Tom,
MAXSORT will treat the VTS as a tape. It is also possible to run a
MAXSORT with the intermediate output going to disk but I don't think
that is what you want. Can you send me the listings offline and I can
take a look.
John Reda
Syncsort, Inc.
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Subject: MAXSORT
We are in the process of directing files that normally went to VTS
technology
to new DS8100 disk. This is being done via SMS. Does anyone know if it
is
possible to direct the MAXSORT SORTOUxx files to disk. I ran a test and
it
allocates the first SORTOUxx on the DS8100 disk but then fails saying
insufficient SORTOUxx dd statements. If I run the old way it allocates
the first
SORTOUxx to the VTS and then dynamically allocates 5 more to the VTS.
Someone indicated that they think that Syncsort realizes it is not on
tape
therefore does not allocate the additonal SORTOUxx files. We only have
32
3592 tape drives and think we will have a problem if we have to direct
the
SORTOUxx to them (we have 128 VTS tape drives).
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