Can PDS members be deleted using ADRDSSU ?

SVazifdar · New User Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

Can PDS members be deleted using ADRDSSU from disk, tape, or when migrated ?

Sample JCL

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:07 am

You can delete pds members only when the PDS resides on dasd

jcl snippet

SVazifdar · New User Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

Thanks for your reply Enrico. But I would like to know if PDS members could be deleted using ADRDSSU.

Thank you,

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:23 am

Hello,

SVazifdar · New User Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

Thank for the reply and I have made a note of it.

But I have another question related to ADRDSSU - can it be used to delete datasets(files) that are backed up on tape ? Sample JCL would help.

Thanks

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:52 am

Hello,

SVazifdar · New User Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

Clarification:

Delete files(backed up on tape) from an already existing backup archive.

Thank you for helping.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:28 am

Usually In storage management jargon

HSM takes/does/makes backups
the management of backups is done thru the proper HSM commands

ADRDSSU dumps copies restores datasets / volumes...
with the option of
renaming the destination dataset
deleting the source dataset

there is no provision to manage the dumps taken by ADRDSSU
( the only function that can be performed on dumps is a copydump operation )

NO... what You ask cannot be done

here is a pointer to the docs
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2S251/CCONTENTS?SHELF=DGT2BK61&DN=SC26-7402-07&DT=20070126125044

expat · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:17 pm

IDCAMS does everything that you want to do !