On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:27:00 -0400, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>CA1 came back with an interesting statement. > >Because this is a long running job (IPL to IPL) the data set is not cataloged (EXPDT=99000) until the job ends. Due to the TMS Scratch and Clean running, it sees the tapes are not cataloged after two days, and does not know they are still in use. So it expires the tapes. > >They recommended changing the EXPDT to EXPDT=90008 to avoid the not-yet-cataloged situation. > >I am seeing if that addresses my issue. > >Lizette Lizette, shouldn't that be EXPDT=99008 instead of 90008 ??? You're trying to protect your long-running tapes from TMSCLEAN processing (for 8 days in this case) and then revert to normal TMS catalog control of the dataset, aren't you? Please doublecheck the manuals on TMS EXPDT values. I don't have access to them at the moment. Regards, Ulrich Krueger z/OS sysprog, retired ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
