From: _______________________________________________ Phone: ______________ Date:________________
Date Needed: _____________________________
Estimated number volumes needed (if any): ___________________
Instructions: Submit this form for all
TLMS requests to the Tape Librarian in Data Control two working
days prior to the above "DATE NEEDED". Instructions for
this form are located in the ITC Standards Manual under Procedure
Z16RP041.
1. Data set Retention Request
Select action desired (select one): ___ Add ___ Change ___ Delete
DSName/Qualifier (select one):__________________________________________________________ Fully qualified ___ Partially qualified ___ IBM qualified
Select requested method:
___ Method 3 - Catalog Control for GDGs only -- [Data sets are retained at the current location until keep dates have passed and the data set no longer resides in the system catalog.]
___ Method 4 - Cycle Control ( ________ cycles) -- [Data sets are retained at the current location until number of data sets at the location exceeds quantity specified. Then the oldest data set, based on creation date and time, is either moved or scratched.]
___ Method 5 - Elapsed Days Control ( ________ days) -- [Data sets are retained at the current location for number of days specified. When the specified number of days has elapsed , the tape is either scratched or moved.]
___ Method 6 - Move Immediate Control -- [Tapes are either scratched or moved from the data center the first time TRS (tape retention system) is run after the data set is created. This type is valid only at the data center, the first location. One of the other methods must be used in conjunction with this method to specify retention.]
___ Method 8 - Days Since Last Use Control ( ______ days) -- [Data sets are retained at the current location until a specified number of days has passed. When the data set has not been used for input or output for the specified number of days, it will be scratched or moved.]
2. Volume Retention Request
____ Scratch volume(s) ______________________________________________________ immediately.
____ Change expiration of volume(s) _______________________________________ to ____________
3. Other Request
Request Completed By: _____________________________________________________ Date: ____________Explain _____________________________________________________________________________
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