Extending a DEDB

This section provides information about the capabilities, setup, and use of the offline Extend function that is provided by Fast Path Reorg/EP. This function lets you increase the size of IOVF and SDEP storage portions of a DEDB while they are offline to IMS.

This section contains the following topics:

• Extend function overview
• Extend function restrictions
• Extend function inputs and outputs
• Offline extend considerations
• EXTEND command keywords and subcommands
• Selecting the Database and Areas for Extending a DEDB
• Allocating the area data set for Extending a DEDB
• Specifying the execution mode
• Extending IOVF and SDEP storage portions
• Analyzing the DEDB during an extend
• Making an image copy during an extend
• Sample offline EXTEND command scenarios