First question. Is this in an SMS managed pool? Or NON SMS Managed? Does DFHSM do anything with the dasd these datasets reside on.
If the RETPD=45 is met, then there may be a batch DFDSS clean up job, or an SMS Management class It would be helpful to see if the dataset has a management class that specifies something other than 45 days. Some products will determine their own time to expire datasets. Lizette -----Original Message----- >From: Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 17, 2017 5:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: IMS log files question > >Can someone point me in the right direction? > >I am reviewing the system VTOCs and I see a lot of IMS log files that >contain a date/timestamp in their names. I know they are created by the >IMS system using the skeleton proc member ARCHJCL. What I am seeing is >that the file was created with a retention period of 45 days. > >//DFSSLOGP DD DSN=IMSVS.SLDSP.%SSID.D%ARDATE.T%ARTIME.V%ARVERS, >// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),RETPD=45, >// UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=SIMS00,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)) > >But, I have daily files going back almost 2 years. > >My conclusion is that something stopped cleaning up the files "back when". > >Is the clean-up of expired files something normally handled within IMS >or outside of IMS? > > >-- >Tony Thigpen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
