Retaining all DFSMShsm tapes

You can retain all DFSMShsm tapes that require no movement, with the exception of tapes that are written by ABARS, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 1. See Retaining and moving tapes written by ABARS and Retaining and moving ABARS accompany tapes for examples for moving and retaining ABARS tapes.

Figure 1. Retaining DFSMShsm tapes that require no movement

RMM ADDVRS DSNAME('mprefix.**') COUNT(99999) CYCLES
RMM ADDVRS DSNAME('bprefix.**') COUNT(99999) CYCLES
RMM ADDVRS DSNAME('authid.**') COUNT(99999) CYCLES

DSNAME('mprefix.**'): Specifies the DFSMShsm-defined migrated data set prefix.
DSNAME('bprefix.**'): Specifies the DFSMShsm-defined backup and dump data set prefix.
DSNAME('authid.**'): Specifies the DFSMShsm prefix used for control data set backups.
COUNT(99999): Specifies to retain all data sets forever or until DFSMShsm releases the volume by notifying DFSMSrmm through the EDGTVEXT installation exit.
CYCLES: Specifies that DFSMSrmm retain data sets based on cycles or copies of a data set.