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Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS

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Eliminate display limit when exploding application profiles

We recently had a need to use the Recovery Expert to recover all objects (tablespaces and indexes) in a database with a large number of objects in it. There are about 540 tables and just over 1000 indexes in the database. I created an application ...
1 day ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Submitted

Fall back to previous IC if latest IC needed is unusable

The Db2 RECOVER utility falls back to a previous image copy if it finds a needed image copy unusable. This is also true if a recovery plan in Db2 Recovery Expert uses the Db2 RECOVER utility. However, if Db2 Recovery Expert uses a recovery plan th...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Enhancement for DB2 z/OS database backup/recovery

BUSINESS REQUIREMENT Database Recovery is probably the most critical area for DBAs and Application Support teams. As important as new features and performance are, Recovery is absolutely crucial – Production data loss is unacceptable, long databas...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Enhancement request for #JC1 job

This is an enhancement request for the *#JC1 job. As currently designed, if any step within the job were to fail, the job continues executing the subsequent steps. As a result (during a DR situation), ALL steps would re-executed once the issue is ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement request for #JC1 job

This is an enhancement request for the *#JC1 job. As currently designed, if any step within the job were to fail, the job continues executing the subsequent steps. As a result (during a DR situation), ALL steps would re-executed once the issue is ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Record recovery events in SYSCOPY

I did a recovery using Recovery Expert but no entries were populated into SYSCOPY. This is a gap for record keeping and audit purposes.
over 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Record recovery in SYSCOPY

When using Recovery Expert, I am noticing it doesn't record an entry into SYSIBM.SYSCOPY.
over 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add additional analysis to Recovery Plan creation to reduce overall Recovery Plan

We are currently testing DB2 Recovery Expert and our analysis is showing that we can have a very large Recovery Plan that includes objects that may not need reeovery. This might be due to the fact that Recovery Expert is analyzing the DB2 Catalog ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide an additional output DD for Recovery Plan messages that cause Plan create failures

We are testing Recovery Expert and as part of our POC one of our batch runs produced an extremely large amount of output in the ARYEXPLN DD (over 139,500 lines). The job ended with a RC=8 and an indication that a Recovery Plan could not be created...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release