REQUEST: Canceling a queued request by request number

Explanation: REQUEST is a mutually exclusive, optional parameter, specifying which queued DFSMShsm request to cancel. The request corresponding to the specified request number will be canceled.

The following variable is required when using the REQUEST parameter:
num
Is the DFSMShsm request number of the request you want to cancel. Use the QUERY REQUEST command to determine the request number of a queued request.
Note:
  1. If you issue the CANCEL REQUEST command for requests created by the following commands, all queued requests associated with the specified request number are canceled. This is because these commands spin-off multiple requests with the same request number.
    • A single volume recovery from incrementals
    • BACKVOL volumes list
    • BACKVOL STORAGEGROUP
    • FRBACKUP DUMP
    • FRBACKUP DUMPONLY
    • FRRECOV COPYPOOL FROMDUMP
    • FRRECOV DSNAME

Defaults: None.

Parent topic: Optional parameters of the CANCEL command