Delete Volume Records
Use this option to control whether the execution controller copies the log volume record (or records) to the history data set or deletes them without copying them first.
The execution controller uses log volume records in the REGISET to contain the information about the log data sets that were created during job step execution. If the execution controller determines that batch backout is needed for the job step, it uses the information in the log volume records to allocate the log data sets to use as input to the IMS Batch Backout utility (and, if necessary, the IMS Log Recovery utility). BCF also uses the data in the log volume records to create the Log Data Set Information reports.
Set this option to Y if you want the execution controller to delete the log volume records from the REGISET without copying them to the history data set. Set this option to N if you want the execution controller to delete the log volume records after copying them to the history data set. When the records are in the history data set, they are available for the Log Data Set Information reports and for input to programs that audit and track log data sets.
When you no longer want to keep the log volume records in the history data set, you can access them through option 2 on the BATCH CONTROL FACILITY primary menu and manually select them for deletion, as explained in Log volume records. Or you can use the BCFXPURG utility, as explained in BCF-Purge-utility.
Panel field | Delete Volume Records |
|---|---|
Keyword | DELVOL=value |
Values | Set one of the following values:
|
Default | N |