Hi, Joel, You don't have to use LPA for DFSORT. We don't.
To install DFSORT we had to add SICELINK & SORTLPA to LINKLIST and APF on all of the LPARs. We also added SYS1.SICELPA to LPA which contains only the SVC ESR IGX00017 BD0 in length. The addition of DFSORT as a DB2 only sort was not a VSCR problem. Like many things there was more smoke than heat once you actually understood what needed to be done. My only minor concern is that I now need to monitor the use of DFSORT and we may eventually have to customize ICEMAC further. So far we are running with the defaults. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel C. Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: Re: DB2 v8 cannot use Syncsort (was: RE: RSM tuning) > But it does mean that a Syncsort shop that is heavy DB2 will now have > the overhead of having two sort products loaded into LPA. I sure hope > DFSORT doesn't have any LPA code that is RMODE24! > > The only rationale I can see for DB2 taking this approach would be a > desire to market DB2 to shops that don't license any sort product. I > can't conceive of such an environment, but maybe they exist. > ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html