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Hi Dick,

I also need information to copy Tape dataset(9 tape ).It has ome 100 million records.
While loading the table i am getting issue. Now i wantto try presorting the tape dataset and then load.
Not sure is it possible to sort tape dataset .Please advice.

Not sure is it possible to sort tape dataset .

Why would you NOT think it possible to sort a tape dataset? As long as the mainframe can ACCESS the data, it can SORT the data. IIRC, the SORT can even use tape for work files (although it's been a lot of years since I needed to do that, so it may have been changed in the meantime).

Hello,

You posted a reply to a completely unrelated topic. Your question has been split into a new topic.

Consider Robert's reply and let us know if you still have any questions. As i don't know which sort product is in use, i put your new topic in the JCL part of the forum. Your questn is rather generic and the way to do this will be quite similar regardless of product/utility used.

Not sure is it possible to sort tape dataset

Yes, it is. You can sort a tape data set the same you sort a disk data set.

the SORT can even use tape for work files (although it's been a lot of years since I needed to do that, so it may have been changed in the meantime).

Although tape work data sets are supported, it's highly discouraged as it significantly degrades performance.