Kees, You are correct, guess I didn't explain that correctly. If you have a tape management system AND all your tapes are protected by rules defined within the tape management system then you are safe. However, if some of your tape files have their retention controlled by what is in the JCL then you at risk.
It is documented that if you do not want a maximum retention enforced to specify NOLIMIT, so that has not changed. It is just that enforcement is just now being performed. Russell Witt CA-1 Level-2 Support Manager -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Warning on IBM APAR OA17011 ...<snip>... I had to read Russel's text several time until I saw what he meant (I hope). He said, spread over several sentences: If you have an tape management system AND you have a parameter file (CA-1 RDS, etc.) that determines the expiration of tapes THEN nothing changes with the PTF and you are safe. In all other circumstances, your expiration processing might change. Kees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
