The pddbfrz command places a full HiRDB file (used through the last page of the file) that constitutes a user LOB RDAREA in frozen update status. You cannot update or delete LOB data in a HiRDB file that is in frozen update status.
Use this command to back up data without using pdcopy.
(a) -d
Specifies that HiRDB files are to be released from frozen update status.
When this option is omitted, the command places full HiRDB files in frozen update status. Note that you cannot place the first HiRDB file in an RDAREA in frozen update status.
(b) -r {RDAREA-name[,RDAREA-name]...|ALL}
- RDAREA-name ~<identifier> ((1-30))
- Specifies the names of the RDAREAs that are to be placed in the frozen update status or released from frozen update status. You can specify only the names of user LOB RDAREAs..
- ALL
- Specifies that all user LOB RDAREAs are to be placed in the frozen update status. When the -d option is specified, the command releases all user LOB RDAREAs from frozen update status.
- Rules
- For the rules for specifying RDAREAs, see 1.5.2 Specification of RDAREAs in operation commands and utilities
- An error results if a specified RDAREA is not a user LOB RDAREA, a specified user LOB RDAREA contains a plug-in index, or a specified user LOB RDAREA is unused.