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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS HSM
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 28, 2017

DFSMShsm won't partrel multivolume SMS data sets

DFSMShsm should honor what is coded on the management class for the Partial Release attribute for multivolume SMS datasets to release unused space.

Presently, DFSMShsm will not release unused space on multivolume SMS datasets during the Space Management cycle regardless of what is coded on the management class for the Partial Release attribute.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Nov 21, 2022
    This item is a valid requirement but unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan. If this requirement is high value, please re-open it, or open a new requirement.