Depends in the tape management system as well. CA-1 can be set and override retention On 19 May 2016 20:58, "Lizette Koehler" <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> You need to see if the JCL that creates the JCL have things like > > RETPD= > EXPDT= > > For GDGs, you also need to list the BASE GDG and see if it has NOSCRATCH > OR NOEMPTY or SCRATCH or EMPTY > > Normally a GDG is created with EXPDT=99000 which is Catalog control. Then > when the +1 generation is created, if the Limit is reached, then the oldest > version will drop off if the GDG is defined with Scratch NOEMPTY. > > A Limit of 14 means keep 14 versions. If you create 14 in one day, then > it will cycle very quickly. If you create a GDG once per week it will last > for 14 weeks. This will depend on the frequency of the creation of the GDG. > > A search on the IBM Website for GDG CREATION provides this link. It > should be helpful > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieab500/iea3b5_Generation_data_sets_.htm > > > > Check with your storage Admins for assistance. > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Nathan Astle > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 2:33 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: GDG retention > > > > Hello, > > > > We have some GDG getting created during the SMF processing. Is there a > way to > > determine its retention ? > > > > I see the value for GDG as LIM 14. Does that mean the retention would be > 14 > > days ? > > > > Nathan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
