On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:26:37 -0500, John Dawes wrote:
>Is it safe to say that once a tape goes scratch all the data is deleted?
>
>Also, is the same volume serial number - in this case A15886 - is kept and
>reused?
>
>Please bear with me because I am not very familiar with virtual tape
>processing.
>
My custom is to use such as:
DISP=(,CATLG),RETPD=5
o To the extent that I can control DSN (JCL tailoring helps), DSLIST helps me
find the volume. I needn't code VOL=; I can use referback.
o GDG might be useful here. But GDG isn't in my skill set.
-- gil
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