The REORFILE function reorders the Associator and Data Storage for a single file. Associator and Data Storage for other files are not affected.
This document covers the following topics:
FILE specifies the file to be processed, and to which the parameters that follow in the statement sequence apply. Several files and their related parameters may be specified within one REORFILE operation; see the examples at the end of this section. If a component file of an Adabas expanded file is specified, only that file's Associator and Data Storage are reordered; this has no adverse effect on the other component files.
ACRABN is the beginning RABN for the file's address converter extent. If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD assigns the starting RABN. The space requested must be available in one extent.
ALLOCATION specifies the action to be taken if file extent allocations cannot be obtained according to the placement parameters ACRABN, DSRABN, NIRABN, or UIRABN.
By default (that is, ALLOCATION=FORCE), the utility terminates with error if any file extent allocation cannot be met according to RABN placement parameters.
If ALLOCATION=NOFORCE is specified and any allocation with placement parameters fails, the utility retries the allocation without the placement parameter.
ASSOPFAC specifies the new Associator block padding factor. The number specified represents the percentage of each Associator block not to be used during the reorder process. A value in the range 1-90 may be specified. The remaining number of bytes after padding must be greater than the largest descriptor value plus 10.
If this parameter is omitted, the current Associator padding factor in effect for the file is used.
Note:
The value for the ASSOVOLUME parameter must be enclosed in
apostrophes.
ASSOVOLUME identifies the volume on which the file's Associator space (that is, the AC, NI, and UI extents) should be allocated. If the requested number of blocks cannot be found on the specified volume, ADAORD allocates the remaining blocks on other volumes according to its default allocation rules.
If ACRABN, UIRABN, or NIRABN is specified, ADAORD ignores the ASSOVOLUME value when allocating the corresponding extent type.
If ASSOVOLUME is not specified, the file's Associator space is allocated according to ADAORD's default allocation rules.
DATAPFAC specifies the new Data Storage padding factor, which is the percentage of each Data Storage block reserved for record expansion when the file is reordered. A value in the range 1-90 may be specified (see the ADALOD LOAD DATAPFAC parameter discussion for more information about setting the padding factor). If this parameter is omitted, the current padding factor for the file is used.
Note:
The value for the DATAVOLUME parameter must be enclosed in
apostrophes.
DATAVOLUME specifies the volume on which the file's Data Storage space (DS extents) are allocated. If the number of blocks requested with DSSIZE cannot be found on the specified volume, ADAORD allocates the remaining blocks on other volumes according to its default allocation rules.
If DSRABN is specified, DATAVOLUME is ignored for the related file.
If DATAVOLUME is not specified, the Data Storage space is allocated according to ADAORD's default allocation rules.
DSDEV specifies the device type to be used for the file's Data Storage. The specified device type must already be defined to Adabas, normally when the database was created or by the ADADBS utility's ADD function.
If this parameter is not specified, ADAORD attempts to allocate the file on the device type used before reordering.
DSRABN specifies the beginning RABN for the file's Data Storage extent. If the DSRABN parameter is omitted, ADAORD assigns the starting RABN.
Specifying DSRELEASE releases unused Data Storage (DS) blocks belonging to the file. If DSRELEASE is not specified, ADAORD allocates at least the number of DS blocks that were allocated before the file was reordered.
Note:
Adabas calculates the file extent size using any changed padding
factor or blocksize values before the file is reordered.
DSSIZE specifies the number of blocks or cylinders to be allocated for the Data Storage. A block count must be followed by "B" (for example, 2000B).
If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD calculates the file extent size in proportion to any increase or decrease in the DATAPFAC padding factor.
EXCLUDE lists the numbers of the files to be excluded from REORDER processing; that is, the files that are not to be reordered.
The parameter is optional: if not specified, no files are excluded. A file number may be listed only once.
Files specified in the EXCLUDE parameter must also be specified in the FILE parameter.
The EXCLUDE parameter is provided for use in recovery jobs built by the Adabas Recovery Aid (ADARAI).
INDEXCOMPRESSION indicates whether the index for the file is rebuilt in compressed or uncompressed form. A compressed index usually requires less index space and improves the efficiency of index operations in the Adabas nucleus.
If INDEXCOMPRESSION is not specified, the default is the current form of the file.
ISNSIZE specifies whether ISNs in the file are to be 3 or 4 bytes long. The default is the value currently used for the file; this value is stored in the file control block (FCB).
Note:
It is not possible to change the ISNSIZE of a physically coupled
file using ADAORD.
The LIP parameter can be used to decrease the number of Associator I/O operations when recreating the address converter. For best performance, specify a size that accepts all ISNs of the largest file to be processed.
LIP specifies the size of the ISN pool for containing ISNs and their assigned Data Storage RABNs. The value may be specified in bytes as a numeric value ("2048") or in kilobytes as a value followed by "K" ("2K"). The default for LIP is 16384 bytes (or 16K).
The length of one input record is ISNSIZE + RABNSIZE. Thus the entry length is at least 6 bytes (the ISNSIZE of the file is 3 and the RABNSIZE of the database is 3) and at most 8 bytes (the ISNSIZE is 4 and the RABNSIZE is 4).
LPB specifies the size, in bytes, of the internal prefetch buffer. The maximum value is 32760 bytes. The default depends on the ADARUN LU parameter. ADAORD may reduce a specified LPB value if the LU value is too small.
MAXISN is the highest ISN which may be allocated for the file. This value must be greater than the current TOPISN value displayed in the ADAREP database report.
ADAORD uses the specified value to calculate the address converter space required. If this parameter is omitted, the current MAXISN value for the file is retained.
Use the MAXRECL parameter to change the maximum record length, after compression, permitted in the file. Specifying MAXRECL has two effects:
The DATA dataset for the file can be allocated only to devices that support the specified length.
If the file contains Data Storage records that exceed the specified length, ADAORD abends and prints ERROR-126 "Data Storage record too long".
If MAXRECL is not specified, the maximum compressed record length does not change.
NIRABN is the beginning RABN for the normal index extent. If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD assigns the starting RABN.
Specifying NIRELEASE releases unused normal index (NI) blocks belonging to the file. If NIRELEASE is not specified, ADAORD allocates at least the number of NI blocks that were allocated before the file was reordered.
Note:
Adabas calculates the file extent size using any changed padding
factor or blocksize values before the file is reordered.
NISIZE specifies the number of blocks or cylinders to be allocated for the file's normal index. A block count must be followed by "B" (for example, 2000B).
If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD computes the file extent size in proportion to any increase or decrease in the ASSOPFAC padding factor.
When an error is encountered while the function is running, the utility prints an error message and terminates with user abend 34 (with a dump) or user abend 35 (without a dump).
If NOUSERABEND is specified, the utility will not abend after printing the error message. Instead, the message "utility TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR CONDITION" is displayed and the utility terminates with condition code 20.
If the file is password-protected, use this parameter to specify the password.
SORTSEQ determines the sequence in which the file is to be processed. If this parameter is omitted, the records are processed in physical sequence.
If a descriptor is specified, the file is processed in the logical sequence of the descriptor values. Do not use a null-suppressed descriptor field, a hyperdescriptor, a phonetic descriptor, a multiple-value field, or a descriptor contained in a periodic group.
Note:
Even when the descriptor field is not null suppressed, the record
is not represented in the inverted list if the descriptor field or a
field following it has never been initialized (held a value). Therefore, the
record will be dropped when the utility is executed.
If ISN is specified, the file is processed in ascending ISN sequence. For the Adabas checkpoint or security file, only SORTSEQ=ISN is allowed.
This parameter tests the operation syntax without actually performing the operation. Only the syntax of the specified parameters can be tested; not the validity of values and variables.
UIRABN is the beginning RABN for the file's upper index extent. If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD assigns the starting RABN.
Specifying UIRELEASE releases unused upper index (UI) blocks belonging to the file. If UIRELEASE is not specified, ADAORD allocates at least the number of UI blocks that were allocated before the file was reordered.
Note:
Adabas calculates the file extent size using any changed padding
factor or blocksize values before the file is reordered.
UISIZE specifies the number of blocks or cylinders to be allocated for the upper index. A block count must be followed by "B" (for example, 2000B).
If this parameter is omitted, ADAORD computes the file extent size in proportion to any increase or decrease in the ASSOPFAC padding factor.
ADAORD REORFILE FILE=16
Associator and Data Storage for file 16 are to be reordered. All current extent sizes and padding factors for the file are to be retained. No other files are reordered.
ADAORD REORFILE FILE=246 ADAORD DATAPFAC=5,DSSIZE=10B,SORTSEQ=MZ ADAORD ASSOPFAC=20,MAXISN=5000 ADAORD FILE=20
File 246 is to be reordered; the Associator and Data Storage for all other files remain unchanged. The Data Storage padding factor is to be set to 5. A new Data Storage size of 10 cylinders is to be used. The Data Storage is to be reordered in the logical sequence of descriptor MZ. The new Associator padding factor is 20. The highest ISN which may be assigned is 5000. File 20 is to be reordered with no changes to its current parameters.
ADAORD REORFILE FILE=9 ADAORD ASSOPFAC=5,DATAPFAC=15 ADAORD FILE=23 ADAORD DSRABN=24032 ADAORD UIRABN=3151,UISIZE=50B ADAORD NIRABN=3201
The Associator for files 9 and 23 is to be reordered; other files are not changed.
The Associator padding factor is set to 5% and the Data Storage padding factor to 15% for files 9, 10, and 12. For file 23, the new starting Data Storage RABN is 24032. In addition, the following Associator changes are being made for file 23: the new upper index starting RABN is 3151, with a new upper index size of 50 blocks. The new normal index starting RABN is 3201; the size remains the same.
