In our case we do not. This is my ICEPRMxx JCL DYNALOC=(SYSDA,8) INV DYNALOC=(SYSDA,8) TSO DYNALOC=(SYSDA,8) TSOINV DYNALOC=(SYSDA,8)
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:52 PM, David Betten <bet...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > DFSORT should be allocating as large format. Do you have VIO=YES as your > default. That might be preventing DFSORT from allocating as large format. > > > Have a nice day, > Dave Betten > DFSORT Development, Performance Lead > IBM Corporation > email: bet...@us.ibm.com > DFSORT/MVSontheweb at http://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@bama.ua.edu> > > > > (Reconstructing thread from archive) > > > > I read the posts in this thread but deleted them because they were not > > immediately pertinent to our shop. Then last night I got woke up with a > > similar problem. The default DYNALLOC setting of 3 was insufficient to > > complete a sort involving an unusually large input. We got > > > > ICE083A D RESOURCES WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF WORK DATA > > SETS (064K) <--------- > > ICE753I FWK=(0,0) SWK=(0,0) TWK=(0,0) RWK=(0,0) TOTAL=(0,0) BLK=56600 > > ICE248I ATTEMPTED TO ALLOCATE 19389MB OF DISK WORK SPACE ON 3 WORK DATA > > SETS > > ICE249I SUCCESSFULLY ALLOCATED 0MB OF DISK WORK SPACE ON 0 WORK DATA SETS > > > > > > > (Last line is probably the world's most disappointing 'success' message > > ever.) In researching the problem, I read that DFSORT for some time has > > been capable of using large or extended format data sets so that the 64K > > limit flagged in ICE083A does not apply. What is required to induce > DFSORT > > to use modern work data sets for dynamic allocation? > > > > . > > . > > JO.Skip Robinson > > SCE Infrastructure Technology Services > > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > > 626-302-7535 Office > > 323-715-0595 Mobile > > jo.skip.robin...@sce.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just to clarify, DFSORT can cetrainly use more than the 1st extent, it > > just > > can't use multiple volumes. As long as DSNTYPE=LARGE is coded on the DD > > statement, each of the SORTWK DDs should be able to use multiple extents. > > Since a 3390-9 has 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 List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > > > > > > In addition to all the other responses you got regarding DynAlloc, I > > > wanted to add the nudge that DFSORT only uses the **1st** extent in > > > SortWk DD statements. Thus, SPACE=(CYL,(3335,3335)) is the same as > > > SPACE=(CYL,3335) which, in your example, only got you 10*'3335 > > > cylinders or the equivalent to 10 mod-3s. So you'd need to have 27 > > > DD statements to use your entire pool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
