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Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS

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Providing a new HPU parameter so that we can chose the number of BSAM buffers for SORTIN.

When unloading and sorting data due to ORDER BY option, HPU reads data from tablespace and write it to DFSORT SORTIN dataset via QSAM with BUFNO=60, that is a default. In the environment where zHPF is enabled, DFSORT has used BSAM for SORTIN since...
about 5 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 4 Delivered

Add Restart Capability RFE 109421

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=109421 Add restart capability to HPU as illustrated in the Use Case to reduce the manual effort to change the control cards. use Case: Need to be able to restart. Without re...
over 7 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 3 Delivered

HPU should has issued LOCK TABLE statement in SQL mode.

Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS V5.1 documentation says that when we specify LOCK YES, the table can be accessed only in read-onlymode. But according to PMR: 00483,6V5,760, HPU can not issue LOCK TABLE in the case of SQL mode. <>Db2 Hig...
over 5 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Delivered

Externalize 'INZI195I & INZU176I' messages to syslog for more accurate verification of execution status, and provide input for decision making.

In a recent case of HPU execution , it was not possible to act efficiently because the information does not include teblaspace / object
about 3 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 2 Delivered

DB2 Tools HPU Local Time Template RFE 123194

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=123194 Customer would like to generate the template's DSN using LOCAL time instead of GMT. The response on PMR 24615 227 000 is that this needs to be a RFE. RFE for Product: ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Delivered

LISTDEF support for DB2 Views in HPU RFE 101390

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=101390 HPU supports to generate a list of objects - 'LISTDEF listname INCLUDE TABLESPACES TABLE owner.tbname' - that is later used in the UNLOAD. But, there is no support t...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Delivered

INZU066E is issued and HPU continues to process and produce additional error codes and can mislead root cause

Customer coded incorrect Table during Unload statement. Their job outlog showed error codes INZU063I and INZU101E. This caused the customer to assume that the Unload function contained an UNSUPPORTED keyword, causing confusion. After further revie...
over 4 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Delivered

Utility Execution History RFE 43637

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=43637 We would like to keep and see the execution statistics and information of the hpu unload jobs(such as elapsed time,cpu usage,jobname,sysin,dbname,tsname etc.) Use Case ...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Delivered

Option to allow Inline copies to be ignored in HPU RFE 117230

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=117230 When specifying COPYDDN LAST_IC we would like the option for HPU to choose the last full copy that is not an 'inline' copy. Use Case Using inline copies requires an ad...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Delivered

HPU 4.3 and support Pervasive Encryption RFE 116453

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=116453 To ensure GDPR compliance we are planning to use Pervasive Encryption capability of z14 processor. Since DB2 High Performance Unload for z/OS does not support this fea...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Delivered