Kris, If that was meant for me, it's a nonstarter. This was developed for a BIG files. Compare the differences...
The FTP solution required the EXEC to write the JCL (pretty trivial), submit the very small z/OS batch job via FTP, then the job to execute on z/OS, which reads the very large file FTP and writes it, untransformed, to SPOOL. The proposed solution would require reading the very large file from disk, transforming it to NETDATA format (LRECL 80, with IIRC only 72 usable bytes per record), write it to z/OS, then run TSO (a costly consideration!) in batch to read the very large file again, transform it from NETDATA back to its old format, then write the file to SPOOL. Even with the most-excellent Pipes, that's a lot of extra work on very large and wide files compared to read once/write once. And running the TSO TMP in batch, really? IMHO, TSO is pretty much always "processor aware" - meaning that if it can find processor resources, it will use them. ;-) Respectfully, Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Kris Buelens" <kris.buel...@gmail.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 12/22/2010 12:54 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: How Submit a JOB from Z/VM to Z/OS using RSCS ? We created some REXX exec to make it possible for pipeline data to be sent to MVS in a job (that is, not need to pass b-via a CMS file: we transform the data into a NETDATA format, put JCL before & after and run TSO in batch to receive it. If you want it, I can dig it up. 2010/12/22 Mike Walter <mike.wal...@hewitt.com> Thanks, Hank! There's no sense in my re-posting your whole idea of submitting z/OS jobs via FTP from z/VM to z/OS. Here's another way that can be used... After a very, very old and pretty much unsupported Network Systems HyperChannel box failed of extended old age, I was forced to find way to send very large (in terms of LRECL and of the sheer number of records) from CMS to z/OS JES2 SPOOL. RSCS didn't cut it although it works fine for most output). So I converted an existing EXEC to create the requisite JCL (getting the password from the user's NETRC DATA file; I sure wish there as a better way to do that!), FTPs the batch job to z/OS, then wait for the batch job to end before exiting. The z/OS batch job establishes an FTP connection back to z/VM (using the VM userid and password from that NETRC DATA file - uuuugllleeee!), and "GET"s the file for output directly to JES2 SPOOL. When the job ends, the NOTIFY message is sent by JES2 to the submitting z/VM user running the exec. The exec traps the reply (and return code), ending with an appropriate message to the user. Not being a z/OS JCL super-expert, it took a bit of digging around to get all the moving parts aligned, but the result has been terrific. We can now send those very large print files from z/VM to z/OS for printing at very high speed, even from VM:Batch (which require a bit more in the way of local mods). Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail. -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
