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Tape Retention Selection Records (Report TLMS016)

The "Tape Retention Selection Records" report lists all retention records in the Retention Master File. The first column of the report indicates the type of pattern masking of the data set with the following values:

0 SPECIFIC

1 RESERVED FOR SPECIAL SEARCH

2 ONE-FOR-ONE MASK (# @ !)

3 PREFIXED/CONTAINING/SUFFIXED

4 PREFIXED/SUFFIXED

5 PREFIXED ONLY

6 RESERVED FOR SPECIAL SEARCH

7 SUFFIXED ONLY

8 CONTAINING ONLY

9 MAX INTERNAL CLASS VALUE

Qualified Data Set Type Verses Pattern Masking

The old retention rules specified data sets by how they where qualified. The following Is how they correspond with the pattern masking type:

F

Fully qualified data set name. This is the same as type “0”. The DSN of the retention rule must match the entire 44 character data set name.

P

Partially qualified data set name. This is the same as type “5”. The first 1 to 43 characters of the data set name must match the first character of the pattern. The pattern matching character is a “-“ instead of a “/”. Type “5” pattern masking also allows you to specify a jobname which this does not.

Q

IBM-qualified data set name. This is also the same as type “5” but a “.” Must proceed the “-“ pattern masking character

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