GDGLIMIT

Specify GDGLIMIT to indicate the number of generations to keep for certain data sets that you are dynamically allocating as a GDG data set.

Related topic

Dynamic-allocation-options

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This option applies to the following data sets:

  • Copy data sets
  • SYSDISC data sets
  • SYSERR data sets
  • SYSMAP data sets

The value of the integer must be in the range 1 through 255.

LOADPLUS honors this option only when creating the GDG base. LOADPLUS ignores this option for any data sets other than the ones listed.

When invoking DSNUTILB, LOADPLUS includes this information in the TEMPLATE control statement that it builds for the IBM Db2 LOAD utility. For more information about TEMPLATE control statements, see the documentation for the DB2 LOAD utility.

Specifying the default

You can specify the default for the GDGLIMIT command option in your installation options module by using the GDGLIMIT installation option. LOADPLUS was shipped with a default value of 5 for this option. The command option overrides the default that is in the installation options module.


 

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