So for the SMS Mgt class, if NON USE, then expire in 7 days. If someone touches the file, it resets the clock to the next 7 days.
Day 1 - 7 No accesses, Day 8 expire If on Day 3 someone browses, does 3.4 Info request, now a new 7 day wait period is started. There could be anything setting the expire/retention fields. I would download DAF from CBTTAPE.ORG and run the SMF Records (14,15,17,18,42) and see what is touching the dataset. You need to find what is actually accessing the files. DAF is a good starting point. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 6:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IMS log files question > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
