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EXPIRE Command Syntax

The EXPIRE command syntax is:

EXPIRE DATE=

The EXPIRE command parameter is DATE=. This optional parameter indicates the date upon which to base expire processing. Specify a date constant with any acceptable CA Disk date format. For a list of valid dates, see the section Date Formats in the chapter "General Information."

This example:

SCAN REALVOLS
   SELECT SGNAME=/
     EXPIRE

accomplishes the following:

1. Select the volumes contained in all Storage Groups.
2. Select the data sets meeting the appropriate. Management Class attributes.
3. Expire the data sets.