this PCCU definition statement.) The host VTAM cannot use the resources until a VTAM VARY ACQ command is issued for this NCP.

Note: If the OWNER operand is not coded, BACKUP is ignored. (See OWNER for a description of OWNER.)