Forewarning: I have no knowledge of LINMON package details. There may/must be better ways of doing this, but this may help.
Isn't there a sufficient date/timestamp already on each generated record that could be used to sort them before CP3KVMXT processing? If not, would it be possible in your case to modify the LINMON package or the MSUX EXEC (exit) to write a prefix at the start of each record before it is written to disk. That prefix could be the yyyymmddhhmmssnnnnnnnnnn where yymmddhhmmss is the time that this process "prefix" began, and the 'nnn's are a sequence number (easily generated with a PIPEs "SPECS" stage). When you are ready to run them into CP3KVMXT, first sort on that prefix, and stripping it before re-writing them all as one large file. But that seems to defeat the purpose of writing the file in smaller pieces, no? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Leland Lucius" <[email protected]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 01/15/2009 10:23 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Sorting monitor data? Can monitor data be sorted so that it can be fed into CP3KVMXT (CP3000 summarizer)? We collect monitor data using Brian Wade's "LINMON" package which allows us to collect it into smaller files. We then FTP these files over to z/OS for processing by MXG. Problem is CP3KVMXT doesn't like it when the files are in "reverse" order, so I'd like to sort them before feeding to CP3KVMXT. Any idea on how I'd go about doing that? Thanks, Leland The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
