Parallel Recalls
I have a jobs calling for multiple virtual tape vol-sers. I do NOT code ",,DEFER".
Are the tapes restored in parallel? Here's two JCL examples:
(1) FDR restore from multiple virtual backup tapes (and some tapes needing multiple labels [files]):
//*
//TAPE1 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=VTAPE,
// DSNAME=FDRABR.VPRNA06.B114105A,LABEL=22,VOL=SER=V17614
//*
//TAPE2 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=VTAPE,
// DSNAME=FDRABR.VPRNA5F.B114105A,LABEL=10,VOL=SER=V18747
//*
//TAPE3 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=AFF=TAPE2,
// DSNAME=FDRABR.VPRNA74.B114105A,LABEL=19,VOL=SER=V18747
//*
//TAPE4 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=VTAPE,
// DSNAME=FDRABR.VPRNA8A.B114105A,LABEL=17,VOL=SER=V18812