Reorganization of a DEDB

This section provides information on the capabilities, setup, and use of the offline reorganization function that is provided by Fast Path Reorg/EP. This function lets you perform space reclaim and other tasks on DEDBs without database unloads and reloads.

This section contains the following topics:

• Reorganization function overview
• Reorganization function restrictions
• Reorganization function inputs and outputs
• Offline reorganization considerations
• REORGANIZE command keywords and subcommands
• Database and areas selection
• Area data set allocation
• UOW selection criteria
• Segment compression control
• Extend IOVF and SDEP storage portions
• Segment placing with load control
• Error tolerance control
• Image copy during reorganization
• Sample offline REORGANIZE command scenarios