Command routing

You can control operations on an individual member of a data sharing group from any z/OS® console by entering commands prefixed with the appropriate command prefix.

For example, assuming you chose -DB1A as the command prefix for member DB1A, you can start a Db2 statistics trace on that member by entering this command at any z/OS console in the Parallel Sysplex®:

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-DB1A START TRACE (STAT)
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Command routing requires that the command prefix scope is registered as S or X on the IEFSSNxx parmlib member.

You can also control operations on certain objects by using commands or command options that affect an entire group. These, also, can be entered from any z/OS console. For example, assuming that DB1A is active, you can start database XYZ by entering this command at any z/OS console in the Parallel Sysplex:

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-DB1A START DATABASE (XYZ)
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