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Search results: Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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CHECK utility SHRLEVEL CHANGE with less dataset privileges

To run CHECK utility with SHRLEVEL CHANGE you need ALTER privilege to the VSAM dataset where the table-, LOB- or index data are stored as the shadow dataset is created with almost the same name as the original. This also mean that the user will be...
3 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow for Multiple Columns on LOAD INTO TABLE WHEN Criteria

We recently converted from BMC to IBM Db2 utilities. It would be very useful if multiple column names could be specified on the WHEN criteria for the Db2 LOAD utility. This would also make the functionality similar to the WHEN criteria of REORG WI...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow creation of table with column definition WITH DEFAULT CURRENT DATE - x DAYS

We have a requirement to create some new tables, where we load a CSV file in every day. The CSV file contains information from the IMS Performance Analyzer Tool, and is always 2 days behind the current date. It would be nice to have the option to ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Allow for UNLOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE and REORG SHRLEVEL CHANGE to be compatible wen executing on the same partition

We are running very busy environmenet with IDAA being frequently refreshed by loader with increamnts of inserted records. In addition, we are using the DB2 automated housekeeping approach with the DSNACCOX stored proc implmentation to manage and t...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 2 Delivered

Modify redirected recovery to eliminate the need for repair catalog of target

Modify redirected recovery to eliminate the need for repair catalog of target The relatively new Db2 utility enhancement of redirected recovery is very useful When recovering a target tablespace from another tablespace, the IBM documentation is ve...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

COPY NO Indexes to be recorded in SYSLGRNX

It would be very helpful if ALL indexes are recorded in SYSLGRNX which will then open the possibility for a BACKOUT YES recovery for all TS+IX and avoid a potentially costly and long REBUILD INDEX for some very large tables and when backing out a ...
7 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter PBG to PBR should be possible for tables with LOBs

The statement ALTER PARTITIONING TO PARTITION BY RANGE should be applicable for tables with LOB's. One of the main drivers for us to convert from PBG's to PBR's is that our LOB tablespaces are growing very large. As the base tables usually only co...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Replacing data in System Temporal Tables using LOAD

In most tables data can be replaced using LOAD RESUME NO REPLACE. In System Termporal Tables it cannot. We want to use LOAD REPLACE to replace the existing data instead of having to delete the current data and then load with RESUME YES. The old da...
over 7 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Track SHRLEVEL info in Utilities history

In Db2 13 utility execution can be recorded in one or two utilities history tables. We are struggling to find all utility executions ran with SHRLEVEL NONE to tell the applications to change their parameters to avoid problems. It is very hard to f...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Load Utility: Extension of field selection criterion option by AND conditions

The Db2 for z/OS LOAD utility offers a field selection criterion for the INTO TABLE option via WHEN( ... = ...). Since increasingly complex data structures are used application developers want to specify more complex conditions for selection of to...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration