Using Download for z/OS support for multiple data set jobs

Download for z/OS sends each JES SYSOUT data set separately to the mvsprsd daemon on Linux. By default, the mvsprsd daemon spools each data set as a separate file. On MVS, a job can contain multiple data sets. By using the following procedure to customize your installation for MVS Download Receiver multiple data set job support, you might be able to cause the data sets in a job sent to InfoPrint Manager through MVS Download Receiver to print in sequence, with no intervening files, no NPRO processing between files, and only one header and trailer page for the set.

InfoPrint Manager now enables multiple data sets to be received, individually transformed by ACIF into MO:DCA-P, and then combined into a single file and spooled. InfoPrint Manager uses the medium maps (copy groups) from the form definition that is associated with each data set to build a comprehensive inline form definition that it inserts at the beginning of the combined file.

The following describes what you must do to install and configure the MVS Download Receiver support for printing multiple data set set jobs received from PSF/MVS on InfoPrint Manager for Linux.

In this section:

  1. Description of multiple data set support on both PSF/MVS and InfoPrint Manager for Linux
  2. Procedure for installing multiple data set support with Download for z/OS
  3. Procedure for installing multiple data set support with AFP Download Plus
  4. Limitations of multiple data set support
  5. Technical description of multiple data set support
Parent topic: Printing data sets from an MVS system through MVS Download Receiver