TMF Operations and Recovery Guide (G06.24+)

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Selecting Dump Options
See the TMF Reference Manual for instructions on using the DUMP FILES command.
Selecting Dump Options
Use the DUMP FILES command to specify which audited files are dumped. Files are
selected or not based on the file names specified in the DUMP FILES command. File
names are entered in the DUMP FILES command syntax as follows:
fileset
specifies the audited files to be dumped: you must explicitly name the alternate-
key files, as well as SQL dependent objects and partitions, if you want them to be
dumped and recoverable by file recovery. Nonaudited SQL objects are ignored
and a message is generated to indicate that the object was not dumped.
Enter file-set in the following format:
[[volume.]subvolume.]file-id
In the file-set list, file names are expanded with default volume and
subvolume names, and the space required for them is impacted by other overhead
as well. All file-set information cannot exceed the size of the SPI message
buffer that supports communication between TMFCOM and TMFSERVE, which is
28 KB. If this limit is exceeded, TMFCOM displays Error Message 1050.
You can, if you wish, specify a file-set as a file-name pattern. This pattern
resembles a file name but designates a set of entities (that is, a set of disk
volumes, subvolumes, or files) through the use of pattern-matching (wild-card)
characters. The wild-card characters are:
* An asterisk matches zero or more letters, digits, or a combination of these.
? A question mark matches exactly one letter or digit.
DUMP FILES { fileset }
{ ( fileset [,fileset ] ... ) }
[,NOT {file-set }
{(file-set [,file-set]...)} ]
[,START start-file ]
Note. If you plan to refer to SQL/MX objects in a file-set list, you must use the
Guardian names of the underlying files in all TMFCOM commands. You can run the
MXGNAMES utility to convert one or more objects’ ANSI names to their underlying
Guardian file names. You can then use the Guardian file names in the file-set list. For
convenience, MXGNAMES provides an option that generates names formatted as TMF
file-sets for direct use in TMFCOM commands. For information about using MXGNAMES,
see the SQL/MX Reference Manual.