DB2 Recovery Automation Tool Enhancements Recovery Knowledge, an IBM Business Partner, is pleased to announce an enhanced version 5.0 of the GENDB2 software product. GENDB2 is a product that automates the recovery of DB2 for OS/390-z/OS resources Off-site Disaster Recovery as well as On-site and automates many utilities used by the DB2 DBAs and DB2 System Programmers. The enhancements to the GENDB2 software product include:
DSN1COPY – Using Image Copies to copy tablespaces from one DB2 to another. Automated generation of JCL and Control cards for DBID, PSIB, and OBIDs (1) To same DB2. (2) To another DB2 with all IDs on same complex sharing datasets. (3) To another DB2 with all IDs on another complex NOT sharing datasets. (4) Check (5) Print RECOVER SAP TABLESPACES – Or Grouping of any DB2 Tablespaces. (1) Recovery Forward (2) Recovery TORBA using System Wide Quiesce RBA residing on BSDS. UNLOAD/LOAD The unloaded information tables and control cards is now stored in DB2 tables allowing the customer to retrieve and load tables as far back as the first unload using the GENDB2 software. UNLOAD – Option to take backups of unloaded data and control cards to be used at Local site or Remote site. UNLOAD – Now GENDB2 will do the BLDG for SYSPUNCH and SYSRECXX to create generation data groups for these tablespaces unloaded tables. UNLOAD – The customer may now implement the UNLOAD GENDB2 generated jobs into production status. LOAD – Now the customer can do a restart of the Load process in case of abends. LOAD – Now the customer can select only certain tables to be loaded when tables are destroyed. LOAD – The customer may now implement the LOAD GENDB2 generated jobs into production status using the Exclude table to exclude specified tables based on target DB2id and target database. Enhanced DR - Feature to allow the customer to display GENDB2 tables regarding Disaster Recovery. (1) The Archive Log Copy recording information (Original and Copied volume serial numbers, and data set names (BSDS and Archive) with TIMESTAMP can now be displayed. (2) Display Start/End RBA and LRSN for latest Archive Log Registration. (3) Display Conditional Restart CRestart (4) Display Start RBA for DSN1LOGP For free information, please visit http://www.recoveryknowledge.com On the left side of the web page, select REQUEST FREE INFO. When prompted to select a subject, chose PICK A SUBJECT. For additional information, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html