Jake, The JCL Reference manual is fairly clear - "Use the EXPDT parameter to set the expiration date of a data set." It also says: "Code the EXPDT parameter when you want to specify an expiration date for the data set, or, with SMS, override the expiration date defined in the data class for the data set."
Reference: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2b6a0/12.27?SHELF=EZ2ZBK0K&DT=20100701092058 When SMS is active, an expiration date can be assigned via the ACS DATACLAS routine (whether the data set is SMS-managed or not) as indicated in the above snip from the manual. However, you keep referring to management class, so I get the impression that you are maybe wondering about whether HSM can manage a data set without a MGMTCLAS attribute. If so, I can't help, since I do not have HSM at my shop. Regards, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Co. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jake anderson Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset Hola Greg, Without the management class is it possible to specify expiration date for a dataset ?, But What i understood from the IBM manual is that it needs management class for setting expiration period for any dataset. In our shop one of a user has specified expiration date for his dataset though we have not set any management class. Could you please clarify Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
