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No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:25 pm
by Yifat Oren
Hello,
Is there any way to know the number of OUTFIL data sets created by a sort execution from looking at the SMF record (type 208) generated?
Yifat Oren
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:14 am
by dick scherrer
Hello and welcome to the forum,
Suggest you post a link to the type 208 smf record you mention. I find no reference to this. . .
I suspect that if there is an OUTFIL dd statement, there would be 1 data set created. . .
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:19 pm
by Yifat Oren
Thanks, Dick.
Type 208 SMF records are Syncsort records generated by the "SMF Facility"; I can not post a link but I can refer you to the Installation Guide, chapter 5, "The SMF option".
The idea behind the OUTFIL statement is to generate multiple output data sets (up to 100?) from a single read of the input data.
So, the question remains, is it possible to deduce the count of the OUTFIL (SORTOF??) data set created by a sort execution from the SMF generated by Syncsort.
Thanks very much,
Yifat
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:14 pm
by dick scherrer
Hello,
Looks like that beyond the manual you need to look at the SMFDSECT in the Syncsort MACLIB on your system.
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:54 pm
by Yifat Oren
Hi, Dick, thanks again.
I've been studying the Syncsort's SMFDSECT for quite some time now and couldn't find a count of the OUTFIL data sets generated (as opposed to DFSORT's SMF records which are quite clear on that
).
I've been looking for help from Syncsort's support as to a possible way to deduce the count or a field that I had missed or did not understand correctly.
Best Regards,
Yifat Oren
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:01 pm
by dick scherrer
Hello,
I've been looking for help from Syncsort's support
How have you "been looking"?
If you open an issue/question with Syncsort support, you will get the answer.
Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF
Posted:
Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:31 am
by Alissa Margulies
At this time, the SyncSort SMF record does not contain a field with the number of OUTFILs created in the sort step.