This topic summarizes the recent enhancements and changes in Db2®
Cloning Tool.
2024-05-03
| Description |
Related APARs |
| The ALTER-BUFFERPOOL keyword was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning DB2UPDATE command to allow updating of the BUFFERPOOL attributes record in the BSDS. The topics DB2UPDATE, DB2UPDATE command syntax, and DB2UPDATE command and keyword definitions were updated and messages were added. |
UI90282 |
| Application cloning supports cross-LPAR cloning using staging (interim) volumes when the source and the target LPAR do not have shared DASD. The topics Non-SMS managed volumes, Using job templates, Predefined processing variables, and Data set processing variables were updated. The INTERIM-HLQ and TARGET-COPY keywords were added to COPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions, and the DIRECTION keyword was added to HLQDDDF command syntax and HLQDDDF command and keyword definitions. The cloning scenario Cross-LPAR application cloning using an interim set of volumes and messages were added. |
UI90282 |
| The topic Re-creating existing target objects was clarified to remove storage groups from the list of objects that always have DDL created when EXPLODE-OBJECTS is set to Y. |
UI90387 |
| The WLM-ENV-ROUTINES-DDL parameter was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning DB2SQL command. The topics DB2SQL command syntax and DB2SQL command and keyword definitions were updated and messages were added and updated. |
UI91962 |
| The CREATE-INDEX-DEFER PROCESS-DDL parameter was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning COPY command to create new indexes in the source job with the DEFER YES option. The topics Options for rebuilding indexes, COPY command syntax, COPY command and keyword definitions, and SET command and keyword definitions were updated and messages were added and updated. |
UI93095 |
| The topic Db2 13 function level support was updated to add the toleration and support PTFs for Db2 13 function levels 503 and 504. |
UI80671, UI91221, UI96500 |
| Support for a product-default encryption key was removed. The topics Deprecated and removed functions and parameters and CKZINI keyword syntax and descriptions were updated and messages were updated and removed. |
UI80370 |
| The EATTR and MAXVOLS attributes were added to the CATWORK-ATTR keyword of the subsystem cloning COPY command. The topic COPY command and keyword definitions was updated. |
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| For the table space cloning COPY command, if the target data sets do not exist, the default class of the source data sets is used. Corrections were made to the DATACLAS, MGMTCLAS, and STORCLAS keywords for the DATA-MOVER(PGM) command in the topic COPY command and keyword definitions. |
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2022-11-21
| Description |
Related APARs |
| The IGNORE-SQL-WARNINGS keyword allows you to specify the SQL warnings to be ignored when generated DDL statements are run. The subsystem cloning topics DB2SCHEMA-UPDATE command syntax and DB2SCHEMA-UPDATE command and keyword definitions, and the table space cloning topicsCOPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated. Messages CKZ28077E, CKZ53515E, and CKZ535116E were added. |
UI79745 (PH41578) |
| You can change data set allocations for temporary data sets used in table space cloning jobs with new TEMP-DATASET SET command keywords and PARMLIB parameters. The topics SET command syntax, SET command and keyword definitions, and CKZINI keyword syntax and descriptions were updated. Messages CKZ53208I and CKZ53209W were added. |
UI79745 (PH41578) |
| The MINILOG-HLQ-TARGET parameter was added to application
cloning to allow different high-level qualifiers for minilog data sets on source and target LPARs during cross-LPAR target log apply processing. The topics COPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated and messages CKZ66987I, CKZ66988I, and CKZ66989I were added. |
UI78229 |
| Db2 subsystem cloning provides a better diagnostic message when BACKINFO-REFORMAT cannot be used because cloning is being performed from a Db2 system level backup dump tape. Message CKZ06044E was added. |
UI78229 (PH41794) |
| Support for the IGNORE-SQL-WARNINGS keyword was added to the ISPF UI for subsystem and application cloning. Message CKZ109E was added. |
UI79979 (PH44525) |
| Use of an internal network encryption key was deprecated. Message CKZ53238I was added. For more information, refer to Deprecated and removed functions and parameters. |
UI80370 |
| The DDL-REPORT keyword was added so that you can print an application
cloning report listing the dropped and created objects processed by the DDL generator. Topics COPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated. Messages CKZ00096W, CKZ00099W, CKZ54129I, CKZ54130I, and CKZ54131W were added. |
UI82681 |
| The CREATE-DEP-OBJECTS keyword was added to application
cloning to control the types of non-data objects to be created by the DDL generator. Topics COPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated. Messages CKZ53510I and CKZ53511E were added. |
UI82681 |
| For Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning, the DB2CLEAR-INDOUBT command was added. This command automatically recovers all threads in an indoubt state by committing or aborting them and/or purging information that is displayed in an indoubt thread report. The following topics were added:
The topics Db2 Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning commands, Status of transactions in flight, and DB2START were modified and messages were added. |
UI82681 |
2021-07-22
| Description |
Related APARs |
| Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning can now generate STOP and START
commands for source and target objects for all DATA-MOVER types. The following topics were updated:
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PH32434 |
| The LOAD-RI, LOAD-NOCHECKPEND, and TARGET-JOB-CHECK-DDN keywords were added to COPY command
UNLOAD-LOAD processing to support using UNLOAD/LOAD for objects with RI. The topics How Db2 Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning checks object compatibility, Strategies for resolving object mismatches, COPY command syntax, COPY command and keyword definitions
were updated. |
PH32434 |
| The MATERIALIZE-DEFINE-NO-TARGET parameter was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning COPY command to allow automated cloning to target
objects created using DEFINE NO. The topics Considerations for target objects created using DEFINE NO, COPY command syntax, and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated. |
PH32434 |
| When using the Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning COPY-BY-DS command, it
is recommended to specify rename masks for VSAM data sets by using the cluster names. The topics
RENAME considerations for COPY-BY-DS and COPY-BY-DS step JCL example were updated. |
PH30831 |
| Db2
Cloning Tool application cloning can correctly stop
and start objects in RREPL status. The topics How Db2 Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning starts and stops table spaces and index spaces,
COPY command and keyword definitions, SET command and keyword definitions, and CKZINI keyword syntax and descriptions
were changed and several messages updated. |
PH30831 |
| When customizing Db2
Cloning Tool, the Db2 APPLCOMPAT bind option supports the value V12R1M508 for package binds in Db2 12 function level 508 subsystems. The topic Db2 12 function level support was updated. |
PH29209 |
| Support was added for GDG extended data sets to subsystem cloning. The topic Target ICF catalog considerations was modified and messages were added or changed.
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PH29209 |
| Support was added for PBR2 in log apply processing. The following topics were updated:
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PH29209 |
| Index REBUILD processing was optimized for rebuilding large numbers of indexes when the
amount of disk space for sort data sets is limited. The MAX-CLAUSES-PER-REBUILD parameter was added
to the topics SET and SET command and keyword definitions. In addition, the topic Options for rebuilding indexes was updated and messages were added.
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PH29209 |
| The REST API was updated for recent enhancements to and fixes for Db2
Cloning Tool. The topic Variable input file parameters was updated. |
PH29209 |
| You can now use the Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning COPY command with
FASTREP(REQ) and active cascading FlashCopy relationships. Messages were added or modified to
support this enhancement. |
PH29209 |
| Re-creation of materialized query tables in a Db2 11 CM environment was clarified in Re-creating existing target objects and several messages were added or changed. |
PH27289 |
| Authorization requirements for the Db2 command SET LOG command, which is used when log apply is enabled, were added to Function authorization requirements. |
PH27289 |
2020-08-11
| Description |
Related APARs |
| Some parameters were removed from table space cloning and are no longer supported. See Deprecated and removed functions and parameters for a list of the parameters and descriptions of
Db2
Cloning Tool behavior when the parameters are not removed
from existing jobs. The following topics were updated:
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PH24502 |
| When customizing Db2
Cloning Tool, the Db2 APPLCOMPAT bind option supports the value V12R1M507 for package binds in Db2 12 function level 507 subsystems. |
PH24502 |
| Support was added in Db2
Cloning Tool Subsystem Cloning for Remote Pair
FlashCopy for XRC. The following topics were updated and messages were added:
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PH24502 |
| The RESET-LOGRBA keyword of the table space cloning COPY command has an additional parameter
to allow Db2
Cloning Tool to control when the RBA is reset. The
topics COPY command syntax, COPY command and keyword definitions, and CKZINI keyword syntax and descriptions were updated. |
PH24502 |
| The NOT-DB2-SLB keyword was added to better handle subsystem cloning from a system-level
backup when backup volumes do not contain SLBs. The topics DB2ALTERBSDS, DB2ALTERBSDS command syntax, and DB2ALTERBSDS command and keyword definitions were updated and messages were
added. |
PH24502 |
| The UNLOAD-LOAD-EARLY-VALIDATION parameter was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning COPY command to facilitate earlier validation of
required templates and control statements in the UNLOAD-LOAD process. The topics COPY command syntax and COPY command and keyword definitions were updated and messages were added.
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PH24502 |
| The TARGET-JOB-MAX-RC parameter was added to the Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning SET command to override the MAX-RC PARMLIB value when
running the target job. The topics SET command syntax and SET command and keyword definitions were updated and message CKZ50017E was
added. |
PH24502 |
| In the classic ISPF interface, some table space cloning DD names were modified in Setting default DD specifications for table space cloning and Table space cloning DD descriptions.
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PH24502 |
| Information on restricted support in log apply for PBR RPN table spaces was added to the
topics Db2 12 function level support, Set up your environment prior to customization, Using image copies to clone table spaces and index spaces, Using LOG-APPLY to make consistent copies of table spaces and index spaces, and COPY command and keyword definitions. |
PH24502 |
| The Db2
Cloning Tool Table Space Cloning option DATA-MOVER PGM(SRCVSCPY)
has been deprecated. The topic Deprecated and removed functions and parameters was updated.
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