DFSMSrmm also provides the DFSMSrmm utility EDGRPTD and sample reports you can use to obtain information about your resources. EDGRPTD uses the report extract data set produced by the EDGHSKP utility during inventory management to create different types of reports. By scheduling EDGRPTD to use the extract data set created after DFSMSrmm completes vital record specifications processing, you can have a dropship list that reflects the inventory management processing just performed.

One of the reports you can create using EDGRPTD is the Ready to Scratch Volumes Movement report. DFSMSrmm does not allow volumes to return to scratch until all pending movement and actions for the volume have been completed. Volumes returned from storage locations and loan locations before they can be returned to scratch. Ready to scratch volumes are volumes that have expired before returning to their home location and whose only pending action is the return to scratch release action. Using the Ready To Scratch report, you can separate volumes that are private or have release actions pending from those awaiting return to scratch.

See z/OS DFSMSrmm Implementation and Customization Guide for information on scheduling inventory management utilities. See z/OS DFSMSrmm Reporting for more details on EDGRPTD and reports that DFSMSrmm provides for use with the extract data set.