Getting Quiz/QTP SORT to use a different disc.

Robert Mills robert.mills@windsong-services.co.uk
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:23:32 +0100


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Hi fellow listers.

Environment: HPe3000/979-200 + MPE/iX 6.5 + PowerHouse 819C5

Due to performance reasons, the machine nearly dies, we need to have Quiz
and QTP to use a non-RAID disc for it's sort work files. Each account on our
system has a group that is placed on a volume set that only has non-RAID
disc's. Any job that needs to perform a large sort, 10000 plus records, has
to logon to this group.

Recently I've seen it written that HP's SORT uses HPSORTS1 and HPSORTS2 as
the name of it's sort/scratch files. Therefore, if I file equate them to a
non-RAID disc then that should work. Does it hell!! Results of my attempt
are shown below.

Anybody have any ideas? There IS enough space on BOTH of these drives.


:FILE HPSORTS1;DEV=12
:FILE HPSORTS2;DEV=15
:QUIZ

Q U I Z   (PowerHouse  8.19.C5)
Copyright 1999 COGNOS INCORPORATED
WINDSONG HOLDINGS LIMITED

> access product-no-mstr
> sort on prod-no
> report prod-no
> set report limit 10000
> go
*E* There was a sort error.
*E* The Scratch file cannot be opened.
Sort error encountered: QUIZ terminating.

RUN QUIZ.CURRENT.COGNOS;INFO="";PRI=DS;XL="*PHLIBODX *PHLIBXL *ORDBA
ORACLEXL.PUB.ORACLEM"
Program terminated in an error state. (CIERR 976)
: 

regards,
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|Robert W.Mills (Systems Development Manager) |
|Windsong Services, St. Mary Cray, ENGLAND    |
|Tel  : +44 (0)1689 870622 x3005              |
|Fax  : +44 (0)1689 899026                    |
|Email: Robert.Mills@windsong-services.co.uk  |
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Getting Quiz/QTP SORT to use a different disc.



Hi fellow listers.

Environment: HPe3000/979-200 + MPE/iX 6.5 + = PowerHouse 819C5

Due to performance reasons, the machine nearly dies, = we need to have Quiz and QTP to use a non-RAID disc for it's sort work = files. Each account on our system has a group that is placed on a = volume set that only has non-RAID disc's. Any job that needs to perform = a large sort, 10000 plus records, has to logon to this = group.

Recently I've seen it written that HP's SORT uses = HPSORTS1 and HPSORTS2 as the name of it's sort/scratch files. = Therefore, if I file equate them to a non-RAID disc then that should = work. Does it hell!! Results of my attempt are shown below.

Anybody have any ideas? There IS enough space on BOTH = of these drives.


:FILE HPSORTS1;DEV=3D12
:FILE HPSORTS2;DEV=3D15
:QUIZ

Q U I Z   (PowerHouse  8.19.C5)
Copyright 1999 COGNOS INCORPORATED
WINDSONG HOLDINGS LIMITED

> access product-no-mstr
> sort on prod-no
> report prod-no
> set report limit 10000
> go
*E* There was a sort error.
*E* The Scratch file cannot be opened.
Sort error encountered: QUIZ terminating.

RUN = QUIZ.CURRENT.COGNOS;INFO=3D"";PRI=3DDS;XL=3D"*PHLIBODX = *PHLIBXL *ORDBA ORACLEXL.PUB.ORACLEM"
Program terminated in an error state. (CIERR = 976)
:

regards,
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Robert W.Mills (Systems Development Manager) = |
|Windsong Services, St. Mary Cray, = ENGLAND    |
|Tel  : +44 (0)1689 870622 = x3005           &= nbsp;  |
|Fax  : +44 (0)1689 = 899026           =          |
|Email: Robert.Mills@windsong-services.co.uk  = |
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