1. Yes, you can manually delete them. I setup a SMS Management class for them to migrate them directly to ML2 after 2 days, Did a Activity Swap log daily. and Delete for non/use after 35 days of non use, (I think the backup were kept for 60 to 90 days after deletion).
2. Not sure about the free space percentages, We did MCDS/BCDS/OCDS Reorgs once a month as part of the Monthly maintenance window. (We also did the SDSP's once a month). Jim Retired HSM'er ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN