Calculate the number of total number of tracks. Divide by number of volumes, result is how many tracks to use on each volume. Init n-1 volumes with small VTOC, one with a larger VTOC for lots of small files. Sort by descending number of tracks.
Move largest remaining file to the volume with small VTOC and the most free space. When the n-1 volumes have exceeded the goal number of tracks to use on each volume, stop. Move the large number of remaining small files to the volume with the larger VTOC. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Hardee, Chuck H. <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a need to juggle the locations of 1500+ files on 70 volumes. > These packs are not SMS managed and will never be. > There will be 4 sets of these files across 4 sets of 70 DASD volumes. > > Does anyone know of a utility, REXX, EXCEL, executable program, etc, that > would let me feed in the file names and sizes, dasd characteristics, etc, and > produce a list of what files should be allocated on what packs? > > The file sizes vary file to file, but they do not expand or contract once > allocated and won't change until the next time the files need to be adjusted, > which won't hopefully, change for a while. > > Thanks, > Chuck > > Charles (Chuck) Hardee<mailto:[email protected]> > Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration > EAS Information Technology > > Thermo Fisher Scientific > 300 Industry Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15275 > Phone +1 (724) 517-2633 | Mobile +1 (412) 877-2809 | FAX: +1 (412) 490-9230 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | > www.thermofisher.com > > WORLDWIDE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: Dissemination, distribution or copying of > this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended > recipient, or an employee or agent of a system responsible for delivering the > message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please inform the sender and delete all copies. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
