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Search results: Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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DIS UTIL could show also the Db2 Object involved

DISPLAY UTIL(*) is used daily, but it doesnt't show the Object involved/affected. This info is already in SYSUTILX so it seems to be possible to obtain it directly with the command Display. Currently, the DBA, Operator or Developer has to deal ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 9 Functionality already exists

DISPLAY UTIL should show more detailed count for the displayed phases

We have a REBUILD IX job with a table which has 8.5 billion rows. During the rebuild DIS UTIL shows for the UNLOAD phase a higher count than 8.5 billion e.g 10 billion or more. Therefore I openend a case how could it be that this number is higher ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Automatically Perform a Display with Claimers when Utilities Cannot Perform a Drain on an Object

We recently migrated from BMC Utilities for Db2 to IBM Utilities. One feature that is sorely missed is that when the BMC Utilities would fail to drain because other processes had a claim on the object, BMC Utilities would perform a display with cl...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Improve DSNACCOX procedure and DISPLAY command to provide correct information

This idea is a result of case TS002735466 and is being opened as recommended by IBM Support. Currently, there is an undocumented limit of the internal buffers which are managed by DB2 and which are used when processing DISPLAY DB command. When it ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improved message text for DSNU537I

DSNU537I displays a page set which is not allowed in the list. As the utility can not know what the user intends to do, the text should be changed to a more general text without naming a pageset. Why: 1) Assume userA runs COPY with 4 objects, one ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Modify the message when Load utility encounter table not found.

Sometimes we unload many tables from source DB2 to another one. If some tables do not exist in the target DB2, the load utility will fail with RC=8. this error message is mixed with ordinary information and ends with "I" in a big jobout file. For ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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’, ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Planned for future release