VSAM Last Reference Date Documentation

Hello everyone. Does anyone know where the rules are documented for VSAM last reference date processing? I had a storage admin person ask me about this when he didn't see index components with current dates, and being an old timer I was able to tell him what I knew (even as it existed going

Re: VSAM Last Reference Date Documentation

Here's another factor: http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0409L=ibm-main-archivesF=S=P=988 09 It's not documentation, but it's Mark Thomen!! Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Co. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Wednesday, October 07,

Re: VSAM Last Reference Date Documentation

Apples and oranges. Mark's reference was to component timestamps. That's not the same thing as the last reference date in the VTOC (DS1REFD). Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO