Editing aggregate group attributes

After specifying backup attribute values, issue the DOWN command to view page two of the Aggregate Group Define panel. Page two of the Aggregate Group Define panel contains the selection and instruction data set names for the aggregate group. The SCDS Name and Aggregate Group Name fields are output fields that contain the SCDS and aggregate group names you specified on the Aggregate Group Application Selection panel.

Edit a Data Set: Select the number of a selection or instruction data set that you want to edit. When you select a data set number, it allows you to allocate or modify the data set by invoking PDF Edit. The PDF edit screen is shown in Figure 1. See z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol I for more information on the PDF Edit commands.
Selection Data Set Name: Name of the data set containing lists of data sets to be included in the application backup. You can specify up to five selection data set names. One data set name is required. There is no default. If you want to enter a fully qualified data set name, enclose the name in single quotation marks. If you do not enclose the name in single quotation marks, the TSO prefix is added to the name as the first high level qualifier. There is no default.
Member Name: Name of the data set member containing lists of data sets to be included in the application backup if the selection data set is partitioned. This name must be a valid TSO data set member name. Enter a valid member of the partitioned data set specified in the Selection Data Set Name field. This is required if the data set specified in the Selection Data Set Name field is a partitioned data set. If you want to enter a fully qualified data set name, enclose the name in single quotation marks. If you do not enclose the name in single quotation marks, the TSO prefix is added to the name as the first high level qualifier. There is no default.
Instruction Data Set Name: Name of the data set containing instruction, commands, etc., that are copied into the control file volume after the backup control file. This data set can only be a sequential data set. You must use a valid TSO data set name. The data set name, including the TSO prefix, can be no more than 44 characters long. This is an optional field and has no default.

If you select the option to edit a Selection or Instruction Data Set on the Aggregate Group Define panel, you get the PDF Edit screen shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Editing an Aggregate Group Selection Data Set- Example

 EDIT --- SELECT.DATASET.ONE ------------------------- LINE 000000 COL 001 072
 COMMAND ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> HALF
 ******  **************************** TOP OF DATA ******************************
 000001 INCLUDE( XMP.** )
 000002 EXCLUDE( XMP.USER.TAPE1,
 000003          XMP.INPUT.MASTER )
 000004 ACCOMPANY( DATA.MASTER,          /* MASTER */
 000005            XMP.USER.TAPE1 )
 000006 ALLOCATE( XMP.OLD.DASD1 )
 ****** *************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *****************************

You can specify the following keywords with parameters using PDF edit:

INCLUDE: Specifies which data sets are included in the backup. No distinction is made whether they are tape or DASD. If a partitioned data set is indicated, all members are included in the application backup.
EXCLUDE: Specifies the data sets that are specifically excluded from the backup process.
ACCOMPANY: Specifies data sets that are physically removed from the backup site, transported to the recovery site, and only need to be cataloged during application recovery.
ALLOCATE: Allocates and defines data sets at the recovery site without copying the data from the source. For VSAM data sets, only the base cluster is defined, and the AIXs and pathnames are not. See z/OS DFSMShsm Storage Administration for further information.

When you allocate or edit selection data sets, there are several rules you must follow:

Records must be 80 bytes in length and of a fixed format.
Entries must be entered between columns 1 and 72.
INCLUDE, EXCLUDE, ACCOMPANY, and ALLOCATE can be specified only once.
A comment is a string of characters preceded by "/*" and followed by "*/" and might span multiple records.
A separator consists of a comma (,), one or more blanks, or a comment.
Parameters are separated from one another by one or more separators.
One or more blanks can, optionally, precede and follow each parenthesis in the pair.
Continuation of a record is optionally specified by a hyphen (-) or plus sign (+) as the rightmost nonblank character, preceded by one or more blanks. Continuation characters are not required.
If the same fully qualified data set name is specified in both the INCLUDE list and the EXCLUDE list, the data set is not selected for processing because EXCLUDE takes precedence over INCLUDE.
Data set names specified in the INCLUDE list cannot be specified in the ALLOCATE or ACCOMPANY list.
The minimum truncation allowed for keywords is: I for INCLUDE, E for EXCLUDE, AC for ACCOMPANY, and AL for ALLOCATE.