Performing routine maintenance

Routine maintenance of ODF tables is performed by the ARSMAINT program with the -o parameter.

The ARSODF program performs routine maintenance automatically each time it is started. It also automatically performs routine maintenance if nothing is processed by ODF for 24 hours. This is the same processing as if ARSMAINT with the -o parameter was entered on the command line. 

Previous versions of ODF on z/OS® used the ARSRDCLN program for routine maintenance. Previous versions of Report Distribution on AIX®, Linux®, and Windows used the ARSMAINT program with the -l parameter for routine maintenance. These methods are no longer supported.