Looks like your RETPD=45 is overriding the SMS parameters.
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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:
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>> 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.
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> 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".
>
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> Have you looked a the "Expiration date" in ISPF for any of those data data
> sets?
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> Peter Hunkeler
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