7. PARAMETERS › 7.2 Unit Level Parameters › 7.2.1 Component Options (VMCOPS) › 7.2.1.7 SPIN Statement

7.2.1.7 SPIN Statement

The SPIN statement is optional and specifies the retention
period for the product's spin files.

The SPIN statement has the following format:

SPIN filename DAYS nn CYCLES nn

where

filename  - is VMXSCF, VMXPCF, VMXACF, VMXXSF, VMXVXF,
--------    VMXDCF, or VMXSCX.

nn  - is the number of days or cycles of the retention
--    period. The DAY080 step uses this value rather than
      the suspendlimit in the EXECDEF member of
      prefix.MICS.PARMS to determine the retention period.
      The default value for both DAYS and CYCLES is 01.

A SPIN file is not aged using the standard CA MICS aging
macro.  It only has a 01 cycle.  To be deleted from the
database, an observation of a SPIN file must have been in the
file for the number of days specified and the number of
cycles (DAILY runs) specified.