Ed, You could automatically start more initiators :) and if you implement TMM then there is no mount request for output (and often for the input as well).
Caleb, You can use TMM to direct USER tape output to disk, and therefore there is no input tape for USER datasets. More user friendly than cancelling jobs. Ron > > With robotic tape mechanisms mounting tape is probably costs less so > in some situations it maybe almost irrelevant. The issue I see is > throughput for an iebgener step for instance even though it calls for > an input (and possibly an output tape) the step could last for 10 > seconds or 30 minutes (or more) it would tie up that specific init > for that amount of elapsed time leaving the other jobs in that job > class waiting. It is in a way allocating resources (tape drives). > > Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
