dsname: Specifying the name of the data set backup versions to be deleted

(dsname...) or (dsname/password ...) is a required positional parameter you use to specify the name of the data set or list of data set names whose backup versions you want to delete.

dsname

The data set name or list of names of the data set whose backup versions are to be deleted. The data sets can be either cataloged or uncataloged. To delete all the backup versions of a cataloged data set, you specify only the data set name.

/password

The password including the preceding slash (/). TSO does not prompt you for the password.

For a password-protected non-VSAM data set, you must supply the password that allows you to write to the data set.
For a password-protected VSAM data set, you must supply the master password of the base cluster.

Abbreviations

None.

Default

None.

SMS relationship

This parameter applies to both SMS-managed and non-SMS-managed data sets.

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to the dsname parameter:

Because dsname is a required positional parameter, you must specify it immediately after HBDELETE.
DFSMShsm does not process individual partitioned data set members. If you specify a partitioned data set name with a member name, DFSMShsm rejects the request.
You cannot use any wild card (%, *, or **) in a data set name.