From the job logs where the file is created:
//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))
IGD101I SMS ALLOCATED TO DDNAME (DFSSLOGP)
DSN (IMSVS.SLDSP.DBCT.D17018.T0040131.VF3 )
STORCLAS (SCIMSLOG) MGMTCLAS (MCIMSLOG) DATACLAS ( )
VOL SER NOS= HIMSL2
From the management class panel:
MGMTCLAS EXPIRE EXPIRE RET PARTIAL PRIMARY
NAME NON-USAGE DATE/DAYS LIMIT RELEASE DAYS
--(2)--- ---(3)--- ---(4)---- --(5)-- ----(6)---- ---(7)--
MCIMSLOG 7 7 NOLIMIT NO 0
SMS is something I am just learning, but, if I am reading the manual
right, I would expect the files to be gone after 7 days.
But, from the VTOC:
Created Expires
2017.018 2017.063
It appears that I am missing something. Because here is the vtoc dates
for one of the old files:
Created Expires
2015.190 2015.235
Tony Thigpen
Peter Hunkeler wrote on 01/18/2017 01:55 AM:
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.
Is the RETPD honoured at allocation time? Look for message IGD17364I in the IMS joblog. What value
is set for "RET LIMIT" in the management class. If it is 0, then EXPDT and RETPD will be
ignored, and EXPIRE NON-USAGE and EXPIRE DATE/DAYS determine when space managment considers to
delete the data set. Any of those could be NOLIMIT. Or the value is larger than your "almost 2
years".
Have you looked a the "Expiration date" in ISPF for any of those data data sets?
--
Peter Hunkeler
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