The estimated size of the file input is only 608. I can't really determine what's the reason for this problem. Anyone has ever encountered similar issues before? TIA.
Comparing the joblog output (before and after):
Before:
ICE093I 0 MAIN STORAGE = (MAX,6291456,6291456)
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (5259264,5242880)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,RESET=Y,VSAMEMT=Y,DYNSPC=256
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=6291456,MAXLIM=1048576,MINLIM=450560,EQUALS=Y,LIST=Y,ERET=RC16 ,MSGDDN=DFSMSG
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=NO ,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=N,DYNALOC=(SYSDA ,004),ABCODE=MSG
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=6291456,ARESALL=0,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=16384,CINV=Y,CFW=Y,DSA=0
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=Y,IEXIT=N,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITCK=S,PARMDDN=DFSPARM ,FSZEST=N
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=OPTIMAL,DSPSIZE=MAX ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMIO=N,MOSIZE=MAX
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE236I 0 OPTIONS: DYNAPCT=10 ,MOWRK=Y
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP3
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP2
ICE750I 0 DC 27968 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 20 VSZ 20
ICE752I 0 FSZ=608 RC IGN=0 E AVG=52 0 WSP=41 C DYN=0 0
ICE805I 0 JOBNAME: UZZ33014 , STEPNAME: SPLICE
ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL
ICE887I 0 CSES 0,0,0 ES 0,0,0
ICE886I 0 SYS 0 TSTG 0 FS 0 INIT 0 MAX 0 LEN 0
ICE915I 0 MOFSZ=1,MOSZ=0,MOSYS=3887(2),MOSTG=164176,MEML=3887(1)
ICE916I 0 MOFR=0402,MOVR=VV
ICE996I 0 ESM=49048832,ESO=49048832,ESR=0,ESP=4096,ESS=16384,CES=49048832,HSZ=1048576
ICE997I 0 HWSP=10,HMAX=8388608,HES=995072,ASV=42029085,EQ=I1,HN=1
ICE898I 0 OMAX=36780896,NMAX=42029085,ENQT=35057693,CMAX=256,HU=99,BUN=61408,MD=NK,M ,DU=0,DR=10000,HN=1
ICE880I 0 QP=1 QA=1 HI=10262 LI=10262 MI=10262 TZ=29 N1=10 N2=10 SZ=2 HN=1
ICE889I 0 CT=MAX , SB=241, L=0, D=0000, CCW=1MAM
ICE902I 0 O PP10 I PP11
ICE046A 8 SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED - RECORD COUNT 12
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 12, EXPECTED: 608
ICE753I 1 FWK=(0,0) SWK=(0,0) TWK=(0,0) RWK=(0,0) TOTAL=(0,0) BLK=0
ICE751I 1 DE-K83743 D5-K58148 E8-K79990
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (5259264,5242880)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,RESET=Y,VSAMEMT=Y,DYNSPC=256
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=6291456,MAXLIM=1048576,MINLIM=450560,EQUALS=Y,LIST=Y,ERET=RC16 ,MSGDDN=DFSMSG
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=NO ,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=N,DYNALOC=(SYSDA ,004),ABCODE=MSG
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=6291456,ARESALL=0,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=16384,CINV=Y,CFW=Y,DSA=0
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=Y,IEXIT=N,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITCK=S,PARMDDN=DFSPARM ,FSZEST=N
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=OPTIMAL,DSPSIZE=MAX ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMIO=N,MOSIZE=MAX
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE236I 0 OPTIONS: DYNAPCT=10 ,MOWRK=Y
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP3
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP2
ICE750I 0 DC 27968 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 20 VSZ 20
ICE752I 0 FSZ=608 RC IGN=0 E AVG=52 0 WSP=41 C DYN=0 0
ICE805I 0 JOBNAME: UZZ33014 , STEPNAME: SPLICE
ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL
ICE887I 0 CSES 0,0,0 ES 0,0,0
ICE886I 0 SYS 0 TSTG 0 FS 0 INIT 0 MAX 0 LEN 0
ICE915I 0 MOFSZ=1,MOSZ=0,MOSYS=3887(2),MOSTG=164176,MEML=3887(1)
ICE916I 0 MOFR=0402,MOVR=VV
ICE996I 0 ESM=49048832,ESO=49048832,ESR=0,ESP=4096,ESS=16384,CES=49048832,HSZ=1048576
ICE997I 0 HWSP=10,HMAX=8388608,HES=995072,ASV=42029085,EQ=I1,HN=1
ICE898I 0 OMAX=36780896,NMAX=42029085,ENQT=35057693,CMAX=256,HU=99,BUN=61408,MD=NK,M ,DU=0,DR=10000,HN=1
ICE880I 0 QP=1 QA=1 HI=10262 LI=10262 MI=10262 TZ=29 N1=10 N2=10 SZ=2 HN=1
ICE889I 0 CT=MAX , SB=241, L=0, D=0000, CCW=1MAM
ICE902I 0 O PP10 I PP11
ICE046A 8 SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED - RECORD COUNT 12
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 12, EXPECTED: 608
ICE753I 1 FWK=(0,0) SWK=(0,0) TWK=(0,0) RWK=(0,0) TOTAL=(0,0) BLK=0
ICE751I 1 DE-K83743 D5-K58148 E8-K79990
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT
ICE093I 0 MAIN STORAGE = (MAX,6291456,6291456)
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (5259264,5242880)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,RESET=Y,VSAMEMT=Y,DYNSPC=256
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=6291456,MAXLIM=1048576,MINLIM=450560,EQUALS=Y,LIST=Y,ERET=RC16 ,MSGDDN=DFSMSG
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=NO ,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=N,DYNALOC=(SYSDA ,004),ABCODE=MSG
ICE130I 0 OPTIONS: RESALL=4096,RESINV=0,SVC=109 ,CHECK=N,WRKREL=Y,OUTREL=Y,CKPT=N,COBEXIT=COB2
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=6291456,ARESALL=0,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=16384,CINV=Y,CFW=Y,DSA=0
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=Y,IEXIT=N,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITCK=S,PARMDDN=DFSPARM ,FSZEST=N
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=OPTIMAL,DSPSIZE=MAX ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMIO=N,MOSIZE=MAX
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE236I 0 OPTIONS: DYNAPCT=10 ,MOWRK=Y
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP3
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP2
ICE750I 0 DC 27968 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 20 VSZ 20
ICE752I 0 FSZ=608 RC IGN=0 E AVG=52 0 WSP=41 C DYN=0 0
ICE751I 1 DE-K83743 D5-K58148 D3-K83080 D7-K58148 E8-K79990
ICE090I 0 OUTPUT LRECL = 46, BLKSIZE = 27968, TYPE = FB (SDB)
ICE055I 0 INSERT 9, DELETE 9
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 12, OUT: 12
ICE134I 0 NUMBER OF BYTES SORTED: 552
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 12, EXPECTED: 608
ICE165I 0 TOTAL WORK DATA SET TRACKS ALLOCATED: 0 , TRACKS USED: 0
ICE199I 0 MEMORY OBJECT USED AS MAIN STORAGE = 0M BYTES
ICE299I 0 MEMORY OBJECT USED AS WORK STORAGE = 1M BYTES
ICE180I 0 HIPERSPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE188I 0 DATA SPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (5259264,5242880)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,RESET=Y,VSAMEMT=Y,DYNSPC=256
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=6291456,MAXLIM=1048576,MINLIM=450560,EQUALS=Y,LIST=Y,ERET=RC16 ,MSGDDN=DFSMSG
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=NO ,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=N,DYNALOC=(SYSDA ,004),ABCODE=MSG
ICE130I 0 OPTIONS: RESALL=4096,RESINV=0,SVC=109 ,CHECK=N,WRKREL=Y,OUTREL=Y,CKPT=N,COBEXIT=COB2
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=6291456,ARESALL=0,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=16384,CINV=Y,CFW=Y,DSA=0
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=Y,IEXIT=N,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITCK=S,PARMDDN=DFSPARM ,FSZEST=N
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=OPTIMAL,DSPSIZE=MAX ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMIO=N,MOSIZE=MAX
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE236I 0 OPTIONS: DYNAPCT=10 ,MOWRK=Y
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP3
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR TEMP2
ICE750I 0 DC 27968 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 20 VSZ 20
ICE752I 0 FSZ=608 RC IGN=0 E AVG=52 0 WSP=41 C DYN=0 0
ICE751I 1 DE-K83743 D5-K58148 D3-K83080 D7-K58148 E8-K79990
ICE090I 0 OUTPUT LRECL = 46, BLKSIZE = 27968, TYPE = FB (SDB)
ICE055I 0 INSERT 9, DELETE 9
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 12, OUT: 12
ICE134I 0 NUMBER OF BYTES SORTED: 552
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 12, EXPECTED: 608
ICE165I 0 TOTAL WORK DATA SET TRACKS ALLOCATED: 0 , TRACKS USED: 0
ICE199I 0 MEMORY OBJECT USED AS MAIN STORAGE = 0M BYTES
ICE299I 0 MEMORY OBJECT USED AS WORK STORAGE = 1M BYTES
ICE180I 0 HIPERSPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE188I 0 DATA SPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT
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