Patent ID: 7624127
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to automate volume table of contents (VTOC) driven data set maintenance, the apparatus comprising: an information module configured to retrieve information regarding data sets residing on a volume while retaining data set anonymity by first determining the contents and associations of the volume from a volume table of contents (VTOC); a determination module configured to determine at least one maintenance operation to perform on the data sets for which the information module retrieved information, wherein the maintenance operation includes at least one of cataloging data sets, uncataloging data sets, and deleting data sets; an identification module configured to identify related data sets using an association identifier obtained from the information retrieved by the information module, wherein identified related data sets searching each data set listed in the VTOC and retrieving the identified information regarding each data set; a generation module configured to generate at least one control statement depending on the type of maintenance operation determined for performing the at least one maintenance operation on the data sets for which the information module retrieved information wherein at least one control statement identifies resources required to execute the control statement; and an execution module configured to execute the at least one control statement to perform the at least one maintenance operation on the data sets for which the information module retrieved information and the related data sets, wherein the information module, determination module, identification module, generation module, and execution module comprise one or more of logic hardware comprising a processor and memory and executable code, the executable code stored on a computer readable storage medium.