No problem! For instance. You have a GDG which currently has 100 entries in it. You only want to keep the most current 10. How to do this?
//IDCAMS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYOUT=* //SYSIN DD * ALTER SOME.GDGBASE.NAME LIMIT(10) /* You're done! All the older generations will be rolled off and uncataloged / deleted. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Egle > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:32 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Looking for a Utility to Re-Catalog Only the x Most > Current GDG Generations > > We have an application that has recently been sunset, but we need to > keep some of the most recent data files that were created by that > application. Over the years that application has generated > hundreds, if > not thousands of GDG files, some on DASD, some on Tape. > > > > What we would like to do is to uncatalog and delete all but the x Most > recent generations of these GDG base entries, freeing up a lot of disk > and tape space. > > > > From a long time ago, I remember a utility of some sort which > would use > control cards to uncatalog all generations of the GDG, modify the GDG > Base LIMIT to the number that you wanted to keep, , and then > Re-catalog > only the x Most Recent Generation(s) of those files. > > > > I thought I might find something on the CBT Tape, but without knowing > the name of that utility, I have come up empty so far. > > > > Does anyone know of a utility like the one I am describing, and if so, > do you know where I can get a copy of it ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Mike Egle > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
