Could you use the ACS routines to set the TAPE to a different retention period and leave the dasd part alone?
I am sure you can use IF ((&DSN = db2_log_dsn ) & (&UNIT=TAPE) ) then MGMTCLAS= to do something like that. Do you have a storage admin person you can ask? Lizette > >>>For some reason, the tape(s) on which these datasets reside have an >>>expiration date of 4 days. The owner of these datasets does not want to >>>change that, but he does want the day old datasets deleted. >>> > >>Why should you have to go and manually (or automatically) delete tapes >after >one day, just because the owner doesn't want to change the expiry date? >>It's your shop, but that is the purpose of an expiry date, especially with >a tape >management system. > >>Once you do something like that, you'll open the doors to even more complex >>solutions for simple problems. >>- >>Too busy driving to stop for gas > > >Yes, but according to our DB2 DBA... we use dual logging, one set to tape, >one set to DASD. He wants to keep the ones going to DASD for 4 days, but >delete the tape ones after one day. There's a zparm... DSN6ARVP ARCRETN set >to 4, which sets the retention to 4 days, but (excuse me for being a DB2 >novice...) did not see anything in the DB2 manuals about setting retention >for tape to 1 day andkeeping the DASD retention period to 4 days.... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
