Configuration Parameters › Destination Parameters for Single LUs, Groups of LUs, and Single IPNAMEs › COMPRESS_PDS

COMPRESS_PDS

COMPRESS_PDS is the parameter that causes the actual PDS compression to happen. If your CA XCOM Data Transport administrator has enabled the programmatic PDS compression feature in a CA XCOM Data Transport region, you can use the COMPRESS_PDS option to control if and when output PDS data sets get compressed as part of the transfer.

NONE

Suppresses the compression of an output PDS dataset as part of a CA XCOM Data Transport transfer.

BEFORE

Compresses an output PDS dataset before the transfer of user data begins.

AFTER

Compresses an output PDS dataset after the transfer of user data has completed.

BOTH

Compresses an output PDS dataset both before and after the transfer of user data.

Default: NONE

Notes:

• COMPRESS_PDS applies only to PDS data sets that is, or have been, opened for output as the target of a CA XCOM Data Transport transfer.
• If the COMPRESS_PDS option is present in the DEST member for a particular transfer partner, and that DEST member is made available to the XCOMJOB utility that is used to schedule a transfer to that partner, it becomes the default value for all transfers initiated with that partner CA XCOM Data Transport in that invocation of XCOMJOB.
• If your CA XCOM Data Transport administrator configures CMPRS_PDS_ALLOW=YES or CMPRS_PDS_ALLOW=X37, the COMPRESS_PDS=NONE option cannot suppress the compression of an output PDS data set if a z/OS system abend B37, D37, or E37 occurs.