Limited supportBMC provides limited support for this version of the product. As a result, BMC no longer accepts comments in this space. If you encounter problems with the product version or the space, contact BMC Support.BMC recommends upgrading to the latest version of the product. To see documentation for that version, see BMC AMI Copy for Db2 13.1.

System requirements

Before you install the product, make sure that your environment meets the hardware and software requirements.

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Planning

REGION-parameter

Product compatibility matrix

BMC AMI Copy requires the operating environment described in this topic.

IBM Db2 support

This version of BMC AMI Copy supports IBM Db2 Versions 11 and 12.

System requirements

This version of BMC AMI Copy supports all IBM supported versions of z/OS that are compatible with Db2 Versions 11 and 12.

Following are some considerations based on operating system level:

  • You can copy table spaces and index spaces to large format sequential data sets (which can have more than 64 KB tracks) with BMC AMI Copy by specifying a DATACLAS in the OUTPUT statement that supports large format data sets or by coding DSNTYPE=LARGE in your JCL. You can also use the COPY IMAGECOPY command to copy large format data sets.
  • BMC AMI Copy supports extended address volumes (EAVs) for VSAM data sets (such as Db2 table spaces, index spaces, active logs, BSDS, and Instant Snapshots).
  • BMC AMI Copy supports standard image copies in the cylinder-managed portion of EAVs.

zIIP

BMC AMI Copy ascertains if the system has IBM z Integrated Information Processors (zIIPs). If it does, BMC AMI Copy offloads as much processing as possible to zIIPs.

Tip

When you use zIIPs, we recommend that you specify IIPHONORPRIORITY=YES in the IEAOPT member of SYS1.PARMLIB.

You can disable use of zIIPs by specifying OPTIONS ZIIP DISABLED.

MEMLIMIT parameter settings

The following products and components require above-the-bar memory and might abend if sufficient memory is not available:

  • ALTER
  • BMCSORT
  • Catalog Manager
  • Change Manager
  • CHECK PLUS
  • BMC AMI Copy
  • DASD MANAGER PLUS
  • High-speed Apply Engine
  • LOADPLUS
  • Log Master
  • BMC AMI Recover
  • BMC AMI Recovery Manager
  • REORG PLUS
  • UNLOAD PLUS

In z/OS Version 1.10 and later, the default value for the System Management Facility (SMF) MEMLIMIT parameter is 2 GB.

For most jobs, we recommend a value of at least 2 GB for the MEMLIMIT parameter. However, if you are operating on LOB or XML data, we recommend a value of at least 32 GB.

This value is set in member SMFPRMxx in SYS1.PARMLIB. Use any of the following methods if you need to override the default value:

  • Specify the MEMLIMIT parameter in the JCL.
  • Specify REGION=0M in the JCL.
  • Use the SMF IEFUSI exit.

Software requirements

This version of BMC AMI Copy has the following requirements for additional IBM or BMC software:

  • You must have a minimum of version 12.1.00 of the BMC Db2 Solution Common Code (SCC) installed.

  • If you want to offload eligible processing to a zIIP, you must have installed a minimum of version 6.2 of either XBM or SUF.

    If you use the XBMID option to specify a particular XBM subsystem, that subsystem must be at this maintenance level. If you do not specify a particular XBM subsystem and ZIIP ENABLED is in effect, BMC AMI Copy searches for an XBM subsystem at this level.

  • To use any features that invoke DSNUTILB, you must have the IBM Db2 COPY utility installed.

 

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