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Feature Request – Store Job Schedule Information in Repository Database

We propose that IBM Optim should provide an option to store job schedule definitions directly in the repository database, alongside other metadata. This would allow: - Automatic inclusion of schedules in repository backups. - Easier migration of s...
4 months ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Submitted

Enable shell command to recall the archive file stored in Centera storage

In a scenario where the customer gets an audit request to retrieve the older data stored in the archive file and copied over to Centera storage, for a given date range, the customer currently has to use the "Recall complete file" option through Op...
about 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Archive 2 Submitted

PostgreSQL for Optim Directory

Customer prefers PostgreSQL
about 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Archive 2 Submitted

Enable rebind of packages after a reorg in Automation Tool

I want to use Automation Tool to reorganise a tablespace to materialise a change to a UTS. I will issue the ALTER TABLESPACE MAXPARTITIONS nnn statement during the working day, which will put the tablespace into the AREOR state. I have a job profi...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Metadata XML of Archive file has No differenciation between varchar and varchar(max)

Please refer TS017199755 Archive viewer used these XML files to map the datatypes of the column and the way optim processes the Varchar and Varchar(Max) is different and way we convert this to parquet will also be different. Now we are relying on ...
about 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Submitted

Automation Tool incorrectly building RUNSTAT jobs when TS has NPSI being RUNSTAT

Unfortunately the product has been generating jobs incorrectly from the getgo for RUNSTATS. When using load balancing across 20 jobs, the partitions should be spread across the 20 jobs. This works when the NPSI is not having RUNSTATS. When the NPS...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Include mask for DFSPARM

One of our customers working with REORG jobs built using Automation tool 4.3 have normally problems of "Sort Capacity exceeded". In order to solve this problem, our customer is using a customized skeleton HAAREORJ with syntaax: //DFSPARM DD * OPTI...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support SCOPE PENDING option in REBUILD utility

The SCOPE PENDING option has been available in the REBUILD INDEX DB2 utility. In the DB2 Automation Tool product this option cannot be specified.
over 1 year ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

For RPN TS, each partition reorged need a separate IC tape drive, need a way to limit the number of tape drives per iteration of REORG for the IC

If 65 partitions of a RPN with NPSIs are being reorg at the same time, 65 IC tape drives would be required. That is excessive and probably all shops can't support that. Even when no NPSIs, this would be a problem. HAA generates LISTPARTS 4096 when...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Ability to exclude packages from the rebind utility

Currently, rebind statements are generated based on what objects have been runstats'd -when included with a RUNSTATS utility profile- or everything -when only using the REBIND utility in the profile-. However, this also includes packages that are ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration