SMF data is usually VBS format, Variable Block Span. Physical blocks 4K but records can be much larger.
First question: Are the two z/OS machines connected via TCP/IP ? if so TERSE XMIT to the 2nd machine, RECEIVE, DETERSE else .... Second: Is the data VB or still VBS? Using TERSE and then XMIT to a dataset, does two things, It compresses the data into 1K records and then to 80 byte records of FIXED length. The FIXED LENGTH simplifies your life... This makes downloading to the PC and uploading to the 2nd zOS almost bullet proof. Download as Binary file and upload as a Binary file of RECFM FB, LRECL 80, BLKSIZE 0. Then RECEIVE the file and DETERSE it. This should be an exact copy at that point. The other option is to use ADRDSSU and dump to a dataset the SMF data, the TERSE and XMIT --- RECEIVE, DETERSE, RESTORE Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
