Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-11 Thread Scott Barry
a capacity of 10,017 cylinders, you should be able to get 3 extents of 3335 cylinders on each work data set if the volumes are empty. From: Neil Duffee nduf...@uottawa.ca To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/01/2012 03:14 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-11 Thread David Betten
:32 PM: From: Scott Barry sba...@sbbworks.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/11/2012 03:14 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Why would I be forced to code DSNTYPE=LARGE, rather than using the WRKSEC=Y parameter

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-08 Thread Dave Betten
Mark, In your case the reason code on the ICE083A was 970C but in Scott's case it was 064K. So your ICE083A issue had nothing to do with not being allocated as large format and exceeding 64K tracks. Rather, you didn't have volumes with enough space because the sortwork allocation was only

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-08 Thread Skip Robinson
@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/08/2012 10:06 AM Subject:Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mark, In your case the reason code on the ICE083A was 970C but in Scott's case it was 064K. So your ICE083A issue had nothing to do with not being

Re: Clearing installation options Was: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-08 Thread Frank Yaeger
Skip Robinson wrote at IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 05/08/2012 10:55:02 AM: I'm pursuing conversion to PARMLIB from ICEAMx usermod. Is it possible via ICEPRMxx to reset all options to IBM defaults? It appears from my testing that the 'clear' process (empty

Re: Clearing installation options Was: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-08 Thread Skip Robinson
Date: 05/08/2012 12:16 PM Subject:Re: Clearing installation options Was: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Skip Robinson wrote at IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 05/08/2012 10:55:02 AM: I'm

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-07 Thread Skip Robinson
Betten bet...@us.ibm.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/06/2012 02:53 PM Subject:Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu DFSORT should be allocating as large format. Do you have VIO=YES as your default. That might

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-07 Thread Mark Pace
on 05/06/2012 02:55:53 PM: From: Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/06/2012 02:57 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu (Reconstructing thread from archive) I read the posts

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-07 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-05-07 18:59, Skip Robinson pisze: Bingo. We've had VIO=YES forever. We're revisiting our entire ICEMAC usermod ASAP. Thanks! I'd suggest to get rid of the usermod at all. Nowadays DFSORT can be customized using PARMLIB members. It's also an opportunity to rethink all the

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-07 Thread Skip Robinson
:Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu W dniu 2012-05-07 18:59, Skip Robinson pisze: Bingo. We've had VIO=YES forever. We're revisiting our entire ICEMAC usermod ASAP. Thanks! I'd suggest to get rid of the usermod at all. Nowadays

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-06 Thread Skip Robinson
extents of 3335 cylinders on each work data set if the volumes are empty. From: Neil Duffee nduf...@uottawa.ca To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/01/2012 03:14 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu In addition to all the other

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-06 Thread David Betten
://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 05/06/2012 02:55:53 PM: From: Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/06/2012 02:57 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-01 Thread Neil Duffee
: April 27, 2012 08:43 Subject: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Trying to sort a fairly large RMF data file. 20,000 + cylinders. I keep running out of SORTWK space. I have 9 3390-9 volumes in my SMS temporary storage pool. But I just noticed that no matter how many SORTWKxx DDs I add it only allocates

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-01 Thread Neil Duffee
innocent John Norgauer 2004 -Original Message- From: Mark Pace [mailto:pace...@gma...com] Sent: April 27, 2012 13:21 Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK I have 8 3390-9 DASD that are strictly for temp space. 99% of the time they are completely empty, as was the case when I

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-01 Thread David Betten
to get 3 extents of 3335 cylinders on each work data set if the volumes are empty. From: Neil Duffee nduf...@uottawa.ca To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 05/01/2012 03:14 PM Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu In addition to all

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-01 Thread Ron Hawkins
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Betten Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Confused on DFSORT SORTWK Just to clarify, DFSORT can cetrainly use more than the 1st extent, it just can't use multiple volumes

Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
Trying to sort a fairly large RMF data file. 20,000 + cylinders. I keep running out of SORTWK space. I have 9 3390-9 volumes in my SMS temporary storage pool. But I just noticed that no matter how many SORTWKxx DDs I add it only allocates file on the first 5 temp storage volumes. Anyone have an

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread R.S.
Did you try to get rid of SORTWKxx DDs and use OPTION DYNALLOC ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2012-04-27 14:43, Mark Pace pisze: Trying to sort a fairly large RMF data file. 20,000 + cylinders. I keep running out of SORTWK space. I have 9 3390-9 volumes in my SMS temporary

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Steve Comstock
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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:03:08 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: Well that cleared that up! Now I understand. :-) Yep - always pays to get the definitive answer in plain English ... d'oh Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
Well part of the problem is an embarrassment. A couple of the volumes I formatted incorrectly and were not SMS managed. :( Trying again with all Temp volumes reformatted properly. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Shane Ginnane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:03:08 -0600,

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
That corrected the error of running out space. However I thought it would be a good idea to try DYNALLOC and be done with programers needing SORTWK DD. But change the JCL to OPTION DYNALLOC=3390,FILSZ=E550 Causes it to fail almost immediately with SMS not allocating any space. ICE083A D

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread David Betten
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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread R.S.
OPTION DYNALLOC=(3390,25) The above means 25 work datasets. BTW: IMHO you should omit FILSZ. DFSORT is able to obtain file size for most cases. To David Betten: your emails looks like encrypted. We cannot read it. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2012-04-27 16:27, Mark

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread McKown, John
: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK That corrected the error of running out space. However I thought it would be a good idea to try DYNALLOC and be done with programers needing SORTWK DD. But change the JCL to OPTION DYNALLOC=3390,FILSZ=E550 Causes it to fail almost immediately with SMS

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
and Health Insurance Company.SM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK That corrected the error of running

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Krueger
that SORT can allocate more but smaller datasets. Regards, Ulrich Krueger -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK I

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
that SORT can allocate more but smaller datasets. Regards, Ulrich Krueger -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Krueger
-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK I have 8 3390-9 DASD that are strictly for temp space. 99% of the time they are completely empty, as was the case when I was running this as there is no one else on the system right now. I'll try using a bigger number. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread David Betten
Just to clarify, DFSORT supports large format data sets for sortworks thus allowing them to use more than 64K tracks. DFSORT's dynamic allocation allocates them as large format. For JCL allocated sort works you need to specify DSNTYPE=LARGE on the DD statements and DFSORT will support that. My

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
And that is how I got around my original problem, specifying DSNTYPE=LARGE and using 1 cylinders per DD. Plus that stupid mistake of one of the disk not being SMS managed. But no luck whatsoever with using DYNALLOC. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:57 PM, David Betten bet...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread David Betten
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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Pace
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Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-04-27 Thread Steve Comstock
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