- -r {RDAREA-name[,RDAREA-name]...|ALL}
- -r RDAREA-name
<identifier> ((1-30)) - Specifies the name of an RDAREA to be closed. You can also use batch specification of RDAREA names. For details about batch specification of RDAREA names, see 1.5.2 Batch specification of RDAREA names in operation commands.
- ALL
- Specifies that all RDAREAs except the master directory RDAREA are to be closed. If the -q option is specified, the command processes the same generation of RDAREAs.
- Rules
- You cannot close an RDAREA that is in reference-possible backup hold (update WAIT mode) or updatable backup-hold status, nor can you close a master directory RDAREA.
- You cannot specify a duplicated RDAREA name. If the name is specified, the system will eliminate all duplicated RDAREA names.
- You can specify a maximum of 128 RDAREAs. If more than 128 RDAREA names are specified, the system ignores the excess names.
- If an RDAREA name is enclosed in double quotation marks ("), the system treats it as being case sensitive; otherwise, the system treats it as all uppercase letters. If an RDAREA name contains a space, enclose the entire name in double quotation marks ("). If you use the Bourne shell (sh), C shell (csh), or Korn shell (ksh), you must enclose the entire set of RDAREA names in single quotation marks (').
- If you specify a user RDAREA or user LOB RDAREA, make sure that the corresponding data dictionary RDAREA is in one of the following statuses:
- Open and shutdown release status
- Open and shutdown status placed by the pdhold command
- When you specify both data dictionary and user RDAREAs or both data dictionary and user LOB RDAREAs, be sure to specify the data dictionary RDAREAs last.
- If you are using the inner replica facility, you can also specify original and replica RDAREA names. In this case, you can specify only user RDAREAs and user LOB RDAREAs.
- -q generation-number
<unsigned integer> ((0-10))
Specifies the generation number of a replica RDAREA.
If you specify this option, make sure that the original RDAREA name is specified in the -r option. An error results if you specify an original RDAREA whose replicas have all been deleted or if you specify a normal RDAREA (one without a replica RDAREA).