Control Parameters

The functions that the LTA Services Utility must perform are determined by the keywords and operands on the EXEC statement’s PARM parameter.

The following table lists the supported values.
Services Utility Control Parameters
Keyword Operand Description
-B None Access the log backward, starting with the most current entry.
-C {N |Y, N} Copy the records to the ARCHIVE DD Name. The default is N.
-F {1 | 1, 2, 3, X} Specify the format of the report. Set the value to X if no report is desired.
-G {2 | 0 - 4} Specify the debug level for Log Services. The value 0 means no messages; 4 means many messages.
-H 0 - 4 Specify the debug level for VSAM access. The values are the same as those for -G. Reset to 0 (zero) if the SXLDEBUG DD statement is missing.
-I {V | V, A} Specify the input to processing: VSAM (default) or Archive (print an archive file). If the input is Archive, the -C and -R keywords cannot use the Y operand and you must not specify the -B keyword.
-N 0-99999999 Specify the number of records to read. The default is no limit.
-R {N | Y, N} Reset the VSAM cluster to empty. Reset the first two records only and do not rewrite the entire file. The default is N.
-S 0-99999999 Specify the number of records to skip. The default is none.
-X {N | Y, N} Create a log from a newly defined cluster, which must be done before other operations can be performed on the log. The default is N.

Must specify or default -FX -IV -RN -CN with -XY.