Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-16 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Unfortunately I'm still on 1.7. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Wood Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm Once you have the s

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-16 Thread Mike Wood
Once you have the search results list, remember you can (since z/OS VR8) use the SELECT primary command to mark the line command against all or a subset of entries and then press enter to process all line commands - but batch might be better for longer lists. Mike Wood RMM Development On Mon,

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-16 Thread Mike Wood
Rex, Just a short addendum on this topic after the good suggestions others have made. Rather than building the DV volser FORCE and deleting all the volumes, you could consider some kind of retirement process. Set the release action of the volumes to RETURN to owner, then release them. This all

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-15 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm Hello Rex, You might want to try a RMMCLIST batch job. With it you can get RMM to generate a listing of the volsers and then have RMM do whatever you want to them. Here's a sample of the code we use: //SEARCH# EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=20 //SYSTSPRT DD S

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-15 Thread Kathleen McLaughlin
Hello Rex, You might want to try a RMMCLIST batch job. With it you can get RMM to generate a listing of the volsers and then have RMM do whatever you want to them. Here's a sample of the code we use: //SEARCH# EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=20 //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //RMMCLIST DD DSN=XXX.RMM.CLIS

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-15 Thread Scott Rowe
You can use SEARCHVOLUME to create a clist with all the commands, and then execute the clist. >>> "Pommier, Rex R." 6/15/2009 4:12 PM >>> Hi List. I've dug through the manuals and can't seem to find a satisfactory answer. Is there a way within DFSMSrmm to completely remove a range of tapes fro

Re: How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-15 Thread Greg Shirey
Rex, I don't know of a batch method, but through the panels, you can do this: 3. Administrator functions 1. Display or change volume information 4. Delete or release a volume Enter the volume information with wildcard, owner *, limit *. This should do a volume search and return a list of volu

How to delete multiple volumes from DFSMSrmm

2009-06-15 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Hi List. I've dug through the manuals and can't seem to find a satisfactory answer. Is there a way within DFSMSrmm to completely remove a range of tapes from the system? We recently retired our 3490s and I want to completely remove the 3490 tapes and all other information associated with these t