What is the size of sysout in spool

shanudarling · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 19 Location: noida

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what is the size of sysout in spool?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

please be a bit more specific on what information You need

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

there are many factors that influence the spool capacity,
that' s why I asked for more info in the request

Anuj D. · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject:

One more good guess...

are you asking about the default LRECL of SYSOUT..?

shanudarling · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 19 Location: noida

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

still it is not clear what You want to know ??

Bill Dennis · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

A program controls the LRECL of records written to SYSOUT. There is probably some overhead for control info for JES for each job's spool data.

A larger record uses more spool space.

shanudarling · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 19 Location: noida

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

What do you want to know about the size of jobs in the spool for ?

The maximum size of a job in the spool is equal to the unused available space defined to the JES2 spool dataset. Therefor this is a site specific question which you should address to your systems programmers.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject:

size is an ambiguous term.

do you mean lrecl or do you mean total volume as many many records?

Bill Dennis · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

The max size of a SYSOUT record is set by the DCB or File Description in the program that OPENed it.

If you mean a COBOL DISPLAY statement, the book says the max. for an output device (printer) is 255.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

this kind of thread is really embarrassing,
it is very difficult to answer when the question asked uses generic terms,
clear maybe to the topic starter but useless to the people willing to help

- the TS put in his mainframe skills everything ??
- since we give serious answer we expect also a serious attitude

Pedro · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: Reply to: size of sysout in spool

Another guess...

It looks like the poster used as an example, a column from SDSF, which shows the ddnames of a particular job. Use a '?' to select a job from the held output display.

On the right side of the SDSF held output display is a "rec-cnt" column with the number of records in that dd name. Perhaps that is what the poster wanted to know.

shanudarling · New User Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 19 Location: noida

Thanks everyone to give their valueable time.

I got it my ans.

thnx