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Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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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...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Intelligent Online Reorg Switch time calculation

In a 24 hour online Db2 environment it can be difficult to complete an online REORG because the VSAM switch phase may fail, due to the activity on the tablespace being too high. The idea is to use the system monitors or a log analyzer tool to look...
over 1 year 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 ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Include repair catalog in the redirected recover

It should not be necessary to explicitely run a repair catalog after running a redirected recover. The redirected recover should adjust the version information in the catalog itself.
about 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Restart of redirected recover

It should be possible to restart redirected recover in the same manner as you can restart the standard recover utility. When running redirected recover of a large group of tables, it is a waste of time to have to restart if an error is encountered...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow Template to populate output datasets such as PUNCHDDN to utilize PDSE's

If I use a listdef for an unload utility, I am forced to create a separate dataset for each tablespace in the listdef for PUNCHDDN's Template. I am requesting the ability to specify a PDSE in the PUNCHDDN and each tablespace would create a like na...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Rearchitect the colgroup processing to be more granular using multiple sorts as opposed to a single sort or more intelligently avoid the colgroup sort altogether (when possible)

Looking at the job output you sent in, we can see that there are 18 colgroups specified. Based on the current design, we have a single sort for colgroup(s). There are 184310123 rows unloaded The no. of the rows passed to the single dstats s...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under 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.
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Idea For Limited Partition Locking for RI Related Objects

Lock just the partitions of related objects using a cascaded key structure when utilities are used to write to the database. Allows Db2 RI use to coexist with utility operation when it is impractical to lock all partitions of parents and children.
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow TEMPLATE switching for more data sets in REORG and LOAD

Allow TEMPLATE switching in the REORG TABLESPACE, REORG INDEX and LOAD utilities for the necessary work files. For example, small objects may only require data sets with DSNTYPE BASIC and large objects may require data sets with DSNTYPE EXTREQ or ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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