Allan, I hesitate to recommend the DELVOL command especially now, since Willie told us that the RECYCLE moved the datasets he wants to eliminate onto different tapes that have other (presumably valid) data on them. Running a DELVOL against his new(er) tapes will trash the other data on the tapes as well as the stuff he wants to get rid of.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - CLEAN UP OF BACKUP TAPES DELVOL will delete all of the dataset backups on the tape and then purge the tape. IIRC, this is a backup tape in question. In the example below, LASTCOPY refers to a dump version, not a dataset backup, hence the command should be: HSEND DELVOL xxxxxx BACKUP(PURGE). You could also do HBDELETE's for the individual files. HTH, <snip> I tried the RECYCLE however it did not fix the problem because it took all the entries from the original tape and wrote it on to another tape. If I issue the DELVOL command would it delete the tape as well as all the dsns on that tape or will it create another tape? This is the first time I am going to try the DELVOL and I am not sure of the ramifications. ...snippage HSEND DELVOL xxxxxx DUMP(PURGE LASTCOPY)) Check the manual for exact spelling of lastcopy. HTH, </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
