PAD INDEXES BY DEFAULT field (PADIX subsystem parameter)

The PADIX subsystem parameter determines whether new indexes are to be padded by default.

Acceptable values: NO, YES
Default: NO
Update: option 15 on panel DSNTIPB
DSNZPxxx: DSN6SPRM.PADIX
NO
New indexes will not be padded unless the PADDED option is specified on the CREATE INDEX statement.
This is the default value.
YES
New indexes will be padded unless the NOT PADDED option is specified on the CREATE INDEX statement.

This parameter affects only indexes that have at least one varying-length column.