TMSCLEAN is ending with RC04 and not scratching a tape.

Products

• CA 1 Flexible Storage

Issue/Introduction

 

TMSCLEAN is not scratching a tape that has an EXPDT in the past and is  not cataloged.  There is a warning message in the output that says the tape is not scratched because it is not expired.

  

 

 

 

Cause

The tape was create less than 5 days ago, and was not closed normally or by abend and the EXPDT is in the past.  TMSCLEAN will keep this tape for 5 days to see if it will be closed.  After the 5 days it will be scratched.

Resolution

Using TMSUPDTE or the ISPF panels for CA 1, set the CDATE and LDATE to a date that is at least 5 days old.  With the next run of TMSCLEAN it will be scratched.  You can also wait the 5 days and TMSCLEAN will scratch the tape.

With TMSUPDTE you could also replace FLAG1 with a value of 40 to indicate it had been closed.