
388 Converting to DFSMSrmm from ASG-ZARA or AutoMedia
Figure 9-14 DFSMSrmm Add Vital Record Specification panel
9.2.1 Data set VRS
A data set vital record specification defines the retention criteria by setting the
total number of data set cycles to be retained, or the total number of days during
which a data set should be retained. A data set
cycle is a new version of the data
set, so the number of data set cycles is equivalent to the number of data set
versions.
You can combine or merge retention and movement policies, so you need to
define more than one vital record specification for this data set. In this case, we
call the
primary vital re ...