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Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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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

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

Allow Semicolon as COLDEL using LOAD

Hello! We have to LOAD a very large delimited file into a DB2 for zOS Table! The file comes from another organization and is deliverd to many companies! It uses ';' X'5E' as column delimiter and it is not possible to edit the file, because it is &...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Is a defect

Enhance the message "table XXXX not found" during running load Utility.

We actually want DB2 load utilities to display consistent error messages that are easy to find. It should definitely be an ‘E’rror, not a ‘W’arning or ‘I’nformational message’, but it should also contains something like ‘UNSCCESSFUL’, or ‘ERROR’, ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Parameter on RECOVER utility to override UTILS_BLOCK_FOR_CDC

We want to be able to use the new DSNZPARM UTILS_BLOCK_FOR_CDC but are not comfortable doing it as it prevents us from performing recover of a table. We don't understand why UTILS_BLOCK_FOR_CDC applies to recover as there is no choice whether we w...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

LOAD utility support for removable media / TAPE for WORKDDN, SYSUT1 and SORTOUT

"... The LOAD utility WORKDDN data sets, SYSUT1 and SORTOUT, are multi-use datasets. When a very large table is loaded, it is sometimes necessary to use a tape device for these datasets. The problem is if error or discard processing is invoked, th...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow COPY with Templates to pick TAPE or DASD based on RTS

We are creating intraday Image Copy jobs that may contain a mix of small and large tables. We use Templates and Include/Exclude to determine which objects should go to TAPE and which should go to DASD. The threshold for what determines large or sm...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

IBM Unload doesn't support parameter AT LOCAL for UTC Timestamp columns

In a SELECT statement the parameter AT LOCAL is supported, for example: SELECTDCOLLID ,-- =' ' --CHAR(18)DNAME ,-- =' ' --CHAR(8)TIMESTMP ,-- =' '--TIMESTMPKOMMENTAR -- =' '--CHAR(50)FROM DB2YD0XD.YD01TQR0WHERE TIMESTMP AT LOCAL < '2019-09-26-...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 z/OS LOAD utility fail in utilinit holds UTUT status RFE 125566

Description http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=125566 LOAD REPLACE LOG(YES) fails due to share locks/claims being held on tablespace but leaves tables in UTUT status which makes in inaccessible. Suggest t...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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