NEED TO COPY SET OF DATASETS IN TAPE TO DISK

hariharan4 · New User Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 22 Location: chennai

Hi,

I have a requirement of deleting the datasets which is in TAPE. since i cannot delete the datasets in TAPE directly, first i have to move all the datasets from TAPE to DISK and then we can delete those datasets.

can anyone help me by any UTILITY so that all the datasets in TAPE are converted to DISK in one shot and then using IDCAMS we can delete those datasets.

Thanks in Advance
Hari

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:46 am

Please explain what you mean by "cannot delete the datasets on tape"

IDCAMS DELETE will work for tapes as well as DASD.

The tapes may be under special retention, in which case you will need to talk to your storage management people to do the required.

Aaru · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:18 pm

Hari,

Try using HDELETE for deleting migrated datasets without recalling.

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:29 pm

IDCAMS DELETE will automatically switch to HDELETE if it detects that the dataset is migrated, and delete the dataset without recall

Aaru · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:39 pm

Thanks Expat.

Shared it as HDELETE is a TSO command and OP can just use it instead of coding a JCL.

Aaru · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:42 pm

Hari,

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:47 pm

Also, please see THIS thread for a little utility that I have posted previously to do exactly what you want.

Aaru · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:54 pm