At 08:45 AM 4/22/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I am using ADSM on a MVS host.   My question here is:
>
>I recently deleted a node and needed to delete all of its file spaces thus it
>released a tape from itself but it did not release it from TMS.  I allow
>ADSM to just ask for a tape and do not have any tape pools it needs to
>use other  than a 3490e cartridge verses a 3480 cartrigde.  I queried
>TMS and the tape is in permanent status.  I can release it from TMS
>myself but it is not something I want to do it the future.
>
>Ideally, I would like to have ADSM select a tape, do not allow other jbos
>to use tape while still in use with ADSM , (we have only one tape
>management system currently but who know, that could change) and
>when ADSM is done with the  tape release it from itself and have TMS
>put it in scratch status allowing other jobs to use the tape.
>
>Have I defined a retention period wrong here or maybe should not have
>at all or what?
>
>Thanks,
>Jane Dagostino-Snyder
>University of Minnesota
>Storage Administration
>(612)  624-4883
>
>
See APAR II07932.  We recently had some experiences with TMS/ADSM.  This
informational APAR has useful information in getting ADSM set up with TMS.
Beware of any other EDM tape volumes, if your VOLHISTORY file is out of sync
it could potentially wipe out non-ADSM data.