Retention of External Volumes

When checking in external volumes using the External Volume Check-In screen, the retention period is entered on the screen in the RETENTION field.

Valid retention values are:

Table 27 External Volume Check-in Values

Value	Description
DAYS	Volume is retained for a specified number of days.
DATE	Volume is retained until a specified date.
CATALOG	Volume is retained as long as any of its data sets are maintained by the MVS catalog.
PERMANENT	Volume is retained indefinitely.
RULES	Volume is retained as long as at least one of its data sets is retained. The retention and vault pattern for each data set listed in the EXTERNAL VOLUME DATASET LIST (of screen TC) is determined according to Control-M/Tape rules. However, Control-M/Tape must be active to use these rules.