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Assign Storage Group Names

Perform this procedure only if you specified Storage Groups (rather than VSAM) as the data set storage type when you set the DB2 variables.

Follow these steps:

  1. From the Installation Variables Management Menu, select option 6, Assign Storage Group names, to display the Assign Storage Group Names screen.

    Assign Storage Group Names                                    Row 1 to 12 of 26  COMMAND ===>                                                  SCROLL ===>                                                                                      Assign 6 distributed Storage Group names, or assign names by table and index   spaces. Adjust space as required. Press F2=Accept, F3=Exit, F6=Save, F12=Can.                                                                                   Distributed Storage Group(s) . . . . (1) SYSDEFLT (2) SYSDEFLT (3) SYSDEFLT                                          (4) SYSDEFLT (5) SYSDEFLT (6) SYSDEFLT                                                                                   DB       Dis  Space      Storage     -Primary   space-    -Secondary space-    Type     Grp  Name       Group       -Default  Modify-    -Default  Modify-    -------  ---  --------   --------    --------  -------    --------  -------    DATA      5   ACTIV      ________        1792  _______        1792  _______    DATA      6   ACTIVI1    ________          28  _______          28  _______    DATA      2   IUSER      ________        1792  _______        1792  _______    DATA      3   IUSERI1    ________         140  _______         140  _______    DATA      5   ACTDT      ________        1792  _______        1792  _______    DATA      6   ACTDTI1    ________          28  _______          28  _______    DATA      1   TARDF      ________        9800  _______        9800  _______    DATA      2   TARDFI1    ________         980  _______         980  _______    DATA      2   TARDFI2    ________         980  _______         980  _______    DATA      2   TARDFI3    ________         980  _______         980  _______    DATA      2   TARDFI4    ________         980  _______         980  _______    DATA      2   TARDFI5    ________        9800  _______        9800  _______

  2. Type the Storage Groups in spaces 1 through 6. Blank spaces are set to the first Storage Group name. To specify distribution, modify Storage Group Name for all Space Names. Distribute the database over multiple volumes to improve performance.
  3. Press F2 to verify and store the variables entered into a working copy of the variables table.
  4. Press F6 to save the data you entered.
  5. Use the Save Variables on the Installation Variables Management Menu to write the values to the TILITSAV member in the JCL library.
  6. Press F3 to exit.