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Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS

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Display Login screen with LPAR before show Db2 ssid

1./ Show the Login screen with User_id, Password and LPARs/sysplexes. - User provide User_Id/Password and specific LPAR_id. - (Please see the same concept of Query Monitor) if a login is successful (a user is authorized at this LPAR), show list of...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add support for HSM messages from SLB to Recover Expert

DB2 SLB utility introduced support for providing the associated HSM messages to the utility's SYSPRINT via zparm UTILS_HSM_MSGDS_HLQ. This high-level qualifier must also be registered in HSM via a SETSYS command. Data sets that use this high-le...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Delivered

Recovery status screen

We want to be able to follow up on the status of the recovery: Which jobs have run, which have completed, which have failed. This is essential when handling a major recovery.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Delivered

ARYSRV Task Tolerate w/o Abending when QUALSYS Scan is Run

Reference PMR 30417.082.000. The QUALSYS Team did a test and this caused the ARY started task to abend. Automations restarted the task and we were good. As the oncall person, it would be BEST if the task would not fail. We are running multiple ins...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve cursor positioning on panel ARYGMSQT

I set up a redirected recover profile. I want to do object translations and am directed to panel ARYGMSQT, the Object Translation screen. The 'I'nsert line command is already in place when this screen is presented. I hit Enter to add the first tra...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

RTO and object details on ongoing recovery

We need to be able to predict how long time a recovery will take, and follow how long time is left as the recovery is going on. We also need to have an overview of which objects are unrecoverable, or if recovery has failed for other reasons.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

avoid sort of imagecopy in recovery scenarios RFE 124061

Description http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=124061 We still had the sort work dd statements generated with 9 datasets each and Cyl,(900,900) but still jobs failed in certain cases when using DB2SORT (a...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Delivered

Generate Recover instead of Rebuild for COPY YES Indexes when using Redirected Recovery for Indexes defined as COPY YES

Scenario: Redirected Recovery for TS and TB with COPY YES indexes Recovery Expert generates Rebuild index DSNUTILB cards even for indexes which are defined as COPY YES and have a valid copy that can be used in a Recover statement. IBM recover util...
11 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Db2 templates in Recovery Expert

We want to be able to use templates for image copy (and other) data sets in utilitiies in Recovery Expert.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Delivered

Defines VSAM clusters for the Db2 defined objects (as optional)

Reference to Case number TS002663644 This is for using "Db2 Recovery Expert disaster recovery feature - Recovering at the remote site using DB2 image copies": During Disaster Recovery tests some Db2 subsystems found indoubt and inflight threads...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered