". Odds are real strong that we will be off of z/OS by January 2021, July at latest."
I've heard that one before. Usually about 5-10 years after the previous "we'll be off by...." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Determine level of fragmentation in VTOCIX? Thanks, converting to CSSMTP is something I am considering. But, I am unlikely to go to z/OS 2.3, probably not even 2.2. Odds are real strong that we will be off of z/OS by January 2021, July at latest. Management really doesn't wish to renew the MFaaS contract. I am very much in a keep it going/minimal disruption mode. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Cieri, Anthony > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 2:25 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Determine level of fragmentation in VTOCIX? > > Dave, > > This does not answer your question, but it appears from the error > messages that you are still running the older zOS SMTP task. ZOS > Communication Server now provides a new CSSMTP task, which no longer > copies the spool files to sequential dataset and plays the dataset "rename" > game. SMTP is going to be dropped from support soon ( after zOS V2.2 ??) > We use to see errors like these from time to time, but they have > disappeared since migrated to CSSMTP. > > Hth > Tony > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:43 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Determine level of fragmentation in VTOCIX? > > [[ SEI WARNING *** This email was sent from an external source. Do not > open attachments or click on links from unknown or suspicious senders. > *** ]] > > > Is there a way to determine if and how much a VTOCIX is fragmented. > Way back when (when disk wasn't quite so cheap), we standardized on > parking the VTOCIX in the 14 tracks left in the 1st cylinder, and for > a Mod-3, VTOC of > 105 tracks (7CYL) immediately following, and usually a 2 CYL VVDS > right after that. Most of my SMS managed application disks still > follow this. And it worked well for many years. > > But, during high volumes of SMTP activity, I have begun to get: > > IEC603I VTOC ERRORS MAY EXIST ON C465,PPRD22,8,027 > IEC331I 042-002(0812041B),SMTP ,SMTP ,RNAM,IGG0CLH2 > IEC331I VOL,PPRD22,NAME,SMTP.CONN257.NOTE IGD17003I PERMANENT I/O > ERROR ON VOLUME PPRD22 139 FOR DATA SET SMTP.CONN257.NOTE HISTORIC > RETURN CODE IS 8 DADSM DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS 0812041B IGD306I > UNEXPECTED ERROR DURING IGGDAR02 PROCESSING 140 RETURN CODE 8 REASON > CODE 27 THE MODULE THAT DETECTED THE ERROR IS IGDVTSDA SMS MODULE > TRACE BACK - VTSDA VTSCU VTSCT VTSRN SSIRT SYMPTOM RECORD CREATED, > PROBLEM ID IS IGD00898 IEC614I RENAME FAILED - RC 008, DIAGNOSTIC > INFORMATION IS (0812041B), > 141 > SMTP,PPRD22,SMTP.CONN257.NOTE > EZA5544E Unable to RENAME file SMTP.CONN257.NOTE to SMTP.A0258454.NOTE > rc=408 > EZA5568E UNABLE TO ALLOCATE ADDRBLOK DATA SET CORRECTLY > > SMTP is playing a dataset rename game - SMTP.TEMP.NOTE to > SMTP.CONNnnn.NOTE (a 3 character length increase) > > SMTP then kindly sends a blank email to the recipient which then gets > reported as suspicious :) > > I don't remember how we reached the numbers we used, but looking at > the info the ICKDSF manual, the 14 track index should be large enough > for the > 5250 datasets possible with a 105 track VTOC. I an wondering if I can > REFORMAT REFVTOC EXTINDEX(14) and get refreshed, unfragmented VTOCIX. > > Dave Gibney > Information Technology Services > Washington State University > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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