VRS report

The VRS report, as shown in Figure 1, provides information about the retention status of a data set. The report includes a data set when the status of the data set changes between being retained by a vital record specification and not retained by a vital record specification. Use the VRS report to determine changes in the retention status of a data set. Use the VRS and VRSS reports together to analyze how DFSMSrmm handles the VRSDROP retention limit.

The data columns in the VRS report provide the following information:

DSNAME: The name of the data set that has had a change in status as a result of running vital record processing.
JOBNAME: The jobname associated with the data set.
VOLSER: The volume serial number of the volume on which the data set resides.
O-ST: The old vital record status. Y is the VRS-retained status. N is the Not VRS-retained status.
N-ST: The new vital record status. Y is the VRS-retained status. N is the Not VRS-retained status.
RSN: The reason the data set is no longer retained by a vital record specification. See ACTIVITY file record: EDGACTRC, which provides the drop reasons.
PRIMARY VRS: The name from the first vital record specification in the matching vital record specification chain.
JOB MASK: The jobname from the first vital record specification in the matching vital record specification chain.
TYPE: The type of the vital record specification matched to the data set. See ACTIVITY file record: EDGACTRC for the vital record specification types.

Figure 1. Sample VRS Report

1Data Sets Changed VRS Status        05/31/12        02:02:20        - 1 -

 Status Change and Drop Reason:  RETAINED

 DSNAME                                         JOBNAME    VOLSER   O-ST   N-ST   RSN   PRIMARY VRS                                    JOB MASK   TYPE
 --------------------------------------------   --------   ------   ----   ----   ---   --------------------------------------------   --------   ----
 RMMUSER.D001                                              A00001   N      Y      RMMUSER.D001                                              D
 RMMUSER.D002                                              A00004   N      Y      RMMUSER.D002                                              D
 RMMUSER.D002                                              A00005   N      Y      RMMUSER.D002                                              D
 RMMUSER.D003                                              A00007   N      Y      RMMUSER.D003                                              D
 RMMUSER.D003                                              A00008   N      Y      RMMUSER.D003                                              D

 2Data Sets Changed VRS Status        05/31/12        02:02:20        - 3 -

 Status Change and Drop Reason:  DROPPED  DAYS

 DSNAME                                         JOBNAME    VOLSER   O-ST   N-ST   RSN   PRIMARY VRS                                    JOB MASK   TYPE
 --------------------------------------------   --------   ------   ----   ----   ---   --------------------------------------------   --------   ----
 DSMASTER.DS2                                   JNAME0D1   A00021   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS2                                                  D
 DSMASTER.DS2                                   JNAME0D1   A00022   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS2                                                  D
 DSMASTER.DS3                                   JNAME0D2   A00022   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS3                                                  D
 DSMASTER.DS3                                   JNAME0D2   A00023   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS3                                                  D
 DSMASTER.DS4                                              A00024   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS4                                                  D
 DSMASTER.DS4                                              A00024   Y      N      D      DSM*.DS4                                                  D