The following table summarizes Teradata ARC runtime parameters. For more detail, refer to the sections that follow the table.
| Parameter | Platforms Supported | Description |
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| CATALOG | All Platforms | Enables direct tape positioning for restore and copy operations. |
| CHARSETNAME | All Platforms | Enables support of Chinese/Korean character sets when connecting to the database. |
| CHECKPOINT | All Platforms | Places restart information in the restart log each time the specified number of data blocks are processed. |
| CHECKSUM | All Platforms | Allows the Teradata Database and Teradata ARC to verify data packets during ARCHIVE or RESTORE. |
| COPYSJI | All Platforms | Enables the ARC side logic to allow System Join Indexes (SJIs) to be copied to a different database. |
| DATAENCRYPTION | All Platforms | Instructs Teradata ARC to use the payload encryption feature that is supported by Teradata Call-Level Interface (CLI). |
| DBSERROR | All Platforms | Allows the user to override the severity of specified error code. The new severity will determine how Teradata ARC handles the error. |
| DEFAULT | All Platforms | Defines the file path name that contains default options for Teradata ARC. |
| ENCODINGCHARSET | All Platforms | Enables ARCMAIN to handle UTF16 strings when interacting with its interfaces. |
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ERRLOG
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Creates a file to store Teradata ARC execution errors. |
| FATAL | All Platforms | Sets the program to reclassify a normally nonfatal error condition as fatal, and abend if the selected message is issued. |
| FILEDEF | All Platforms | Maps the internal name of a file to an external name, if specified. |
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HALT
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Terminates the current task if, during archive or recovery, the Teradata Database fails or restarts, and the new configuration differs from the configuration that preceded the failure. |
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HEX
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Displays object names in the standard output in hexadecimal notation. |
| IOMODULE | Linux, Windows | Specifies the name of an access module. The value of IOMODULE is passed directly to the tape access module. ARCMAIN does not interpret the value.
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| IOPARM | Linux, Windows | Specifies the initialization string for the access module named in IOMODULE. The value of IOPARM is passed directly to the access module. ARCMAIN does not interpret the value.
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| LINEWRAP | All Platforms | Specifies the number of characters at which Teradata ARC wraps lines on its output log. |
| LOGON | All Platforms | Enables the runtime definition of the logon string. |
| LOGSKIPPED | All Platforms | Instructs Teradata ARC to log all of the tables that are skipped during an ARCHIVE operation. |
| NOTMSM | All Platforms except mainframe (IBM z/OS) | Turns off Teradata Multi-System Manager (TMSM) event logging. |
| NOWARN | All Platforms | Allows the user to override the severity of specified warning error codes to Info (severity 0). The new severity will determine how Teradata ARC will handle the warning. |
| OUTLOG | Windows | Duplicates standard (stdout) output to a file. |
| PARM | IBM z/OS | Specifies that frequently used runtime parameters are in a parameter file. Important: This parameter must be first when other parameters are specified.
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PAUSE
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Pauses execution if, during archive or recovery, the Teradata Database fails or restarts, and the new configuration differs from the configuration that preceded the failure. |
| PERFFILE | All Platforms | Provides a performance logging option for Teradata ARC to export performance data for job analysis. |
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RESTART
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Specifies the current operation is a restart of a previous operation that was interrupted by a client failure. |
| RESTARTLOG | All Platforms | Specifies the restart log name for ARCMAIN. |
| SESSIONS | All Platforms | Specifies the number of Teradata sessions available for archive and recovery operations. |
| STARTAMP | All Platforms | Specifies a starting AMP for an all-AMPs archive rather than starting on a random AMP or starting with AMP0. |
| UEN (Utility Event Number) | Windows | Specifies the value that will be used to define %UEN% when in a RESTORE/COPY operation. |
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VERBOSE
(Specify the prefix NO to disable if previously enabled, even in the PARM file.) |
All Platforms | Sends Teradata ARC progress status information to the standard output device (for example, SYSPRINT for IBM platforms). |
| WORKDIR | Windows | Specifies the name of the working directory. |