I run DFHSM RECYCLE frequently. Which clears this problem. On the other hand, my tapes are virtual, so I no longer do any stacking of tapes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain > > I think that you can tell HSM to RECYCLE the volume. Something like: > > //STEP010 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, > // REGION=4096K, > // DYNAMNBR=40 > //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.REXX.EXEC //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSTSIN DD * HSEND DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL) HSEND > RECYCLE - ALL - > PERCENTVALID(100) - > EXECUTE - > SELECT(INCLUDE(RANGE(volser))) > /* > > With CA-1 at our shop, this will remove the volume from EDM status and > expire it to CA-1 > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Mark Pace <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends > > up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid > > data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a > > chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape > > expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove > > a tape from the chain? HSM & DFRMM. > > > > -- > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > Mark D Pace > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
