Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP 8.5 Product Guide

Specifies the snapshot name.

The snapshot name must be unique per source device. Specifying the NAME option only, as a GLOBAL parameter, allows for only one snapshot per source device until the snapshot name is changed.

The NAME parameter can be specified on the CONFIG, CREATE, GLOBAL, LINK, QUERY SNAPSHOT, and RENAME commands. It has a matching site option, &SNAPSHOT_NAME.

Syntax

NAME(snapshot_name[%date[{4|6|8}]%][%time[{4|6}]%])

Options

snapshot_name

Specifies the 1-32 character snapshot name. snapshot_name allows upper and lower case alpha, numerics, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). If the name contains hyphens, enclose it in single quotes. Embedded spaces are not allowed. Periods are allowed only if when GLOBAL ZDP(YES) is set.

To ensure a unique snapshot name per source device, append the snapshot_name with date and time variables:

• %date%—Substitutes the current date in MM_DD_YYYY format.
• %date4%—Substitutes the current date in MMDD format.
• %date6%—Substitutes the current date in MMDDYY format.
• %date8%—Substitutes the current date in MMDDYYYY format.
• %time%—Substitutes the current time in HH_MM_SS format.
• %time4%—Substitutes the current time in HHMM format.
• %time6%—Substitutes the current time in HHMMSS format.