Mit APAR PI67547 stellt IBM eine neue RECOVER-Option zur Verfügung: Das Utility ist nun nicht mehr zwingend darauf angewiesen, dass die unter TOCOPY genannte Image Copy Datei in SYSIBM.SYSCOPY registriert ist. Die neue NOSYSCOPY Option gibt ab, dass das vom Anwender gennante Full Image Copy Datset nicht in der SYSIBM.SYSCOPY Catalog Tabelle registriert ist. Das RECOVER Utility wird keine übliche Überprüfung der Image Copy durchführen.

All DB2 11 for z/OS users of the RECOVER utility: RECOVER utility new function to allow TOCOPY recovery when the full image copy is not recorded in SYSBIM.SYSCOPY.

The new RECOVER utility options, NOSYSCOPY, INLCOPY and FCCOPY, indicates that the specified TOCOPY full image copy data set is not recorded in the SYSIBM.SYSCOPY catalog table and that the recovery should be allowed to proceed without verification.

The RECOVER section of the Utility Guide and Reference will
be updated to describe the new NOSYSCOPY, INLCOPY and FCCOPY
options.  These new keywords may be used in DB2 11 conversion
mode and above.

recover-options-spec:

>--+-TOCOPY--data-set--...--+-----------------------+----><
                            '-NOSYSCOPY--+----------+
                                         +-INLCOPY--+
                                         '-FCCOPY---'

Options:
  NOSYSCOPY
    Specifies that the full image copy data set is not
    recorded in the SYSIBM.SYSCOPY catalog table.  RECOVER
    will not do any verification of the image copy.

    A generation data set with a relative generation number
    may be specified with NOSYSCOPY.  For example,
    'DSNC000.DBPAY.TSPAY.FULL(0)' may be specified.

    Inline image copies and FlashCopy image copies require
    the specification of INLCOPY or FCCOPY, respectively.

    Restriction:  Concurrent image copies are not supported.

    INLCOPY
      The data set specified is an inline image copy
      created by REORG or LOAD REPLACE which may have
      duplicated and out of order pages.

    FCCOPY
      The data set specified is a FlashCopy image copy
      created by COPY, REORG TABLESPACE, REORG INDEX,
      LOAD, or REBUILD INDEX with the FLASHCOPY YES or
      CONSISTENT options.