Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Yifat Oren
Zhang Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset Chris, Thanks for the reply. Using dss is to back extended files to tape/virtual tape. Your answer said the data read will be expanded. So even by setting compact as N

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Victor Zhang
Yifat, Thank you very much, very help. One more question: Does both physical dump and logical dump NOT decompress extended compacted PS dataset OR Does physical dump NOT decompress extended compacted PS dataset OR Does copy decompress extended compacted PS dataset? Regards Victor

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:53:22 +0300, Yifat Oren wrote: Other utilities, such as IEBGENER. have to decompress the data set as they are doing a record by record, logical, copy (this may not be true for IDCAMS when using the compression interface, see II14507). Is this done by the utility (ugh!) or

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Staller, Allan
Access method snip Other utilities, such as IEBGENER. have to decompress the data set as they are doing a record by record, logical, copy (this may not be true for IDCAMS when using the compression interface, see II14507). Is this done by the utility (ugh!) or by the access method? /snip

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Yifat Oren
-format data set (on tape). Best Regards, Yifat -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset Yifat, Thank

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-10 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:46 PM To: MVS List Server 1 Subject: Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset Hi all, Sorry, forgot to mention is if the program trying to read compressed extended physical sequential file is ADRDSSU, will only compressed data

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-10 Thread Victor Zhang
Chris, Thanks for the reply. Using dss is to back extended files to tape/virtual tape. Your answer said the data read will be expanded. So even by setting compact as N, the amount of data written to tape/virtual tape will be same, right? My another question is: If I set compact=N for storage

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-10 Thread Mike Schwab
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Victor Zhang victor_wor...@yahoo.com.cn wrote: deleted I already noticed a difference: By enabling compact option in storage class, I have very low compression ratio for data written to tape/virtual tape, do you have any idea? Regards Victor You are

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-10 Thread R.S.
In each case when you copy dataset from DASD to TAPE ar vice versa, the data in transit are uncompressed. Compression/lack of compression on source/target doesn't matter. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2012-04-10 17:00, Victor Zhang pisze: Chris, Thanks for the reply. Using dss

Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-09 Thread Victor Zhang
Hello, One simple question#65306; If the PS data set's SC is defined with COMPACT= YES, then when host read the file, will the PS data be rehydrate or not? I mean will uncompressed data be return to z/os? Regards Victor -- For

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-09 Thread Victor Zhang
Hi all, Sorry, forgot to mention is if the program trying to read compressed extended physical sequential file is ADRDSSU, will only compressed data be returned? How about IEBGEN program? Regards Victor -- For IBM-MAIN