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Status Is a defect
Workspace Db2 for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 4, 2017

Rebuild Index Utility - early checking for Read-Only-Tablespaces requested

Please check Restrictions earlier and stop starting and running Utilitys that cannot be finished.
  • Admin
    Janet Figone
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    Feb 12, 2020

    Please open a case for this and we will work to fix this defect. Thank you.

  • Guest
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    Feb 12, 2020

    if a tablespace is set read-only, a rebuild index utility will start, but will fail.

    this is problematic, when the space ist very large, because of wasted Elaps-time and CPU-overhead. in the init-phase you could easyly check , if the utility may run in error or not.