Universal Database Dump for zOS
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JCL Procedure
The following figure illustrates the Universal Database Dump for z/OS JCL procedure (UDBDPRC, located in the SUNVSAMP library) that is provided to simplify the execution JCL and future maintenance.
DD Statements used in JCL Procedure
The following table describes the DD statements used in the Universal Database Dump for z/OS JCL procedure, above.
ddname | Description |
|---|---|
STEPLIB | Load library in which program UDBDUMP program is located. |
UNVOUT | Database dump file. The dump data set must be a physically sequential data set with a variable-block record format, a record length of 32756, and a block size of 32760. |
SYSPRINT | UDBDUMP standard output ddname. |
SYSOUT | UDBDUMP standard error ddname. |
SYSIN | UDBDUMP standard input. |
JCL
The following figure illustrates the Universal Database Dump for z/OS JCL using the UDBDPRC JCL procedure, above.
Configuration Options
The following table identifies the Universal Database Dump for z/OS configuration options. Each Option Name is a link to detailed information about that option.
It describes only those options relevant for database recovery. For details on all options, see the Oracle documentation on the db_dump utility at URL:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/index.html
Option Name | Description |
Database file to be dumped. | |
Controls database dump behavior, including the format of the dump output and the extent to which data is recovered from a possibly corrupt database file |
Note
UDBDUMP accepts configuration options only on the PARM keyword of the EXEC statement.
Command Line Syntax
The following figure illustrates the command line syntax of Universal Database Dump for z/OS. It identifies only those options that are relevant for database recovery.