This is an excerpt from the z/OS 1.9 migration manual: Use means other than ISPF to invoke DFSORT
z/OS V1R9.0 Migration - All supported migration paths GA22-7499-11 Description: The DFSORT(tm) ISPF panels are used to generate and execute DFSORT jobs, and are available in both English and Japanese. |z/OS(r) V1R9 is planned to be the last release that supports these panels. No replacement is planned for this limited-function interactive facility. All other previously supported methods for invoking DFSORT are planned to still be supported. Element or feature: DFSORT. When change was introduced: Future removal of the panels was announced on 10 August 2004 in the z/OS V1R6 availability and z/OS V1R7 preview announcement. |Removal of support effective with the release following z/OS V1R9 was announced |on 6 February 2007 in the z/OS V1R9 preview announcement. Applies to migration from: z/OS V1R8 and z/OS V1R7. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Allen Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question about DFSORT ISPF libraries Was it documented that the ISFF DF/SORT interface was no longer supported ? On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]>wrote: > The ISPF DF/SORT interface is no longer supplied (or supported) with the > product at those levels. > > Mark Jacobs > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Daniel Allen > Sent: Mon 7/19/2010 5:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Question about DFSORT ISPF libraries > > On our z/OS 1.9 system, we have 11 DFSORT libraries prefixed with > SYS1.SICE*. > > On our z/OS 1.10 and 1.11 systems, we have 6 DFSORT libraries prefixed with > SYS1.SICE* > > What seems to be missing is the ISPF part to DFSORT. > > What happened to the ISPF part of DFSORT for z/OS 1.10 and 1.11 ? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Daniel Allen | Serena Software, Inc. | Senior Systems Programmer - Mainframe Services Phone: 1-800-457-3736x11241 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

