On Monday, 22 October 2012 10:08:36 UTC+1, Walter Marguccio wrote: > Hello all, > ever since we migrated from CA-1 to rmm in 2008, I have been told that > the latter would never delete a cataloged dataset, even if the dataset > had a RETPD or EXPDT specified at allocation time. In other words, the > VRSEL retention method would never allow the above, no matter which > combination of VRS(es) was used. > Has the new EXPDT retention method (introduced at z/OS 1.13 level) been > implemented in order to satisfy such requirement ?� > > Walter Marguccio Walter, What you remember/were told, about cataloged tape data sets is not in fact true. rmm can "delete" a cataloged tape data set if the matching VRS includes some other retention type than WHILECATALOG. When VRSes are used, and in recent releases, when VRSEL retention method is used, all the retention types in the VRS must be true for a data set to be retained. So, if still cataloged, and the VRS specifies WHILECATALOG, a data set will be retained regardless of the EXPDT/RETPD.
The EXPDT retention method was introduced to provide an option for retention that did not require post processing other than simply checking the volume EXPDT vs the current date. Thus reducing the overhead of determining whether to scratch a tape. Mike Wood ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
