Hi John, Yes you can delete these files which are generated from the AUTODUMP facility of DFSMShsm and are controlled by the DUMPCLASS(VTOCCOPIES) setting. In the old days before DFSMS then defining a volume as Primary to be managed by DFHSM would dictate whether the volume would have Backup, Migration and/or Dump functionality associated. Of course with DFSMS we now do this at the DFSMS construct (E.g. STORGRP) level. So it would seem that the Level 0 (Primary) DASD volume no longer exists, but the VTOCCOPY files do.
The DFSMShsm design of this process is extracted verbatim: When a volume dump of a level 0 volume is directed to a dump class that has a VTOCCOPIES value greater than zero, a VTOC copy data set is created. Only one VTOC copy data set is created for each dump generation. If more dump copies of a given volume associated with the same dump class are kept than the specified limit of VTOCCOPIES, the VTOC copies created for the older dumps are excess. If the VTOC copy is in excess for all other dump copies in the same generation, the VTOC copy is deleted and uncataloged during this phase of automatic dump. You might also want to check if you have any legacy tape volumes from dumps of these non-defined DASD volumes and determine whether you need these or not. Hopefully they will have previously cycled out naturally as well. Regards, UK Mikey. On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:06:17 -0600, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a lot of datasets of the form: > >HSMBAK.VTOC.Tnnnnnn.Vvolser.Dnnnnn > >The "volser" above belongs to volumes which no longer exist. For these >volumes, I have sent the command: > >HSEND DELVOL volser PRIMARY > >I 100% get back "volume not defined". Can I just delete these datasets? > >-- >John McKown >Senior Systems Programmer >UICI Insurance Center >Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
