Step 23: Setting up DFSMSrmm utilities

There are several DFSMSrmm utilities that you should now set up to run. Run the utilities on the system with the highest level of code to ensure you are taking advantage of DFSMSrmm enhancements and changes to the control data set.

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See Scheduling DFSMSrmm utilities for a sample schedule of all DFSMSrmm utilities. See Running DFSMSrmm with the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS for information about setting up the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS to manage the scheduling of DFSMSrmm functions.
See Performing inventory management for information about EDGHSKP to run inventory management activities.
- Run vital record processing to determine which volumes to retain and what volume moves are required based on vital record specifications. Vital record processing can be run to validate vital record specification information without updating volume and data set information in the DFSMSrmm control data set.
- Run expiration processing to identify volumes that are ready to be released and returned to scratch.
- Run storage location management processing to assign shelf locations to volumes that are being moved to storage locations.
- Run backup of the control data set and the journal to ensure the integrity of the control data set and journal.
See z/OS DFSMSrmm Reporting for information about utilities that help you get information about your removable media library and storage locations, security-related information about volumes and data sets defined to DFSMSrmm, and audit trail information about volumes, shelf assignments, and user activity. Create movement and inventory reports by producing an extract data set from the control data set and creating a report from the control data set with EDGRPTD.
See Maintaining the control data set for information about using EDGBKUP and EDGUTIL to back up and recover the control data set, back up the journal, and check the integrity of the information contained in the control data set. Use the EDGBKUP utility to back up and recover the control data set and back up the journal, and the EDGUTIL utility to create, update, and verify the control data set.
Use DFSMSrmm backup utilities rather than other backup utilities, such as DFSMS access method services EXPORT, because DFSMSrmm provides the necessary serialization and forward recovery functions. Use EDGBKUP to backup and recover the DFSMSrmm control data set when DFSMSrmm is inactive, stopped, or quiesced.
See Initializing, erasing, and scanning tape volumes for information about EDGINERS, the DFSMSrmm utility you use to erase and initialize tape volumes either automatically or manually and to scan tape labels manually. You can use EDGINERS to replace the DFSMSdfp utility IEHINITT.