Expiration Date Keyword Control - Type 9

Data set retention is controlled by special values coded on the JCL parameter LABEL=EXPDT=value.

In this parameter, value can be one of the following:

Value

Retention is based on

Which is the same as type

970mm

Auxiliary message number (01-50)

 

98000

Foreign tape, bypass TLMS processing

 

98ddd

The number of days (ddd) since last used

8

99000

Catalog control

1

990cc

The number of cycles (cc)

4

991dd

Catalog/date control, where dd is the number of days since creation

3

992dd

Days since creation

 

99365

Manual control (permanent)

7

99366

Manual control (permanent)

 

This type allows you to specify data center retention in the JCL but still move the tape through off-site storage locations. If no keyword value is supplied, the CA TLMS keep date is used. This retention type is valid only at the data center.