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Search results: Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS

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Include mask for DFSPARM

One of our customers working with REORG jobs built using Automation tool 4.3 have normally problems of "Sort Capacity exceeded". In order to solve this problem, our customer is using a customized skeleton HAAREORJ with syntaax: //DFSPARM DD * OPTI...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add SORTDATA NO, RECLUSTER NO capability to generated reorgs for PDC PBR

PBRs having pending data change can be quite large resulting in a lot of temp storage needed for sorting data. Since the reorg is at TS level, this can be quite large for tables with huge CARDF. The following keywords should be able to be selected...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Enhance Tooll to be able add the Unload Utility and HPU

Have a process to unload test data and load it to another environment. Currently each database has 1 job where the elapsed time is very long. It would be great to have the tool load balance this over multiple jobs.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

HAA - when doing a Pending Data Change, such as DSSIZE, reorgs are generated at partition level instead of being escalated up to TS level

Changing the DSSIZE on a PBR. The entire TS must be reorged to apply the pending data change. I have coded the object set to accomplish this. The automation tool should have the intelligence to do this. I need also to do this for a DPSI index, cha...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add Support for BLKSZLIM keyword of TEMPLATE utility

Using the Large Block Interface provided by z/OS, the performance of the Db2 COPY utility can be greatly improved when image copy data sets are created on tape. The Db2 Automation Tool does not currently allow the user to specify the BLKSZLIM keyw...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Ability to prune/delete Autonomic Symptoms, Actions, and Utility History table data

There is currently no supported process that will allow a user to cleanup all or selected rows in the Symptoms, Actions, and Utility History tables in the DB2 Autonomics Director for z/OS database DYXDB. These tables are populated by the DB2 Auton...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Copy profiles seamlessly across DB2 subsystems on different LPARs

The export/import functionality in the DB2 Automation Tool can be used to seamlessly copy object, exception, utility, or job profiles from one DB2 subsystem to another as long as both the source and target subsystems are running on the same LPAR. ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to filter Autonomic Execution History by Time of Day

We have many scheduled autonomic-related events/actions that execute throughout a given day, every single day, but at the same time each day. When viewing theses actions in the Autonomic Execution History in the Autonomic Console, there may be hun...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to delete all associated actions when deleting a maintenance window

When testing the generation of autonomic actions into a maintenance window, it is sometimes very helpful to be able to delete all of the actions that have been generated into a maintenance window. This is true even if the actions are generated as ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Improve Performance of RTS Collection Process RFE 126577

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=126577 We are using Data Server Manager 2.1.5.1 and Autonomics Director 1.6 together to collect and save RTS stats for our tablespace objects on a weekly basis. We have notic...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Delivered