Hi Radoslaw Thank you for your comments Regards Jack
On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 10:30 Radoslaw Skorupka < [email protected]> wrote: > W dniu 10.10.2025 o 11:18, Jack Zukt pisze: > > Hi, > > > > I have tried the RMM manuals but, once again, I can not find what I am > > looking for. So, I hope that one of you will be able to help me. > > > > We have been asked if it is possible to retain a tape file for five years > > AND one year after the last use. So, if the file had been used three days > > before its five years original expiration date, it would keep for another > > year starting that use. And, id during that additional year it was used > > again, then, new reset to the expiration date. This would be a > COUNT(1825) > > plus a REFDAYS(365), which, I think, it is not feasible. > > Your help, as usual. will be highly appreciated, > > Regards > > Jack > > I would consider deeper change. > You don't have to keep the tape. You need to keep datasets. > Just keep them on disk, then use DFSMShsm to migrate it. And backup. > Then all the parameters reside in the Management Class. > Pros: > easier to maintain > no dependency on tape devices (VTS, physical ATL), volume size, etc. > users need not to have any knowledge about tapes > you manage datasets, not volumes. Some VRS constructs are related to the > fact you have to keep or scratch whole volume, while you want to protect > datasets. > better tape utilisation (not as important in virtual tapes) > no more multivolume issues > > My €0.02 > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
