UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 (Version 11.2.00)

Version Support Status : FULL SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 31-May-2024
End Of Support Date : 31-May-2026

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 11.2.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
26-Mar-2024 UPDATED (ID 330217) PLUS UTILITIES and Backup & Recovery: Applying IBM's z/OS 3.1 PTF UJ93114 with SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE (XBM) zIIP component active might cause unresolved hangs and S37B abends HTM
19-Feb-2024 UPDATED (ID 328023) BMC Utilities: Potential data loss in BMC products if you have applied IBM PTFs UI92363 or UI92364 HTM
06-Sep-2023 UPDATED (ID 305690) Flash: Applying IBM APAR OA64141 might cause intermittent errors HTM
22-Dec-2021 UPDATED (ID1518) BMC AMI Ops products: Log4Shell security vulnerability affects a subset of BMC AMI Ops products and components HTM
12-Aug-2021 UPDATED (ID 1323) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: IBM APAR PI75518 might cause data corruption in BMC AMI Recover and impacts BMC utilities and other Backup and Recovery products PDF
03-May-2021 UPDATED (ID 1230) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: When PTF BPJ2279 is applied and Db2 12 FL509 is activated, affected products might terminate with an RC12 or fail to process some objects PDF
01-Sep-2020 (ID 1029) REORG PLUS: Potential failures in BMC products due to IFI storage overlays with IBMs PEd APAR PH16361/UI65954 applied PDF
24-Jun-2020 (ID 981) Maintenance: A RECEIVE ORDER job failure connecting to the BMC server occurs PDF
07-May-2020 UPDATED (ID 943) UNLOAD PLUS: Unloading from an image copy with the INFILE option fails to unload all rows PDF
26-Mar-2020 (ID 918) UNLOAD PLUS: Unload from image copy fails to unload all the data PDF
12-Dec-2019 UPDATED (ID 852) UNLOAD PLUS: Data loss might occur when UNLOAD PLUS unloads rows from an image copy of a MEMBER CLUSTER object PDF
12-Dec-2019 UPDATED (ID 853) UNLOAD PLUS: Using SmartSwitch to switch jobs from UNLOAD PLUS to NGT Unload might produce incorrect results PDF
25-Nov-2019 (ID 823) UNLOAD PLUS for DB2: Data loss might occur when UNLOAD PLUS unloads rows from an image copy of a MEMBER CLUSTER object PDF
14-Nov-2019 (813) UNLOAD PLUS: Using SmartSwitch to switch jobs from UNLOAD PLUS to NGT Unload might produce incorrect results PDF
22-Mar-2019 BMC products do not support IBM Huffman compression on DB2 V12 FL504 subsystems PDF
28-Oct-2018 NGT Recover and classic utilities: After adding a column defined as GENERATED ALWAYS AS to a table, running some BMC utilities against the table space might cause data corruption PDF
19-Oct-2018 UNLOAD PLUS for DB2: An UNLOAD PLUS job might fail when you use a SELECT statement to unload a subset of table columns PDF
23-Jun-2017 BMCSORT: Final Reminder: BMC products for IBM DB2 that use BMCSORT 2.4.01 will stop working on July 1, 2017 without corrective action PDF
01-Jun-2017 BMCSORT: Jobs on some BMC products for IBM DB2 might end in RC=04 due to a BMCSORT component license that will soon expire PDF
13-Apr-2017 Updated, fix now available: DB2 Utilities products might fail if you are also running XBM version 6.2.01 or XBM version 6.2.00 with PTF BPE0456 applied PDF
21-Jul-2016 QM002038837 UNLOAD PLUS: When unloading a single-partition image copy, UNLOAD PLUS might not unload any rows PDF
04-Dec-2014 QM001864965 Updated, fix is now available - DB2 Solution Common Code (SCC): Loss of either data or data integrity might occur after applying IBM PTF UI22578 or UI22579 PDF
10-Apr-2014 QM001822663 DB2 Solution Common Code (SCC): A problem in the SCC component might cause the DB2 subsystem to terminate or loop when multiple executions of a BMC Utility product for DB2 run against the same object PDF
Technical Bulletin
01-Apr-2024 (ID 330620) Maintenance: RSL2404 is available HTM
08-Jan-2024 UPDATED (ID 318798) Technical bulletin: A CSA overlay occurs when you use the SUF zIIP offload component HTM
03-Jan-2024 (ID 320600) BMC AMI Utilties and Plus Utilties: SPE2401 enhancements to BMC AMI Utilities and PLUS Utilities are available HTM
02-Jan-2024 (ID 322301) Maintenance: RSL2401 is available HTM
19-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 312644) Maintenance: RSL2310 is available HTM
03-Oct-2023 (ID 308602) BMC AMI Utilities and PLUS Utilities: SPE2310 enhancements to BMC AMI Utilities and PLUS Utilities are available HTM
02-Oct-2023 (ID 309513) Technical bulletin: The BMC Mainframe Security and Integrity portal is available HTM
30-Sep-2023 (ID 315602) Day-one support for z/OS 3.1 HTM
06-Jul-2023 (ID 299156) SPE2307 enhancements to version 13.1.00 and 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and versions 13.1.00 and 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
03-Jul-2023 (ID 302060) Maintenance: RSL2307 is available HTM
15-Jun-2023 (ID 304017) Installation System: A new password to access the ESD file servers takes effect on July 6, 2023 HTM
08-May-2023 (ID 298984) Technical bulletin: New EV SSL certificates for FTPS services take effect on May 27, 2023 HTM
20-Apr-2023 (ID 296716) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for epddownload.bmc.com and changes to file server HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 290093) SPE2304 enhancements to version 13.1.00 and 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 13.1.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 291446) Maintenance: RSL2304 is available HTM
31-Mar-2023 (ID 295335) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com and SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER services and changes to file server HTM
29-Mar-2023 (ID 294714) ALL BMC Mainframe customers: Our SFT service will no longer support the TLS 1.1 and 1.0 protocols beginning on April 19, 2023 HTM
02-Jan-2023 (ID 281951) Maintenance: RSL2301 is available HTM
08-Dec-2022 (ID 283121) Installation System: Reminder of upcoming changes to the eFix PTF distribution services for BMC AMI products HTM
26-Oct-2022 (ID 278512) Log Master and UNLOAD PLUS authorization checks fail if you have applied BPJ2323 (for version 12.1.00) or BPJ2337 (for version 13.1.00) HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 267510) SPE2210 enhancements to BMC AMI Utilities and PLUS Utilities are available HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 272071) Maintenance: RSL2210 is available HTM
18-Aug-2022 (ID 270072) Installation System: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services HTM
01-Jul-2022 (ID 262813) Maintenance: RSL2207 is available HTM
16-Jun-2022 (ID 264371) Installation System: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2022 HTM
11-May-2022 (ID 261440) New EV SSL certificate for FTPS services takes effect on May 21, 2022 HTM
12-Apr-2022 UPDATED (ID 1545) SPE2204 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
01-Apr-2022 (ID 253278) Maintenance: RSL2204 is available HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1407)PLUS Utilities: SPE2201 enhancements to version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
04-Jan-2022 (ID 1466) Maintenance: RSL2201 and RSL2201C are available HTM
16-Dec-2021 (ID 1253) BMC AMI Unload and UNLOAD PLUS with INFILE IMAGECOPY might unload the incorrect number of rows or abend HTM
08-Dec-2021 (ID 1503) PLUS Utilities: Instructions to reassemble the user-defined options module are missing from PLUS Utilities products HOLDDATA entries for SPE2110 HTM
13-Oct-2021 (ID 1446) Maintenance: Reminder of upcoming changes to the maintenance delivery services for BMC AMI products HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1233) SPE2110 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1358) Maintenance: RSL2110 is available HTM
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 HTM
23-Sep-2021 UPDATED (ID 1335) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: Recommendation to convert BMC non-UTS product table spaces to UTS HTM
09-Aug-2021 (ID 1355) Technical bulletin: Product Alert emails will soon link to a notice webpage instead of to a PDF PDF
30-Jul-2021 (ID 1341) Installation and maintenance: We are discontinuing production of the cumulative RSL maintenance by December 31, 2021 PDF
22-Jul-2021 UPDATED (ID 1211) BMC AMI Utilities: When BMC AMI Reorg converts a table space to PBG, the table OBID on the header page is incorrectly set to x’0000’ causing UNLOAD PLUS to unload zero rows PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1208) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: SPE2107 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1247) Maintenance: RSL2107 and RSL2107C are available PDF
07-Jun-2021 (ID 1278) Installation and maintenance: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2021 PDF
04-Jun-2021 (ID 1256) Maintenance: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services (eFix) on December 31, 2021 PDF
29-Apr-2021 (ID 1240) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2021 PDF
22-Apr-2021 (ID 1222) SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
22-Apr-2021 UPDATED (ID 1094) Technical bulletin: SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1145) Maintenance: RSL2104 is available PDF
03-Mar-2021 (ID 1172) All BMC mainframe customers: New SHA-2 Global Root Certificate to access mft.bmc.com PDF
21-Jan-2021 (ID 1048) SPE2101 enhancement to the SmartSwitch feature for BMC AMI Data for Db2 products is available PDF
21-Jan-2021 (ID 1087) Maintenance: RSL2101 and RSL2101C are available PDF
18-Nov-2020 (ID 1091) Maintenance: We are withdrawing BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) on December 31, 2020 PDF
04-Nov-2020 (ID 1083) Installation and maintenance: An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, and web-based RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1002) Maintenance: RSL2010 is available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1061) Maintenance: Announcing a web-based maintenance request service for RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 979) SPE2010 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
15-Sep-2020 (ID 741) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 1011) Technical bulletin: Submit ideas for enhancements via BMC Communities PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 741) Technical bulletin: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
31-Jul-2020 (ID 1005) Maintenance: An outage is scheduled for RECEIVE ORDER and BMC ISR PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 942) Maintenance: RSL2007 and RSL2007C are available PDF
11-Jun-2020 (ID 953) Installation and maintenance: New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 16, 2020 PDF
28-May-2020 (ID885) DB2 Utilities: May 2020 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS utilities are available PDF
27-May-2020 (ID 952) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on June 20, 2020 PDF
21-May-2020 (ID 922) Maintenance: Change in the PTF publication process PDF
04-May-2020 (ID 892) DB2 products: Incorrect overlay or removal of entries by the PLUS utilities might occur when NGT utilities place entries in BMCUTIL PDF
16-Apr-2020 (ID 930) Maintenance: Change in GA dates for quarterly RSLs PDF
02-Apr-2020 (ID 879) Maintenance: RSL2004 is available PDF
17-Feb-2020 (ID 874) DB2 Plus Utilities: Full support will continue for PLUS and NGT suites of BMC utilities PDF
16-Jan-2020 (ID 864) DB2 Utilities: Converting synonyms to aliases will produce unpredictable results PDF
08-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 862) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending files to Customer Support PDF
06-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 863) DB2 products: Activating the new DB2 DISALLOW_SSARAUTH parameter (IBM APAR PH16579) and then changing its default setting can cause product failures to occur PDF
03-Jan-2020 (ID 834) Maintenance: RSL2001 and RSL2001C are available PDF
18-Dec-2019 (ID 856) Installation: Failure to apply the November update for the Installation System results in incorrect installation jobs PDF
17-Dec-2019 (ID 786) Maintenance: BMC now supports IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for BMC mainframe products PDF
10-Dec-2019 (ID 836) Db2 products: Activating the new DB2 DISALLOW_SSARAUTH parameter (IBM APAR PH16579) and then changing its default setting can cause product failures to occur PDF
04-Dec-2019 (ID 762) Db2 products: Activation of ACEECHK class can lead to IRR421I warning messages or 4C6 abends PDF
28-Nov-2019 (ID 730) Technical bulletin: November 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
06-Nov-2019 (ID 801) An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, and EPD PDF
31-Oct-2019 (ID 779) Technical bulletin: A new automation control point can filter SmartSwitch jobs to determine whether NGT should process specific job statements PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available PDF
12-Sep-2019 (ID 729) NGT utilities: September 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
04-Sep-2019 (ID 736) Installation and maintenance: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com services and BMC ISR, server changes, and new EV SSL certificate PDF
30-Aug-2019 (ID 752) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending information to Customer Support PDF
07-Aug-2019 (ID 735) All supported BMC mainframe products: You can now use your favorite search engine to find information in BMC product documentation PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 635) Technical bulletin: July 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
11-Jul-2019 (ID 673) REORG PLUS, UNLOAD PLUS, LOADPLUS: July 2019 enhancements to the SmartSwitch feature PDF
03-Jul-2019 (ID 710) Maintenance: RSL1907 and RSL1907C are available PDF
05-Jun-2019 (ID 681) New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 3, 2019 PDF
09-May-2019 (ID 569) NGT: May 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
24-Apr-2019 (ID 611) LOADPLUS for DB2, CHECK PLUS for DB2, REORG PLUS for DB2, UNLOAD PLUS for DB2: Synonyms might be dropped if you are running DB2 12 (FL 504) PDF
03-Apr-2019 (ID 642) Maintenance — RSL1904 is available PDF
03-Jan-2019 RSL1901 and RSL1901C are available PDF
24-Dec-2018 BMC ISR extract job $E05XTRT and retrieve job $J05RETV are missing the COPYSTEP and SFTP steps PDF
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is available PDF
13-Aug-2018 Classic utilities: August 2018 enhancements to the SmartSwitch feature PDF
03-Jul-2018 Maintenance: RSL1807 and RSL1807C are available PDF
01-Jun-2018 Support for IBM z Systems Pervasive Encryption (zSPE) for BMC products for DB2 and MainView PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
20-Apr-2018 You can now specify FORCEID in the classic utilities to clean up abended jobs that SmartSwitch has switched to NGT products PDF
17-Apr-2018 BMC plans to deliver support for IBM z Systems Pervasive Encryption (zSPE) PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
11-Jan-2018 BMC utilities for DB2: Required PTFs to support IBM APARs PI86880 and PI75145 are available PDF
03-Jan-2018 Maintenance: RSL1801 and RSL1801C are available PDF
16-Nov-2017 BMC is announcing licensing permission for running BMC products and solutions for IBM z/OS in the IBM zD&T and zPDT environments but will not extend BMC Customer Support services to the virtual environments PDF
02-Oct-2017 Maintenance: RSL1710 is available PDF
19-Jul-2017 BMCSORT: BMC is announcing removal of BMCSORT component license validation PDF
06-Jul-2017 Maintenance: RSL1707 and RSL1707C are available PDF
26-Jun-2017 The new SmartSwitch feature can dynamically "switch" jobs from the classic utilities to the NGT products PDF
14-Jun-2017 New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2017 PDF
11-May-2017 The new SmartSwitch feature can dynamically "switch" jobs from the classic utilities to version 11.2.00 of the NGT products PDF
27-Apr-2017 Quicker and easier access to BMC mainframe product documentation is now available PDF
04-Apr-2017 Maintenance: RSL1704 is available PDF
23-Mar-2017 QM002239233 BMCSORT: PTF BPJ1724 extends BMCSORT support for BMC products for IBM DB2 PDF
10-Feb-2017 RTCS: The OSZHTML hypertext document library in the RTCS subsystem start-up procedure is no longer required PDF
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available PDF
09-Dec-2016 Utility products for DB2: BMC Utility products for DB2 now support DB2 12 PDF
03-Oct-2016 Maintenance: RSL1610 is available PDF
18-Aug-2016 BMC ISR: BMC has scheduled an outage for BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) PDF
06-Jul-2016 Installation System: RSL1607 and RSL1607C are available PDF
16-Jun-2016 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2016 PDF
25-May-2016 QM001883490 NGT Load and NGT Unload: You can now run NGT Load and NGT Unload jobs using existing LOADPLUS and UNLOAD PLUS JCL and syntax (revised) PDF
08-Apr-2016 QM001883486,QM001883487 BMC is providing the capability to report compatibility between BMC Utility Products for DB2 and BMC Next Generation Technology products PDF
18-Mar-2016 Installation System: Announcing release, maintenance, and service levels PDF
18-Mar-2016 RSL: Introducing Recommended Service Level (RSL) maintenance PDF
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available PDF
22-Jul-2015 Installation System: $177ACCF job fails PDF
29-Jun-2015 BMC Runtime Component System: An enhancement adds new commands to simplify operational shutdown PDF
01-Jun-2015 Installation System: Enable configuration and running of products from SMP/E target libraries PDF
05-Apr-2015 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 5, 2015 PDF
09-Mar-2015 BMC Documentation Center: The primary Documentation Center is now available without a support login. PDF
25-Mar-2014 QM001815946 BMCSORT - PTF BPJ0718 extends BMCSORT support for BMC products for IBM DB2 PDF
Release Notes
03-Apr-2024 Release notes: Version 4.06.00 of the Installation System HTM
21-Nov-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.05.00 HTM
03-Oct-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.04.00 HTM
06-Jul-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.03.00 HTM
11-Apr-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.02.00 HTM
09-Feb-2023 UPDATED Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.01.00 HTM
17-Jun-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.00.00 HTM
31-May-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.18.00 HTM
04-Apr-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.17.00 HTM
01-Apr-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.16.00 PDF
21-Jan-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.15.00 PDF
15-Oct-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.14.00 PDF
16-Jul-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.13.00 PDF
30-Apr-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.12.00 PDF
13-Jun-2019 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.11.00 PDF
13-Dec-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.9.00 PDF
03-May-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.6.00 PDF
14-Dec-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.5.00 PDF
22-Jun-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.3.00 PDF
22-Mar-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.2.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.1.00 PDF
04-Dec-2015 Installation System and RTCS: Announces changes and new features in versions 3.0.00 and 2.1.00, respectively PDF
06-May-2015 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.10 PDF
06-May-2015 UNLOAD PLUS: Announces changes and new features in version 11.2.00 PDF
Product Change Notice
02-May-2017 Product_Change_Notification_FY2018_Q1_April_2017_Final_2017_0427 PDF
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
30-Jan-2023 Online documentation for UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 11.2.00 HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
BMC Products and Solutions for DB2 Customization Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
Locating and generating PDFs of documentation 20-Mar-2020 PDF
UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 11.2 space (4,091 KB) 28-Nov-2019 PDF
UNLOAD PLUS for DB2 Reference Manual 06-May-2015 PDF
 
Additional Documents Available on the Following Support Pages
Support PageVersion
SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE for DB2 6.2.01