DD statements used by ABA

Table 1 shows the JCL DD statements used by ABA. If your installation specified DYNALOC=NO in the ICEMAC macro for DFSORT, the SORTWORK DD statements need to be specified in the JCL which executes ABA. DYNALOC=NO tells DFSORT not to dynamically allocate sort work data sets.

Table 1. DD Statements Used by ABA
DD name Purpose
SMFIN Defines the input SMF data set.
SORTIN LRECL=80 and RECFM=FB defines an intermediate data set to be used as input to DFSORT. A temporary data set should be used.
SELECTDS LRECL=80 and RECFM=F or FB defines the final output selection data set where the data set names are written. It can be either a sequential data set or a member of a partitioned data set. The record length must be 80 and the record format must be fixed or fixed block.
SYSPRINT LRECL=133 and RECFM=FBA defines a sequential message data set.
SYSOUT Defines a sequential message data set required by DFSORT.
SORTWK01 Specifies that SYSDA space of 2 cylinders and secondary extents of 3 cylinders each can be used for workspace by DFSORT.
SYSIN Defines the input data set containing a list of job names in the aggregate group. This data can be in the job stream.
SYSDIAG Defines an optional diagnostic data set. The DCB parameters are RECFM=FB and LRECL=74. The BLKSIZE must be supplied by the user. The data written to this file is binary and should not be directed to spool.
Note: Output from the SYSDIAG data set may be required by IBM® Customer Support to diagnose problems with this utility. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you always include this DD statement.