View - Want to Move Large Sysouts from Disk to Tape

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Issue/Introduction

Manual method for moving sysout data in View database from disk to tape.

Resolution

As per the View SARINIT parameters DAYS=XXXXXXX and TIME=HH:MM, an automated View backup runs and writes a sysout from the disk layer to tape.

At that point, it looks at the retention parameters to see how long it keeps the report on disk, and how long it keeps the report on tape.

If a report shows a Location of PERM, it means that the report resides on both disk and tape.

On the View Sysout Selection list panel menu, scroll to the right using F11 function to see the "D T O I" columns. For the PERM reports, it should indicate "Y" for both the D and T columns.

Use a "DD" line command to delete just the disk version, whereas the tape version stays intact. Be careful to not use just "D", but that "DD" is used.

The reports only on disk can be dealt with the following manner:

. If you can wait for the next View backup to run, you can repeat the above steps for those reports, using "DD" to delete the disk version, after the backup has ran.

. If you can't wait for the View backup to run, issue MVS command "/F SARSTC,IDUMP", which would trigger an interim backup. After that backup has run, repeat the above steps to use "DD" to delete the disk verion.