Keep requests

HSMS provides functionality for keeping completed requests after a host crash or restart. Requests with status COMPLETED are kept based on the value of KEEP-REQUESTS. The value of KEEP-REQUEST determines the amount of days that completed request will be kept. Older completed requests will be deleted. The default value is *STD, that means 40 days. The system administrator can change the value temporarily for the current HSMS session using MODIFY-HSMS-PARAMETERS. However, this will not take effect, because the deletion of completed requests will be done at HSMS subsystem startup only. The value must be changed permanently in the control file via MODIFY-HSMS-PARAMETERS statement. The table below provides an overview of the possible parameter values:

Value	Functionality (only for completed requests and at every HSMS subsystem startup, corresponding PDF report files on SE server will be deleted as well)
*STD (default value) or 40	Requests will be deleted automatically after 40 days
*NO or 0	All requests will be deleted automatically
*YES	Requests will never be deleted automatically
Integer <0..32767>	Requests older than <integer value> days will be deleted automatically

The value of KEEP-REQUESTS is defined by the HSMS administrator by means of

//MODIFY-HSMS-PARAMETERS OPERATION-CONTROL=*PARAMETERS(KEEP-REQUESTS=…)