Required Parameter
- FILE(ddname)
- ddname names a DD statement identifying the cluster or alternate index being verified. For further information, see "Using VERIFY to Fix Improperly Closed Data Sets" in z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets. The data set is deallocated at the VERIFY job step termination.
- DATASET(entryname)
- specifies
the name of the object being verified. If DATASET is specified, the
object is dynamically allocated. The data set is deallocated dynamically
at job termination.
Abbreviation: DS
You can use the VERIFY command following a system error that caused a component opened for update processing to be improperly closed. You can also use it to verify an entry-sequenced data set defined with RECOVERY that was open in create mode when the system error occurred. However, the entry-sequenced data set must contain records (not be empty) to successfully verify.