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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS HSM
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 25, 2024

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QUERY ACTIVE(TCBADDRESS) output ARC0162I VOL= parm to have current tape being processed than (or) in addition to the first tape

When fuctions such as Data Set RECOVER is in progress for a very long time spanning hours for huge files, the output from QUERY ACTIVE(TCBADDRESS) currently lists the VOLUME=vvvvvv parm with the first HSM backup tape, even after it is done with that and moved on to the next set of tapes to recover.  

Currently, as the ARC0162I continues to show the first volume, to understand the progress, we need to:
 - analyze the volume chain associated with the first HSM backup tape (say via RMM)
 - list the TTOC of the tapes from the first tape containing the dataset and a few from that point in the volume chain
 - and go on repeating the above until the last tape containing this data set is found
 - Analyze the HSM job log to see the tape mounts to understand; keep doing this until the restore is completed.  QUERY ACTIVE(TCBADDRESS) only let us know that the recovery is in progress - not what it is currently processing.

It will be good if there is an enhancement to:
 - list both the First & Current volumes with message having VOL-FST=vvvvv1 and VOL-CUR=vvvvv2 (or)
 - list the current volume being processed in the same message instead of the first volume throughout the duration of the recall.

This will help in knowing the progress with ease.

Idea priority High

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