On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:20:15 -0600, Kevin Minerley wrote:
>I found that zVM CMS Pipelines (aka SmartBatch or BatchPipes in MVS and
>OS/390) could
>handle almost any volume of data. I know we used to "mirror" and manipulate
>multiple tape volumes
>on-and-off multiple 3390s using "stages" in those products. Also analyzed all
>the AID generating
>keystrokes on a given node. Never balked, didn't slow others down, and for
>all intents-and-purposes was
>practically "real time".
>
I've never used the z/OS equivalent; don't believe we have it herabouts.
but doc for the VM/CMS product warns:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/DFSC4A01/4.4.193
4. Use DFSORT/CMS, IBM Program Number 5664-325, to sort files that are too
large for sort. dfsort can be used to interface CMS Pipelines to this sort
program.
So, is BatchPipes sort perhaps just a front-end for a more industrial-strength
sort?
(Citations such as above will be a lot less fun when publibz gives way
to Infocenter.)
-- gil
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