Carl, I'll take a WAG that you are rewinding the tape at the close of every output file on the cartridge, and then repositioning to the end of the last file to write the next file in sequence.
Using DFSMSdss logical dump to a single tape dataset eliminates that problem. Ron > jobs runs, they seems to run forever. We have noticed > that the job goes into DW for 3-5 seconds at the end > of each REPRO process, allocation/deallocation I > assume. If indeed this is the case then using another > program such as ICETOOL should not matter, the results > should be the same. Is this assumption valid? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
