Installation options

Options set during installation establish default values that UNLOAD PLUS uses during your unload job.

When you use the BMC Installation System to install the UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 product, the configuration process generates a customized installation data set. This data set contains customized jobs that install UNLOAD PLUS into your specific Db2 environment. The following jobs establish the default processing option values that UNLOAD PLUS uses:

• $730DOP2 establishes the defaults for the basic UNLOAD PLUS processing options and the dynamic allocation options. (The job assembles the $ADUOUTP specifications within the standard options module.)
• $532SOPT contains options for the BMC Software BMCSORT technology.

These jobs assemble options macros. The macros contain the UNLOAD PLUS processing options and the values for those options that are shipped with UNLOAD PLUS and BMCSORT. When the Installation System-generated configuration job is submitted, it links the ADU$OPTS installation options module in the APF-authorized library that is designated by your site.

Customizing UNLOAD PLUS through jobs

You can customize the installation of UNLOAD PLUS by changing the values for the UNLOAD PLUS installation options. However, if you change any of the values in $730DOP2 or $532SOPT after UNLOAD PLUS is installed, you must rerun the jobs before these changes take effect.

You can also create additional options modules that allow you to use different values for these options for different executions of UNLOAD PLUS. For example, you might use the default installation options module for most jobs but create another options module with customized values for certain options for special situations. For more information about customizing your installation of UNLOAD PLUS, see theCustomizing BMC Products and Solutions for DB2.

To find a description of each options macro, use the following table:

The following topics describe the options that you can specify during installation: