Hardee, Chuck H. 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.
You've got good replies, but I have more questions: Are they 'files' or datasets? If datasets, what types are they? VSAM, PS, PDS, PSDE, etc.? Are they cataloged? If so, how are you going to handle duplicates, since you said '4 sets of these files'? Are those volsers shared on other LPARS? If so, are they also cataloged there or not? Do you want to place largest dataset on some volsers and smallest on other volsers? Or do you want to split up your 70 volsers into 4 groups and place your 4 sets datasets in each of those groups? >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? Write your own utility using [print] output from ISMF, ISPF =3.4, DCOLLECT, DFDSS with TYPRUN=NORUN, etc. You can perhaps create a CSV file to edit on your workstation. Easy to sort, group, re-sort, split-up your contents based on dsn name, size, volsers, DSORG, etc. >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. You can compact [sort of] them by putting them in groups in one dataset using DFDSS. You will save some tracks depending on contents of these individual datasets. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
