Short version of the question: Does anyone know which access method AMATERSE uses to write untersed data out?
Longer version: Does anyone have any practical experience of using it with BatchPipes/MVS aka "Pipes"? Particularly with SMF. Here's why I ask: The first thing I do when I get a customer's SMF data is to UNTERSE it and the second is to split it, based on eg record type. I'd like to combine the two - without asking Development to provide exits to AMATERSE. (I've not asked - they may be amenable.) Now, I know SMF is VBS not VB and therefore not supported with Pipes. However, in many cases I can get away with characterising it as VB and then Pipes could work. (I'd have to work on making AMATERSE believe it's writing VB, of course.) Thoughts? Any other way to save the disk space involved? I might actually try this. I'm spurred on by the enormous amount of data I get in support of CICS, DB2 and Batch studies these days. Thanks, Martin Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
