How about DFSORT being able to handle sorting of both VSAM and standard sequential files in the same job step? :-)
________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Clark Morris <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: z/OS not always superior to z/VSE was Re: Reading IDCAMS BACKUP Tape generated on Z/Vse with my Z/Os [Default] On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 05:18:30 -0700 (PDT), in bit.listserv.ibm-main "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 11:25:17 AM UTC+2, Jay wrote: >> Hello, >> I currently looking for a way to read "Files generated on Tape(3490) with >> IDCAMS BACKUP on Z/VSE" on my Z/OS. >> > >You pretty much cannot - Backup/Restore is a feature unique to zVSE and uses >data set formats, a tape format, and end-of-tape handling that is not known to >z/OS. You may want to resort to more standard processes like REPRO, >Export/Import, or FTP... Another instance of "Dumb" Operating System, now VSE being more capable than its more expensive counterpart. It start with the dumb system being able to accept the system date in people friendly mm/dd/yy format (presumably now mm/dd/yyyy format) while the expensive operating system required yy.ddd, year day-of-year. The dumb system can handle FBA devices. I am certain z/VSE users and those who have converted can come up with other examples. Clark Morris >Horst Sinram - STSM, z/OS Workload and Capacity Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
