I run it nightly, but that doesn't seem to help this problem. Maybe I provide the wrong parameters. And my tapes are virtual also. That is the real reason for wanting to scratch these tapes, to free up the back-end storage for the tapes. If they were real tapes I wouldn't care.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a command, I think a version of LIST that will tell you the > contents of this particular migration dataset. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Mark Pace > > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:23 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain > > > > The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept > > within the one dataset name. > > > > For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. > > It's these tapes that are stacked 3 & 4 deep that have me confused. > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Staller, Allan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > IF migtape, recall the "spanning" dataset and perform a recycle. > > > Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). > > > > > > If backtape,, ensure you have a valid "real" copy of the dataset. > > > HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL > > > HBACKDS 'dataset name' > > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > <snip> > > > 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. > > > </snip> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- 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
