A large Sort is ending abnormally with CASD205E SORT CAP. EXCEEDED.

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• Sort VSE

Issue/Introduction

 A large Sort is ending abnormally with CASD205E SORT CAP. EXCEEDED.

 

 

Resolution

The sort required more than the number of WKXTNTS defined in the Sort Macro WKXTNTS= The maximum number of extents that may be allocated for SORT work files.

Change WKXTNTS in the SORT macro from the default of 25 to a greater value.

The range is 1 to 255.