--- "Thompson, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Carl Edwards
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:40 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: IDCAMS Repro vs ICETOOL
>
> We have a series of jobs that use IDCAMS to move
> data from one platform
> to another. There are several hundred files stacked
> on tape, which was
> created by REPRO. These tapes are then read by the
> Z/os target system
> and loaded to the appropriate files. While the jobs
> runs, they seems to
> run forever. We have noticed that the job goes into
> DW for 3-5 seconds
> at the end of each REPRO process,
> allocation/deallocation I assume. If
> indeed this is the case then using another program
> such as ICETOOL
> should not matter, the results should be the same.
> Is this assumption
> valid?
> <SNIP>
>
> This may be a JCL problem. Are you coding RETAIN?
YES
> Are you taking the
> files off the tape in the order written?
YES
Are you
> doing this all inside
> of one JOB STEP?
YES
Are you using refer-backs?
YES
>
> Regards,
> Steve Thompson
>
> -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may
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> reflect those of my employer. --
>
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