Syntax of the BACKVOL command with SMS-managed volumes

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>>-BACKVOL------------------------------------------------------>

>--+-+-CONTROLDATASETS-+--+----------------------+-------+-----><
   | '-CDS-------------'  '-(--| Fragment A |--)-'       |   
   |                    .-,---.                          |   
   |                    V     |                          |   
   +-+-STORAGEGROUP-+-(---sgn-+-)-| Fragment C |---------+   
   | +-SG-----------+                                    |   
   | +-SGROUP-------+                                    |   
   | '-STRGRP-------'                                    |   
   |          .-,------.                                 |   
   |          V        |                                 |   
   '-VOLUMES(---volser-+-)-| Fragment B |-| Fragment C |-'   

A: CONTROLDATASETS optional parameters

|--+---------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-BACKUPDEVICECATEGORY(-+-DASD------------------------+-)-'   
                           '-TAPE-+--------------------+-'       
                                  '-(-+-PARALLEL---+-)-'         
                                      '-NOPARALLEL-'             

>--+----------------------+--+-----------------+----------------|
   '-DATAMOVER(-+-HSM-+-)-'  '-NULLJOURNALONLY-'   
                '-DSS-'                            

B: VOLUMES optional parameters

|--+----------------------------------+-------------------------|
   '-BACKUPDEVICECATEGORY(-+-DASD-+-)-'   
                           '-TAPE-'       

C: STORAGEGROUP and VOLUMES optional parameters

   .-INCREMENTAL--------------------.                 
|--+--------------------------------+--+----------+-------------|
   +-DUMP--+----------------------+-+  '-TERMINAL-'   
   |       '-(--| Fragment D |--)-' |                 
   '-TOTAL--------------------------'                 

D: DUMP optional parameters

|--+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--|
   |                 .-,-----.                                                                     |   
   |                 V       |                                                                     |   
   '-+-DUMPCLASS-+-(---class-+-)-+--------------------------------------+-+----------------------+-'   
     '-DCLASS----'               |                         .-,----.     | |          .-,---.     |     
                                 |                         V      |     | |          V     |     |     
                                 '-+-RETENTIONPERIOD-+-(-+---days-+-+-)-' '-STACK(-+---nnn-+-+-)-'     
                                   '-RETPD-----------'   +-*--------+              '-*-------'         
                                                         '-NOLIMIT--'