Thanks to all for the responses. 1) I've spoken to work and they've allowed me to access this forum as long as no traceable info is involved (I work for a very large UK Bank and there are some tough laws about what can and can't be shared (they take the view that nothing should). At least it won't take me a week to get back to you guys.
2) SSM hasn't run since April which in itself isn't so bad as this HSM is on a Data Mover system so there isn't that much activity that needs migration. MCDS shows 6% full. If SSM didn't run because it was below the threshold, wouldn't i expect a ARC0518 message to say it ended successfully. I thought it always started at the preset time and just sat there doing nothing if it was below threshold (I'm probably wrong). We always used to get the message and i don't think the levels have ever reached 70%. 3) I'll pass the APAR info to our sysprogs and see if it's been noted. (I'm a lowly Storage Analyst with a couple of years sysproging back in the day - who's been out of the office for 4 years). If someone can confirm that we wouldn't expect any sort of message if SSM decides not to run due to the threshold not being reached, then the job's a good'un and i can sign it off. Even better, point me to where i can see it myself (not disbelieving - i love searching through manuals - it's amazing what you learn whilst trying to solve a problem (about other stuff as i never seem to find the answer i was actually looking for) Many thx, Joe J ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

