Making DBCTL resources available
To make DBCTL resources available to refer to and use, enter the /START command.
About this task
- Specify that the stopped status of particular DEDB areas be reset (AREA keyword).
- Change the automatic archiving option selected at system initialization or specified in a previous /STOP command (AUTOARCH keyword).
- Specify databases to be started so that they can be referenced
by PSB schedule commands (DATABASE keyword).
Add the NOBACKOUT keyword to the DATABASE keyword for databases that are not registered in DBRC and were backed out using standard batch backout. If your databases are registered with DBRC, the /START process inquires with DBRC whether backout needs to be done before starting a database.
- Specify that a previously stopped online log data set (OLDS) is to be started or that DBCTL is to add a new OLDS (OLDS keyword). (See IMS online log data set (OLDS) for more information on this data set.)
- Specify a PSB to be started (PROGRAM keyword). DBCTL stops a PSB after most pseudo abend codes that can occur. If this happens, you must use a /START PROGRAM command before that PSB can be scheduled again.
- Start BMPs from a JCL partitioned data set (REGION keyword). Using /START REGION in this way enables you to keep all your BMP JCL in one place.
- Specify that a write-ahead data set (WADS) is to be added to the pool of WADS (WADS keyword).