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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Db2 for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 14, 2020

Increase (over current limit of 10000) the value for Zparm MAXARCH

Is it possible to

increase (over current limit of 10000) the value for Zparm MAXARCH (archive log volumes

that are to be recorded in the BSDS).

Our Production System sometimes cuts over 5,000 Archive Logs in the business' standard Image Copy retention period. Would it be possible for IBM to Increase MAXARCH Parameter maximum value greater than 10,000.

Needed by Date Jun 1, 2022
  • Admin
    Janet Figone
    Reply
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    Dec 18, 2020

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request. The Db2 for z/OS development team has reviewed it and determined increasing MAXARCH to support over 10,000 archive logs would require restructuring the BSDS, for which there are currently no plans.

    The critical thing is that the desired image copy retention period is covered by this limit, which appears to be the case here. The other point to investigate is whether you have increased the size of all active log datasets in Db2 12, which will in turn increase the size of the archive logs themselves.