Greg Saccomanno wrote on 03/22/2007 03:40:51 PM: > Can I run the version of DFSORT that is installed on my z/OS 1.4 system on > my z/OS 1.7 system via JOBLIB in the batch jobs? > > If so, which libraries would I need to add to the JOBLIB (both JCL sort and > program invoked sort are used in the application if that matters) > and are there > any APF requirements? > > For those curious why: > We have been seeing inaccurate results in the testing of the batch cycle for > one of our applications when testing on z/OS 1.7. We know that sort is > producing different results on 1.7 than our z/OS 1.4 system (related to > records with duplicate sort keys). Both are using the default of > EQUALS=VLBLKSET so we understand why but we don't know how that could > be causing the issues we are seeing. On one test of JCL sort > (relatively small > sort) 1.7 results only match 1.4 if we over-ride with EQUALS on the 1.4 > system. Anyway, we would like to change only SORT instead of all ServerPac > installed software and test the batch part of the application to see > if this is > the entire cause of our issues or if perhaps we also have a test environment > setup problem (or something else).
It's not clear to me what you're seeing here, but ... The main difference between DFSORT R14 and z/OS DFSORT V1R5 is that V1R5 can use Memory Object Sorting, a completely new path. Perhaps what you're seeing is caused by the difference in using that new path? Have you tried turning off Memory Object Sorting to check that: //DFSPARM DD * OPTION MOSIZE=0 /* Have you opened PMR? If so, what's the number? Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Team (IBM) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Specialties: PARSE, JFY, SQZ, ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, Symbols, Migration => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
