I think that SMS would be useful in this, but my suggestion did not use SMS.
ADRDSSU is more than capable of making copies and spreading them evenly across a set of volumes. If the datasets don't yet exist, then the easiest thing would be to create temporary copies in a SMS storage pool and then again, ADRDSSU can either move or copy to the desired target volumes. And if the OP really does wish to create them fresh on the target volumes, then feeding a list sorted by descending size into a very simple rexx (or SORT, or SAS, or whatever) to generate the needed DD cards (and an IEFBR14 EXEC every 255 or so) or generate IDCAMS ALLOCATE, or etc. etc. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Scott Ford > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: File Placement Utility > > Shane and David, > > Exactly , let SMS do its job and/or augment with rexx. > > Scott > > On Sunday, October 11, 2015, Gibney, David Allen,Jr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected] > > <javascript:;>] > > > On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane > > > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 4:02 AM > > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > Subject: Re: File Placement Utility > > > > > > On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 07:30:26 +0000, Gibney, David wrote: > > > > > > >I still maintain that ADRDSSU will "just do it" > > > > > > Dave, why do you presume the OP has already existing datasets to copy > ?. > > > If this is just allocating new datasets, sort the files by size, or > > whatever, and > > > knock up some rexx to generate the JCL. Quicker than waiting for the > > list to > > > to suggest it. > > > > Valid point and solution if they don't exist yet. Allocate larger > > first, round robin among target disks. > > > > > > Personally I would let the storage subsystem(s) handle it - that's > > > what > > you > > > pay the vendors boatloads of money for. Give Ron and his ilk > > > something to do. > > > Fiddling around trying to balance access across mod-3s is just so 90's. > > > > > > Shane ... > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send > > email to > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: INFO > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: > > INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
