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z/OS Record Formats

PowerExchange supports most record formats on z/OS.

PowerExchange can read or write the following types of z/OS files:

Fixed length files with the following record formats: F (Fixed-length, unblocked), FB (Fixed-length, blocked), and FS (Fixed-length, unblocked, standard)

Variable length files with the following record formats: V (Variable-length, unblocked), VB (Variable-length, blocked), and VS ( Variable-length, unblocked, spanned)

PowerExchange does not support the following record formats:

VBS (Variable-length, blocked, spanned)

U (Undefined)

Informatica recommend that you select the

Default

record format for data maps that read or write z/OS files whenever possible.

The maximum record size that PowerExchange can process is 147,456 bytes (144 KB), which z/OS supports for RECFM values of FS, FBS, and VS.

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z/OS Record Formats

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