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Resetting the Scratch Bit for Future Expiration Dates

The RESET option processes all tapes with the scratch bit on and a future expiration date. It turns the scratch bit off and resets future clean dates to the current date. This option should only be used if the SCRATCHLIST option was executed after the system was IPLed with a future date. However, TMC record cleanup has already occurred, and other CA 1 utilities will have to be run to reestablish multivolume and multi-data set pointers and fields.

The RESET option will output Retention Records to the EARLOUT data set for subsequent report writer processing to produce TMS Report 42 - Scratch and Clean Reset. The volume serial number, volume sequence, data set name, expiration date, creation date and time, and other fields are listed on the report if the TMECLN02 member is used.