What does your management class for this dataset say as well as the HSM policy?
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of willie bunter > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: DFHSM/SMS QUESTION - SPACE MANAGEMENT > > Lizette, > > Thanks for the info. For this dsn in particular there is no migration it is > to be expired/deleted after 1 day of non-usage. > > You have touched on the point of space management algorithms for migration. I > assume that this would also pertain to the deletion of files as well. Right? > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 1/14/16, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: DFHSM/SMS QUESTION - SPACE MANAGEMENT > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Received: Thursday, January 14, 2016, 12:45 PM > > So depending on the > version of z/OS - look at On Demand Migration (v2.1 and above), this might > help more > > Second, correct, files are only moved if DFHSM feels the volume needs to > have the space back, however, you could have a migration policy in the > management class that says - if this is still on DASD after 1 month, then > migrate the file. > > It depends on > what your requirements are. You can just let files migrate as HSM sees fit > based on its algorithms for space management, or you can setup a management > class that says it gets migrated if unused in XX days. > > Many choices. > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM > Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of > willie bunter > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:23 AM > To: IBM- > m...@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: DFHSM/SMS QUESTION - SPACE MANAGEMENT > > > Good Day To All, > > I need to confirm if I my understanding about SMS & > SPACE management is > correct. > > We have noticed that there are several dsns which have been on dasd for > over > > 10 months. The volumes and dsns are all SMS managed and DFHSM performs the > > necessary migration and deletion. I checked the MANAGEMENT class and the > dsns > are to be deleted after 1 day non-usage > > Expire after Days Non- > usage . : 1 > Expire after Date/Days . . . . : 1 > Retention > Limit . . . . . . . : > 0 > > > > Below are the > attributes of the Storage Group: > > > > > > Allocation/migration > Threshold : High > 85 (1-100) Low . . 1 > > > (0-99) > > Alloc/Migr Threshold > Track-Managed: High 85 (1-100) Low . . 1 (0- > 99) > Guaranteed > Backup Frequency . . . . . > . (1 to 9999 or > > NOLIMIT) > > > BreakPointValue . . . . . . . . . . . . > (0-65520 > > or blank) > > Processing > Priority . . . . . . . . . . 50 > (1-100) > > > > I think that the dsns are not deleted because SMS did not select some of > these > volumes have not met the criteria of the Low threshold of 1. I > remember > reading somewhere (on this board the following): > > > > For primary space > management, HSM only looks at the low threshold. If the > volume exceeds the > low threshold, then we will process any data sets that are > eligible for > migration on that volume. > > > > > Could someone confirm if I am > correct? > > > > > Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
