Preparing a HISTORY data set

Before you can run a DB Historical Data Analyzer job, you must prepare a HISTORY data set.

HISTORY data set (HISTORY)
HISTORY data sets are VSAM KSDS data sets that contain the IMS database data set statistics and analysis information obtained from the HD Pointer Checker output data.
Estimating the size of the HISTORY data set
You can estimate the size of the HISTORY data set before creating it.
Creating a HISTORY data set
To create a HISTORY data set and initialize the data set, complete the following procedure.
Changing the options of the HISTORY data set
To change the options of the HISTORY data set, complete the following procedure.

Parent topic: Running DB Historical Data Analyzer