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Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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Allow LISTDEF to be used by REPAIR where appropriate at partition level that includes a range (1:50)

Allow LISTDEF with REPAIR, such as turning off AREO* (NOAREORPENDSTAR) at partition level. This would include a from partlevel to to partlevel. This would reduce the number of REPAIRs that need to be generated.
over 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

UTILITY CHECK DATA ENHANCEMENT

We would like to add feature to the CHECK UTILITY to support list of tabelspaces that are in CHECK-PENDING status to be checked. In a case we have some tables in CHECK-PENDING status and the tables have RI we need to know the connection between th...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DSNZPARM to disable MODIFY option DELETEDS - compliance issue

It should be possible to disable the option for deleting physical datasets along with modifying recovery information for a tablespace, as in MODIFY RECOVERY TABLESPACE XXXXXX.XXXXXXXX DSNUM ALL DELETE AGE(32) DELETEDS There is increasingly more ...
7 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Modify the message when Load utility encounter table not found.

Sometimes we unload many tables from source DB2 to another one. If some tables do not exist in the target DB2, the load utility will fail with RC=8. this error message is mixed with ordinary information and ends with "I" in a big jobout file. For ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance DB2 Load WHEN specification

Coding the DB2 Load utility into table WHEN statement to allow for several specified values, not just one, is found in a given field, would be a useful enhancement.
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Record Conditional Image Copies That Are Bypassed In SYSIBM.SYSCOPY

We have a requirement to take daily image copies and to prove the copies were taken. When Db2 bypasses conditional copies from CHANGELIMIT (because NO CHANGE LIMIT MET) or from FULL NO (because TS CONTAINED NO CHANGED PAGES), Db2 does not record i...
8 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Record A Shrlevel Change Image Copy As Shrlevel Reference When Possible

Shrlevel change image copies that are older than the available Db2 logs can not reliable be used for recovery because there may have been inflight URs at the time of the copy that got backed out after the copy finished. To recover to current, Db2 ...
8 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Check Index and Rebuild Index Combined in one Process

If a corrupt index is suspected then usual process is to 1. Run a Check Index 2. If an error is reported Run a Rebuild Index to fix the error. However part of the processing done by the Check Index could be utilized by the Rebuild Index. The Check...
10 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Force generation of IGNOREFIELDS YES

Need the ability to be able to generate IGNOREFIELDS YES. In some cases we load into UAT environments where the new column is not there yet
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Implement Inline Image Copies for COPY YES Indexes during Reorg utility operations

There appears to be expected functionality missing within DB2 Reorg Index (and Tablespace) utility operations to allow "normal" Image Copies to be taken inline for Indexes that have been defined as COPY YES similar to the inline Image Copies that ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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