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sumannath

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:12 pm
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Hi,
I have 16 files in same format which I need to merge into a single file. I am using DFSORT for the same. I've used the following step:
Code:

//STEP20   EXEC PGM=SORT                                           
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                             
//SORTIN   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W01           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W02           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W03           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W04           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W05           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W06           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W08           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W10           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W11           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W12           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W13           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W14           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W15           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W16           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W17           
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W18           
//SORTOUT  DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),                             
//            SPACE=(CYL,(150,150),RLSE),UNIT=RESDA,DSNTYPE=LARGE,
//            DSN=A.D2.ALL                                           
//SYSIN    DD *                                                   
    OPTION COPY                                                   
//*

The CPU usage is as follows:
Code:

-------- JOB  SUMMARY  STATISTICS -------  CPU TIME  ELAPSED    SERV. 
-PROCNAME STEPNAME PROGRAM     RC   EXCP     (SEC.) TIME(SEC.)  UNITS 
-         STEP20   SORT        00   190K       2.50      69.40     323K

The files have record length 128 and combined file has 40million records. The space usage is:
Code:

Current Allocation             
 Allocated cylinders : 6,226   
 Allocated extents . : 42     
                               
                               
                               
Current Utilization           
 Used cylinders  . . : 6,226   
 Used extents  . . . : 42     



Now, I used ICETOOL utility to add a byte to each record of the input files to indicate from which file (01,02,03 etc) the record is coming from. I used the following code:
Code:

//STEP20   EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                         
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                               
//SRTIN01  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W01           
//SRTIN02  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W02           
//SRTIN03  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W03           
//SRTIN04  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W04           
//SRTIN05  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W05           
//SRTIN06  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W06           
//SRTIN08  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W08           
//SRTIN10  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W10           
//SRTIN11  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W11           
//SRTIN12  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W12           
//SRTIN13  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W13           
//SRTIN14  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W14           
//SRTIN15  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W15           
//SRTIN16  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W16           
//SRTIN17  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W17           
//SRTIN18  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=A.D2.W18           
//MRGDINPA DD DISP=(MOD,CATLG,DELETE),                               
//            SPACE=(CYL,(1500,1500),RLSE),UNIT=RESDA,DSNTYPE=LARGE,
//            DSN=A.D2.ALL                                         
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                               
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                                               
//TOOLIN   DD *                                                     
//TOOLIN   DD *                                             
  COPY FROM(SRTIN01) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT01)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN02) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT02)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN03) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT03)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN04) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT04)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN05) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT05)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN06) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT06)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN08) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT08)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN10) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT10)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN11) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT11)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN12) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT12)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN13) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT13)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN14) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT14)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN15) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT15)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN16) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT16)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN17) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT17)               
  COPY FROM(SRTIN18) TO(MRGDINPA) USING(CT18)               
/*                                                         
//CT01CNTL DD *                                             
  OUTREC OVERLAY=(129:+01,TO=BI,LENGTH=1)                   
//CT02CNTL DD *                                             
  OUTREC OVERLAY=(129:+02,TO=BI,LENGTH=1)                   
//CT03CNTL DD *                                             
  OUTREC OVERLAY=(129:+03,TO=BI,LENGTH=1)   
...


On running the job, the CPU time, elapsed time and dataset size is a follows:
Code:

-------- JOB  SUMMARY  STATISTICS -------  CPU TIME  ELAPSED    SERV. 
-PROCNAME STEPNAME PROGRAM     RC   EXCP     (SEC.) TIME(SEC.)  UNITS 
-         STEP20   ICETOOL     00   320K      26.41     880.72    1724K

Code:

Current Allocation           
 Allocated cylinders : 37,701
 Allocated extents . : 35   
                             
                             
                             
Current Utilization         
 Used cylinders  . . : 37,701
 Used extents  . . . : 35   


I want to understand why there is an increase in so much resources by only adding 1 byte to each record in the input dataset.

Thanks!
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Joerg.Findeisen

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:43 pm
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What RECFM are you using? I would personally use BUILD instead of OVERLAY in INREC.
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sumannath

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:40 pm
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Joerg.Findeisen wrote:
What RECFM are you using? I would personally use BUILD instead of OVERLAY in INREC.


RECFM=FB
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sumannath

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:24 pm
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Brought down the CPU and allocated cylinders quite a lot by mentioning the DCB parameter:
Code:

//MRGDINPA DD DISP=(MOD,CATLG,DELETE),                             
//            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=129,BLKSIZE=28122),               
//            SPACE=(CYL,(1500,1500),RLSE),UNIT=RESDA,DSNTYPE=LARGE,
//            DSN=A.D2.ALL                                           


Code:

-------- JOB  SUMMARY  STATISTICS -------  CPU TIME  ELAPSED    SERV. 
-PROCNAME STEPNAME PROGRAM     RC   EXCP     (SEC.) TIME(SEC.)  UNITS 
-         STEP20   ICETOOL     00   120K       8.05      48.54     547K


Code:

Current Allocation             
 Allocated cylinders : 12,451   
 Allocated extents . : 18       
                               
                               
                               
Current Utilization             
 Used cylinders  . . : 12,451   
 Used extents  . . . : 18       


So, the question is how does mentioning DCB decrease the resources substantially? I thought DFSORT determines the record length automatically.
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Joerg.Findeisen

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:47 pm
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sumannath wrote:
So, the question is how does mentioning DCB decrease the resources substantially? I thought DFSORT determines the record length automatically.

It does. Have you tried BUILD instead of OVERLAY?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 4:51 pm
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sumannath wrote:

So, the question is how does mentioning DCB decrease the resources substantially? I thought DFSORT determines the record length automatically.

Please, take a look at the SORT log (under your //SYSOUT DD)

It says everything about the finally used datasets attributes, record size, number of records, etc. You can get much more info from there rather than from the forum, regarding your own datasets.

BTW, using parameter BLKSIZE=0 allows zOS to automatically calculate the most suitable block size, depending also on the particular device used for storage.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:16 pm
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I thought these details were known before posting. icon_confused.gif
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Joerg.Findeisen wrote:
I thought these details were known before posting. icon_confused.gif

I doubt they were...
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Remove DCB and try SDB=YES.
www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=statements-option-control-statement
www-40.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3sc236882/$file/icet100_v2r3.pdf
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