What is New in DFSMSrmm

Using Management Class for assignment of expiration attributes case study

This third case study discusses the use of the MCATTR setting VRSELXDI, which is useful in an environment that uses VRSEL and EXPDT retention methods. This setting can support a migration to EXPDT retention method or the permanent use of both retention methods in tandem for different tape workloads.

It can be used in a VRSEL environment, but most of the attributes in the Management Class (MC) apply only to the EXPDT retention method. You can also run with VRSELXDI in an ...