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Guide DB2A DB2 Catalog
Guide DB2A DB2 Catalog
Runion du Guide DB2A Jeudi 29 mai 2008 Feel Europe , Vincennes (94) France
John Lyle has worked at the Silicon Valley Laboratory in the DB2 organization since 1985. Joining DB2 development in 1995, he has worked in the RDS area focusing on the DB2 system catalog, migration and fallback and the data definitional language (DDL) areas. He was the lead designer and implementer of the catalog changes for V5, V6, V7 and V8, the fallback coordinator for V5, V6, and V7 and has worked on numerous other Line Items in these releases. He spent some time in DB2's index manager component and is currently working in the DB2 utilities department.
OVERVIEW
What is the DB2 Catalog? How do DB2 operations affect the Catalog and Directory? Pre-migration considerations - Data sharing and non-data sharing Catalog migration - what really happens? What's new in V6 V9. The future - what's on the horizon?
The purpose of this presentation is to unveil some of the mysteries of the DB2 catalog and the migration process. The presentation will cover some basic catalog information before moving into the mysteries of a catalog migration. Will cover data sharing/non-data sharing migration considerations, catalog and migration enhancements for DB2 releases through DB2 V9, performance considerations, and finish with information about the future direction of the DB2 catalog and migration process. Will cover information about the various modes of V8 and V9.
Are updated by DB2 operations and SQL INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE on some of the tables Are used by DB2 to obtain information about the system Can be queried using SQL
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The DB2 catalog consists of tables of data about everything defined to the DB2 system, including table spaces, indexes, tables, copies of table spaces and indexes, storage groups, and so forth. The DB2 catalog is contained in system database DSNDB06. When you create, alter, or drop any structure, DB2 inserts, updates, or deletes rows of the catalog that describe the structure and tell how the structure relates to other structures.
DSNDB06.SYSPLAN
plans, DBRMs, statements in the plan, plan authorization, plan dependencies
DSNDB06.SYSCOPY
recovery information
others
dsndb06.sysstats, dsndb06.sysviews, dsndb06.syspkage, dsndb06.sysdbaut, dsndb06.sysgpaut, dsndb06.sysgroup, dsndb06.sysuser, dsndb06.sysstr, dsndb06.sysddf (v5), dsndb06.sysobj (v6), dsndb06.sysseq (v6), dsndb06.sysseq2 (v6), dsndb06.syshist (v7), dsndb06.sysgrtns (v7), dsndb06.sysjava (v7), dsndb06.sysjauxa (v7), dsndb06.sysjauxb (v7), sysalter (v8), sysebcdc (v8), sysroles(v9), syscontx(v9), sysrtsts(v9), sysxml(v9), systarg(v9), syspluxa(v9)
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The SYSDBASE catalog table space, for example, contains 13 tables in V9. These tables contain information on the objects that make up a database: table spaces, tables, views, columns, indexes, relationships, etc. Additionally, view and table authorization information is also kept here. In V8, the SYSLINKS catalog table was deleted from the SYSDBASE catalog table space during the V8 ENFM process. There were 14 tables in SYSDBASE before the SYSLINKS catalog table removal.
DB2 Version V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9
Table Spaces 11 11 11 12 15 20 22 28
Tables
Indexes
Columns
25 43 46 54 65 82 88 102
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This table indicates how the catalog has grown and how it continues to grow with each DB2 release. Perhaps most significant in this table is the growth in the number if table spaces and indexes. This is because of the need to maintain the underlying VSAM data sets for them. The more catalog table spaces and indexes you have the more objects you have to manage.
Are updated by DB2 operations Are used by DB2 to access information quickly Cannot be queried using SQL
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The DB2 directory contains information used by DB2 during normal operation. You cannot access the directory using SQL, although much of the same information is contained in the DB2 catalog, for which you can submit queries. Directory objects are not described in the DB2 catalog. The DB2 directory consists of 5 table spaces: SCT02 is the skeleton cursor table space (SKCT), which contains the internal form of SQL statements contained in an application. When you bind a plan, DB2 creates a skeleton cursor table in SCT02. SPT01 is the skeleton package table space (SKPT), which is similar to SCT02 except that SPT01 contains package information. When you bind a package, DB2 creates a skeleton package table in SPT01. SYSLGRNX is the log range table space, used to track the opening and closing of table spaces, indexes, or partitions. SYSUTILX is the system utilities table space that contains a row for every utility job that is running. Information in this table remains until the utility completes. DBD01 is the database descriptor (DBD) table space, which contains internal information, called database descriptors (DBDs), about the databases existing within DB2.
V8
For V5, there are 68 SQL statements available, For V6, there are 91. For V7 there are 105. For V8 there are 119. This includes multiple forms of some statements (i.e., the CREATE, GRANT, REVOKE, ALTER, DECLARE, etc. statements). Not all of these statements have an effect on the DB2 catalog and/or directory (i.e. CALL, OPEN, SET, etc.). The CREATE TABLE statement, for example, will update the applicable SYSTABLESPACE row (i.e. the NUMTABLES column), will insert a new row into SYSTABLES, will insert one row for each table column into SYSCOLUMNS, and make additional catalog updates depending on the syntax specified. The ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET DATA TYPE statement, new in V8, allows the length attribute of existing CHAR columns to be increased.
REORG TABLESPACE / INDEX CREATE INDEXES ON CATALOG TABLES SQL ALTER INDEX / TABLESPACE ON CATALOG OBJECTS
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The REORG TABLESPACE utility reorganizes a table space to improve access performance and reclaim fragmented space. Data that is organized well physically can improve the performance of access paths that rely on index or data scans, and it can also help reduce the amount of DASD used by the index or table space. REORG TABLESPACE can be executed on the table spaces in the DB2 catalog database (DSNDB06) and some table spaces in the directory database (DSNDB01). It cannot be executed on any table space in the DSNDB07 database. Reorganizes all catalog data and non-partitioning indexes.
REORG TABLESPACE
REORG TABLESPACE on any Catalog or Directory table space except for DSNDB01.SYSUTILX. Authorization needed
At least, the Reorg privilege for DSNDB06 If SYSUSER or SYSDBAUT table spaces or indexes are unavailable, install SYSADM or install SYSOPR is required
LOG NO required (LOG YES for LOB table spaces V7 added SYSJAUXA and SYSJAUXB) UNLOAD ONLY not allowed Recoverable point required
Must run DSNTIJIC or similar job to image copy ALL of the Catalog and Directory table spaces that will be REORGed prior to REORG TABLESPACE
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Catalog and directory table spaces: Before running REORG on a catalog or directory table space, you must take an image copy. Be aware that for the DSNDB06.SYSCOPY and DSNDB01.DBD01 table spaces, REORG scans logs to verify that an image copy is available. If the scan of logs does not find an image copy, DB2 will request archive logs. Must take an image copy after a catalog or directory table spaces reorg to remove the COPY pending state. In V8, you can use an online reorg to reorganize your catalog and directory table spaces. Specify SHRLEVEL REFERENCE with the COPYDDN keyword and your catalog table space will not be in COPY PENDING when the reorg completes. In an offline REORG (SHRLEVEL NONE), the table space is in COPY PENDING after the REORG so another image copy must be done before the table space is available for use. So for availability, I'd recommend using online reorgs against the catalog and directory starting in V8.
REORG TABLESPACE
Run CHECK INDEX prior to Reorg! PCTFREE and FREEPAGE observed for most table spaces and all indexes. Use SQL ALTER to change values. When Reorging a Directory table space, consider starting DSNDB01 for utility access. REORG TABLESPACE on SYSCOPY with LOG NO leaves the table space in copy pending.
In V8, can use SHRLEVEL REFERENCE with the COPYDDN keyword to avoid copy pending state!
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V8
We recommend running CHECK INDEX prior to reorganizing the DB2 catalog and Directory to make sure all the catalog indexes are in good shape. Must take an image copy after a catalog or directory table spaces reorg to remove the COPY pending state. Can use online REORG in V8 (SHRLEVEL REFERENCE) to avoid COPY PENDING state.
REORG TABLESPACE
Additional considerations for the following table spaces: sysdbase, sysdbaut, sysgroup, sysplan, sysviews, dbd01
WORKDDN, SORTDATA, SORTDEVT, SORTNUM, V8 SORTKEYS, COPYDDN, and RECOVERYDDN ignored for SHRLEVEL NONE. COPYDDN and RECOVERYDDN can be used for SHRLEVEL REFERENCE reorgs. No BUILD and SORT phases Reorg performance is slower on these table spaces Run DSN1CHKR, DSN1COPY CHECK prior to REORG Calculation for unload data set size is different (28 + x) * y = z
(28+longest record length in table space) * numrows
For table spaces with links there is no build or sort phase of REORG. For these table spaces, REORG TABLESPACE reloads the indexes and data during the reload phase. The DSN1CHKR utility verifies the integrity of DB2 directory and catalog table spaces. DSN1CHKR scans the specified table space for broken links, broken hash chains, and records that are not part of any link or chain. DSN1COPY CHECK Checks each page from the SYSUT1 data set for validity. The validity checking operates on one page at a time and does not include any cross-page checking. If an error is found, a message is issued describing the type of error, and a dump of the page is sent to the SYSPRINT data set. If you do not receive any messages, no errors were found. If more than one error exists in a given page, the check identifies only the first of the errors. However, the entire page is dumped. For the unload data set size calculation, the constant 28 is for the maximum number of 'link' bytes for any of the catalog tables. Using the constant 28 ensures that the calculations will yield enough space for the unload data set.
REORG TABLESPACE
10
11
12 1 2 3
9 8 7 6 5 4
FRAGMENTATION
Caused by extensive use of ALTER, GRANT, REVOKE, etc.
WASTED SPACE
Caused by extensive use of DROP and FREE
When to run REORG on the catalog and directory: You should not need to run REORG TABLESPACE on the catalog and directory table spaces as often as you do on user table spaces. The statistics collected by RUNSTATS that you use to determine if a REORG is required for a user table space can also be used for the catalog table spaces. The only difference is the information in the columns NEAROFFPOSF and FAROFFPOSF in table SYSINDEXPART. These columns can tolerate a higher value before a reorganization is needed if the table space is DSNDB06.SYSDBASE, DSNDB06.SYSVIEWS, or DSNDB06.SYSPLAN There are no statistics that can be used to determine when the directory table spaces should be REORGed. The directory table spaces should be REORGed when the associated catalog table space is reorganized as follows: DSNDB06.SYSDBASE -> DSNDB01.DBD01 DSNDB06.SYSPLAN -> DSNDB01.SCT02 DSNDB06.SYSPKAGE -> DSNDB01.SPT01
REORG TABLESPACE
Consider running Reorg against a table space if there is extensive use of the DB2 operations noted:
TABLE SPACE DB2 OPERATION
SYSCOPY UTILITIES SYSDBASE, DBD01 CREATE, ALTER, DROP, LABEL ON, COMMENT ON, GRANT and REVOKE SYSDBAUT CREATE, ALTER, DROP, GRANT, REVOKE on database SYSGPAUT GRANT, REVOKE of buffer pools, stogroup, table spaces, collection privileges SYSGROUP CREATE, ALTER, DROP for stogroup statements SYSPKAGE, SPT01 FREE, BIND, REBIND, GRANT, REVOKE for packages SYSPLAN, SCT02 FREE, BIND, REBIND, GRANT, REVOKE for plans SYSSTR CREATE, ALTER of check constraints on tables SYSSTATS RUNSTATS, DROP, FREE SYSUSER GRANT, REVOKE of user privileges SYSVIEWS CREATE, DROP of views
REORG TABLESPACE
Consider running Reorg against a table space if there is extensive use of the DB2 operations noted:
TABLE SPACE
SYSDDF (V5) SYSOBJ (V6) SYSSEQ (V6) SYSSEQ2 (V6) SYSHIST (V7) SYSALTER(V8)
DB2 OPERATION
INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE of CDB tables CREATE, ALTER, DROP, COMMENT ON on UDFs, UDTs, triggers, stored procedures CREATE, ALTER, DROP of tables with Identity Columns CREATE, ALTER, DROP of tables with Identity Columns RUNSTATS, DROP, FREE Versioning ALTERs, DROP of tables that had versioning
REORG TABLESPACE
Consider running Reorg against a table space if there is extensive use of the DB2 operations noted:
TABLE SPACE
SYSROLES (V9) SYSCONTX (V9) SYSRTSTS (V9) SYSXML (V9) SYSTARG (V9)
DB2 OPERATION
Role authorization changes CREATE, ALTER, DROP of trusted contexts RTS activity CREATE, ALTER, DROP of tables with XML columns CREATE, ALTER, DELETE for indexes with Index on expression
ALTER TABLE
DATA CAPTURE CHANGES
ALTER TABLESPACE
CLOSE, FREEPAGE, GBPCACHE, LOCKMAX, MAXROWS, PCTFREE, TRACKMOD
For ALTER INDEX on IBM defined indexes, the GBPCACHE value cannot be altered for the following SYSINDEXES indexes: DSNDXX01, DSNDXX02, and DSNDXX03. For ALTER TABLESPACE, GBPCACHE and/or MAXROWS cannot be specified for some of the catalog table spaces. Consult the SQL Reference for a complete list of these table space restrictions.
Just be careful when creating indexes on the DB2 catalog. DB2 itself will not use your indexes. Only your own applications will use these indexes. If you put too many indexes in the wrong place then you could greatly slow down your subsystem because of the additional overhead needed to update these indexes when the catalog is changing. If you create indexes for applications that run once a year, create and delete those indexes during that process so the index overhead isn't experienced throughout the rest of the year.
DSN1COPY CHECK
looks for problems with strict clustering Run REORG TABLESPACE to fix
DSN1CHKR
looks for problems with links Use REPAIR to fix broken links
The performance of some of the DSNTESQ queries were improved via APAR PQ71775 (2/04).
For non-data sharing subsystems, I'd recommend that your DB2 subsystems be at a code level that contains the fallback SPE for the next release BEFORE migrating to the next release. This way you won't have to apply maintenance while you're trying to fallback. It'd be best to migrate from and fallback to the same code level. This will be required in DB2 V8! Note: In V8 it is required that non-data sharing DB2s run with the fallback SPE prior to migrating to the a DB2 release. DB2 must actually be started in V7 with the V8 fallback SPE on before attempting to start a V8 subsystem. A V8 subsystem will not even start if the last time V7 was up and running it did not have the V8 fallback SPE code on.
Starting in V8, you cannot migrate a DB2 subsystem unless it was running in V7 with the fallback SPE on. The SPE had to be on the V7 subsystem the last time DB2 was started on V7 or V8 will not start. This is for both data sharing and non-data sharing.
The migration process shouldn't scare anyone anymore. The process has been greatly improved during my tenure and hopefully this has been seen in the past several release migrations. In the coming charts I'll explain exactly what's being done during the migration process and what you can do to make sure that the process is actually running.
V8
The DDL executed during any given migration is the same as any DDL that everyone uses. There may be exceptions to this 'rule' depending on the release being migrated from and to. This is why we encrypt the migration DDL before shipping it.
These additional updates that are made during the migration process are pretty much a thing of the past. Making these updates make for long migration times so we will avoid making them if at all possible. We did loads of these during the V5 migration process.
These additional updates are pretty much a thing of the past (as of V6 and later releases). This additional processing is the main reason catmaint takes as long as it does. If we don't do much of these additional updates then migration times will greatly improve. I'm sure this will be evident in your V6 and V7 migrations times. In V8, we have a return of some of this processing as we have to prevent migrations to V8 if there are any Type 1 indexes noted in the catalog.
V8
Step 3 will not be executed for a V6 - V7 migration. This is because the step 3 processing, stored procedure migration processing, would have been done on a V5 to V6 migration.
In the 'old days', migrations could take extended periods of time and there was no way to tell what, if anything, CATMAINT was doing. In V5 I added the ability to tell exactly what's happening and the catmaint processing that's being done. This can be done in 2 ways: by using the DISPLAY Utility and by looking at the SYSPRINT data set to see the migration messages that are being issued as the CATMAINT process continues.
Version 8 example:
.DISPLAY UTIL(*) DSNU105I . DSNUGDIS - USERID = SYSADM MEMBER = V81A UTILID = RELODCAT PROCESSING UTILITY STATEMENT 1 UTILITY = CATMAINT PHASE = CATMAINT COUNT = 5316 STATUS = ACTIVE DSN9022I . DSNUGCCC '-DISPLAY UTIL' NORMAL COMPLETION
The DISPLAY command is a useful way to determine if catmaint is doing anything. In V6 and V7 this ability doesn't provide much usefulness since the utility counter is only incremented during table space scan processing. In V6 and V7 there is no table space scan processing in Phase 1, where the catalog is actually migrated, so the utility counter is not used. Phase 2 catmaint processing still uses this counter and DISPLAY can still be used to ensure that actual processing is proceeding. But your catalog has already been migrated at this point. In V8, there is a table space scan in step 1 migration processing again so the DISPLAY command can be used to determine how much of the SYSDBASE table space has already been processed.
With PQ38035, the V6 catmaint job becomes a 3 step job. A second step is inserted to look for unsupported objects. The third step, which was previously the second step, does the stored procedure migration processing.
The V7 migration job is a two or three step job depending on which release you're migrating from. If migrating to V7 from V6 it will be a two step job. In this case it won't have the third step that does the stored procedure migration processing. This is because this stored procedure migration processing would have already been done during the V5 to V6 migration. If migrating to V7 from V5 then the migration job will contain all three steps.
The V8 migration job is a one step job. Everything must complete successfully. Once completed, your subsystem/group is now in what's called V8 compatibility mode (cm). There are 3 V8 modes: compatibility mode, enabling new function mode, and new function mode. The V8 modes are described in complete detail later on in the presentation.
DSNU000I 135 14:44:51.80 DSNUGUTC - OUTPUT START FOR UTILITY, UTILID = DSNU1044I 135 14:44:52.68 DSNUGTIS - PROCESSING SYSIN AS EBCDIC DSNU050I 135 14:44:52.76 DSNUGUTC - CATMAINT UPDATE DSNU750I 135 14:44:52.81 DSNUECM0 - CATMAINT UPDATE PHASE 1 STARTED DSNU777I 135 14:44:52.81 DSNUECM0 - CATMAINT UPDATE STATUS - VERIFYING CATALOG IS AT CORRECT LEVEL FOR MIGRATION. DSNU777I 135 14:44:52.87 DSNUECM0 - CATMAINT UPDATE STATUS - BEGINNING MIGRATION SQL PROCESSING PHASE. DSNU777I 135 14:45:06.79 DSNUEXUP - CATMAINT UPDATE STATUS - BEGINNING ADDITIONAL CATALOG UPDATE PROCESSING. DSNU777I 135 14:45:06.79 DSNUECM0 - CATMAINT UPDATE STATUS - UPDATING DIRECTORY WITH NEW RELEASE MARKER. DSNU752I 135 14:45:06.80 DSNUECM0 - CATMAINT UPDATE PHASE 1 COMPLETED DSNU010I 135 14:45:06.99 DSNUGBAC - UTILITY EXECUTION COMPLETE, HIGHEST RETURN CODE=0
These are the migration progress messages that CATMAINT puts out. These can be seen during migration processing by looking at the SYSPRINT data set.
V8
V8 introduces the notion of DB2 'modes'. There are three distinct modes in version 8: compatibility mode, enabling new function mode, and new function mode. There is a single code base for all these V8 modes so you don't have to worry about adding any kind of maintenance between modes.
Compatibility Mode
Compatibility mode (cm) is essentially a traditional release migration
V8
Same migration process as in previous releases Most new release function is not available
In previous releases, a migration to a new release meant that new release function could be used immediately. It also meant that all 'must complete' migration processing had been completed. In V8, this traditional migration process takes a DB2 subsystem from V7 to V8 compatibility mode. The DB2 catalog has been tailored and changed (although all the V8 catalog updates have not been made during this compatibility mode migration). New V8 function is not available in V8 compatibility mode.
V8
In V8 this is a conversion process Long name processing Unicode conversion of catalog data NOT PADDED catalog indexes (non-user) New release function is still not available Same V8 code level as in other modes Group wide event
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During enable new function mode, additional catalog tailoring is done. For V8, this consists of long name DDL updates, the changing of catalog indexes to NOT PADDED indexes, and converting some catalog data from EBCDIC to Unicode. New V8 function is not available in V8 enable new function mode.
V8
After the enable new function mode process completes, you can make the move to V8 new function mode (nfm) at any time. This can only be done after the successful completion of all the enable new function mode processing. Before new function mode can be entered, DB2 verifies that all the enfm processing has been completed. New V8 function IS available in V8 new function mode.
The migration process shouldn't scare anyone anymore. The process has been greatly improved during my tenure and hopefully this has been seen in the past several release migrations. In the coming charts I'll explain exactly what's being done during the migration process and what you can do to make sure that the process is actually running.
Catalog and directory data converted to Unicode Page size/buffer pool changes NOT PADDED catalog indexes
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During the enabling process, the catalog and directory are changed as necessary to ready DB2 V8 for new function mode. This entails a great deal of processing.
The most important thing to note here is that you cannot go back to V8 compatibility mode from V8 enfm or V8 nfm. Once the enfm process starts there is no going back (without a complete system restore).
These are the 18 table spaces that are processed during the enfm process. These are processed in the order specified. This order cannot be changed. It's an enforced order. If the DSNTIJNE job is modified to change the order then the enfm process will fail. We recommend that you do no attempt to modify anything in the DSNTIJNE job (other then space requirements). SPT01 is the 1 directory table space that's processed during the enfm process.
Insufficient space
Succeeding steps are skipped -TERM UTIL issued to make table space available Can change space parameters and restart Skips already processed table spaces Resumes processing at first table space not successfully converted
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The DSNTIJNH job can be used to nicely halt/stop the enabling new function mode process. Once submitted and executed, the enfm process will complete the current step that's processing and will then stop further enfm processing. This allows the current step to complete.
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Use the DISPLAY GROUP DETAIL command in both data sharing and non-data sharing to determine the current version 8 mode of your subsystem or group. In data sharing, all group members will be in the same more. Changing between modes is a group wide event. Using DISPLAY GROUP DETAIL from any group member will therefore yield the same result.
To enter new function mode (nfm) you run the DSNTIJNF job. This job will take just an instant to run. It will only be successful if the entire enfm process had already completed successfully. Once in nfm you cannot return to V8 cm. You can return to the enfm mode as a means to prevent new V8 function from being used. Doing this, via the DSNTIJEN job, will not undo any of the previously successful enfm processing. It will only prevent new function from being used. Objects that were created/altered while in nfm using new V8 facilities are still available in enfm.
The catalog and directory data is converted to Unicode during a SHRLEVEL REFERENCE reorg.
Unicode Catalog
In compatibility mode (cm), all table spaces are EBCDIC In enabling new function mode (nfm), some are EBCDIC, some are Unicode
It's important to note that in nfm the entire catalog and directory is not Unicode. There are still some EBCDIC table spaces in both the catalog and directory in V8 nfm.
V9
V8 introduces the notion of DB2 'modes'. There are three distinct modes in version 8: compatibility mode, enabling new function mode, and new function mode. There is a single code base for all these V8 modes so you don't have to worry about adding any kind of maintenance between modes.
Compatibility Mode
Compatibility mode (cm) is essentially a traditional release migration
Same migration process as in previous releases
In previous releases, a migration to a new release meant that new release function could be used immediately. It also meant that all 'must complete' migration processing had been completed. In V8, this traditional migration process takes a DB2 subsystem from V7 to V8 compatibility mode. The DB2 catalog has been tailored and changed (although all the V8 catalog updates have not been made during this compatibility mode migration). New V8 function is not available in V8 compatibility mode.
Copies the RTS from the user table spaces to new table spaces in the catalog.
Process cannot be halted as it could in V8 Most new release function is still not available
During the enabling process, the catalog and directory are changed as necessary to ready DB2 V8 for new function mode. This entails a great deal of processing.
Can return to compatibility mode star (cm*) Can return to enabling new function mode star (enfm*)
To enter new function mode (nfm) you run the DSNTIJNF job. This job will take just an instant to run. It will only be successful if the entire enfm process had already completed successfully. Once in nfm you cannot return to V8 cm. You can return to the enfm mode as a means to prevent new V8 function from being used. Doing this, via the DSNTIJEN job, will not undo any of the previously successful enfm processing. It will only prevent new function from being used. Objects that were created/altered while in nfm using new V8 facilities are still available in enfm.
During the enabling process, the catalog and directory are changed as necessary to ready DB2 V8 for new function mode. This entails a great deal of processing.
During the enabling process, the catalog and directory are changed as necessary to ready DB2 V8 for new function mode. This entails a great deal of processing.
Future Directions?
Migration Summary
Migration to V8 and V9 requires normal CATMAINT (DSNTIJTC) process
Migration summary
Can only migrate to V8 from V7 and to V9 from V8
No Skip-Release Migration
Data Sharing Coexistence only between V7 and V8 compatibility mode and v8 and V9 compatibility mode Enabling New Function Mode is a Group-Wide event
Will not start with a previous DB2 release running anywhere in the group Previous release will not start after Enabling process has begun Regardless of whether or not Enabling process is running Now in Enabling New Function Mode (ENFM)
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The V8 ENFM process is a group wide event. You do not have to apply any special 'mode' maintenance between V8 modes. Skip release migration from V6 to V8 is NOT supported. You can only migrate to V8 from V7.
Migration Summary
Changes to the Catalog are not optional Everyone must run through the enabling new function mode (enfm) process Will only be able to migrate to v-next from a Versions new function mode Enabling new function mode process is a single job (DSNTIJNE) Several steps depending on the release No Fallback to previous release In V8, no returning to compatibility mode (cm) In V9, can return to compatibility mode star (cm*)
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You'll only be able to get to v-next from V8 nfm so you cannot skip the enfm process as a means to avoid the Unicode catalog conversion.
Migration Summary
Upon enabling new function mode process completion, run job (DSNTIJNF) to enter new function mode All new version function available No Fallback to previous release No returning to compatibility mode (cm) Run DSNTIJNG job to rebuild DSNHDECP Specify NEWFUN=YES in DSNHDECM You CAN return to enabling new function mode (enfm) in V8 with DSNTIJEN job and to enfm* in V9 with DSNTIJES job Useful to prevent new function from being used. Catalog changes are not undone. Run DSNTIJNG job to rebuild DSNHDECP Specify NEWFUN=NO in DSNHDECM
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The DSNTIJNF job is used to change the mode from V8 enfm to V8 nfm. In V8 nfm, all new V8 function is available for use. This is really all it does. There's no additional processing that's done by the DSNTIJNF job. Can return to V8 enfm from V8 nfm by running the DSNTIJNE job. No enfm processing is undone. Only the mode changes. This is a useful way to prevent new V8 function from being used.
Questions?
Questions???
The DB2 Catalog: The Past, the Present, and the Future
John Lyle IBM Silicon Valley Lab. (Etats Unis) [email protected]