Scope:
• The MFX FOR Z/OS (SYNCSORT) software will be upgraded to version 1.4. The software is widely-used sort and data-manipulation tool.
Effective Date:
• The rollout is being scheduled with Service Center RFCs and will occur within the MVS Maintenance Windows.
Group Names:
• National MVS Software Support Team
Affected Locations:
• All HP mainframe systems supported by the National MVS Software Support Team currently
running MFX FOR Z/OS (SYNCSORT).
Summary:
• The MFX FOR Z/OS (SYNCSORT) software will be upgraded to 1.4 on all HP mainframe systems supported by the National MVS Software Support Team.
Justification:
• The upgrade maintains a current level of software supported by the vendor.
Benefits to Users:
• Maintains software currency.
Details:
MFX performance has been improved in the new package with the following:
• MFX’s exploitation of the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) has been
extended to include more sort processing. Offloading sort processing to a zIIP lowers
the billable CPU time associated with sorting. These savings may reduce software
licensing costs and delay costly upgrades.
• MFX’s DB2 Query facility has been enhanced to exploit the multiple-row fetch feature
of DB2. MFX will automatically fetch 100 rows at a time, unless this number has been
overridden with the new MULTIFETCH PARM. Fetching multiple rows at a time
improves performance.
• Improvements to I/O processing of temporary SORTOUT data sets result in lower
elapsed time.
• INCLUDE/OMIT processing has been improved to lower CPU time and elapsed time.
• Enhancements to INREC/OUTREC and OUTFIL processing improve CPU time,
elapsed time and memory usage.
Refer to the vendor documentation for additional details.
Vendor documentation for MFX FOR Z/OS (SYNCSORT) V1.4 can be found at the HP/ES Manuals Website:
HP/ES Manuals Website:
http://dygdo1.sys.eds.com/peidc/mvs/edsmanuals.html
http://dygdo1.sys.eds.com/pdfdoc/SyncSort-ZOS-v14/
Manual Number Manual Name
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SI-1000-1 011411 Exploiting_MFX_Data_Utilities_Book_I
SI-1000-1 011411 Exploiting_MFX_Data_Utilities_Book_II
SI-1000J-1 010511 Join_Exploitation_Guide
SI-0100M-0 010511 MAXSORT_Exploitation_Guide
SI-4302-11 082212 MFX14IG.pdf Installation Guide
SI-4301-11..080712 MFX14PG.pdf Programmers Guide
Contacts:
Joe Blackshare (MVS) - joe.blackshare@hp.com
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