Keywords and parameters

PASSWORD=password

Specifies that a password is to be assigned to the archive log data sets.

password specifies the password, which is a data set password and it must follow the standard VSAM convention; that is, 1 through 8 alphanumeric characters (A through Z, 0 through 9) or special characters (& * + - . ; ' /).

NOPASSWD

Specifies that archive password protection is not to be active for all archives created after this operation. No other keyword can be used with NOPASSWD.