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    LOAD utility - Replace Duplicate row entries under RESUME YES option

    When we try to use the DSNUTILB utility to LOAD data into a DB2 table with RESUME YES option, where we need to Load some set of records, which do have same Primary key values already existing in the Target table, then those records to be loaded ar...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Modify Recovery for COPY YES indexes

    at the moment any SYSCOPY (and SYSLGRNX) entries for COPY YES indexes are deleted based on the corresponding action taken on the Tablespace (or partition). The strategy to keep the image copies and SYSCOPY related information for tablespace can be...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Under review

    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.
    over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Improving CHECK utility performance: elapsed time and CPU

    On our site, we have a PBG tablespace that, after loading, has the last partition in CHECK PENDING, the other partitions in RW. The IBM CHECK utility has taken a long time to complete the verification. We tried using the SCOPE PENDING parameter, b...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Add "EXCEPTION" parameter to CHECK INDEX to discontinue processing after N disrepancies

    Sometimes when you run CHECK INDEX you encounter a huge number of discrepancies so much so that the utility keeps running and running and producing an excessive amount of output -messages regarding the details of the discrepancies. In some cases y...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Increase commits in STOSPACE

    We opened a case: Contentions on SYSINDEXES during STOSPACE. The stospace on a large stogroup causes many timeouts and deadlocks on the SYSINDEXES to a JDBC application which is the most used in our center. The answer in the case is the following:...
    about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    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.
    about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Avoid ending with an abend for utilities with AUX YES when TEMPLATE goes to TAPE with STACK YES.

    This would help to reduce the number of dump and "wrong" or "bad" opinion about Db2 z/OS to our customers. It would also help us to reduce the number of incidents.
    over 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Provide Db2 utility messages regarding the usage (or not) of the Large Block Interface

    The Large Block Interface (LBI) provided by z/OS can be used by Db2 utilities (such as COPY) to greatly reduce the utility runtime of when creating data sets on tape devices. The LBI must first be enabled through the DEVSUPxx member of SYS1.PARMLI...
    about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future 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 ...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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