General Information for RETENTION: # OF DAYS TO KEEP

Jobs in the History Jobs file are easier to restore to the Active Jobs file, for example, for restart, than jobs archived to CDAM. Therefore, it may be desirable to retain a job in the History Jobs file for a period of time.

# OF DAYS TO KEEP enables specification of a fixed number of days to keep the job in the History Jobs file. Once the specified number of days has been reached, the job is automatically deleted from the History Jobs file during the next New Day processing.

# OF DAYS TO KEEP and # OF GENERATIONS TO KEEP are mutually exclusive. A value can be specified for either, but not both.

Note: When changing job criteria from retention-days to retention-generation (or vice-versa), previous job criteria are lost and are not acted upon. For retention criteria to hold across job executions, the jobs must be identical in all respects. For example, if a job is transferred to a different group, it is treated as a different job for purposes of retention. In this case, retention values are reset, and retention is calculated from the moment of transfer.