Run DFSMSrmm inventory management vital record processing to identify which volumes should be retained based on the vital record specification management values you define. The data set is considered for vital record processing only if the data set is on a volume that has retention method VRSEL and the data set attribute VRSELEXCLUDE is not set. DFSMSrmm uses the vital record specification management value assigned to the data set to select the appropriate vital record specification, if inventory management vital record processing does not find a match on the data set mask. See How vital record processing works for information about vital record processing.