>>., an application sort execution, such as SAS-invoked PROC SORT under DFSORT >>does not exploit zSORT/SORTL (SAS INSTITUTE responded "not planned >>enhancement, and customers are not asking for it either.")
Scott, Program invoked Sorts can exploit zSORT/SORTL if DFSORT can do the reads and writes. So, passing SORTDD=xxxx via parameter list will help to ensure that you can use zsort if you don't run into any other restrictions. >- unsure about how a "new" DFSORT site Any specific reason for using the word "new" ? DFSORT site has been the same for a long time. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/dfsort or ibm.com/storage/dfsort ( will be re-directed to first link) is generally updated with every release or with any new enhancements. >> converting from use of PGM=SYNCSORT, PGM=SYNCGENR, PGM=SYNCTOOL, will "under >> the covers via a program alias" will get the DFSORT-equivalent - surely >> there must be some documented knob-turning with DFSORT >> install/implementation at IBM.COM ?? DFSORT doesn't have "under the cover" aliases for the other product, but will provide the necessary JCL to create the alias if requested. Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
