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Common tasks for tablespaces

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Common tasks for tablespaces - Amazon Relational Database Service
Creating a tablespaceAltering a tablespaceRenaming a tablespaceDropping a tablespaceChecking the status of a tablespaceReturning detailed information about tablespacesListing the state and storage group for a tablespaceListing the tablespaces of a tableListing tablespace containers

You can create, alter, rename, or drop tablespaces for an RDS for Db2 database. Creating, altering, renaming, or dropping tablespaces requires higher-level SYSADM authority, which isn't available to the master user. Instead, use Amazon RDS stored procedures.

Creating a tablespace

To create a tablespace for your RDS for Db2 database, call the rdsadmin.create_tablespace stored procedure. For more information, see CREATE TABLESPACE statement in the IBM Db2 documentation.

Important

To create a tablespace, you must have a buffer pool of the same page size to associate with the tablespace. For more information, see Common tasks for buffer pools.

To create a tablespace

  1. Connect to the rdsadmin database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace master_username and master_password with your own information.

    db2 "connect to rdsadmin user master_username using master_password"

  2. Create a tablespace by calling rdsadmin.create_tablespace. For more information, see rdsadmin.create_tablespace. 

    db2 "call rdsadmin.create_tablespace(
    'database_name', 
    'tablespace_name',
    'buffer_pool_name', 
    tablespace_initial_size, 
    tablespace_increase_size, 
    'tablespace_type')"

Altering a tablespace

To alter a tablespace for your RDS for Db2 database, call the rdsadmin.alter_tablespace stored procedure. You can use this stored procedure to change the buffer pool of a tablespace, lower the high water mark, or bring a tablespace online. For more information, see ALTER TABLESPACE statement in the IBM Db2 documentation.

To alter a tablespace

  1. Connect to the rdsadmin database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace master_username and master_password with your own information.

    db2 "connect to rdsadmin user master_username using master_password"

  2. Alter a tablespace by calling rdsadmin.alter_tablespace. For more information, see rdsadmin.alter_tablespace. 

    db2 "call rdsadmin.alter_tablespace(
    'database_name', 
    'tablespace_name', 
    'buffer_pool_name', 
    buffer_pool_size, 
    tablespace_increase_size, 
    'max_size', 'reduce_max', 
    'reduce_stop', 
    'reduce_value', 
    'lower_high_water', 
    'lower_high_water_stop', 
    'switch_online')"

Renaming a tablespace

To change the name of a tablespace for your RDS for Db2 database, call the rdsadmin.rename_tablespace stored procedure. For more information, see RENAME TABLESPACE statement in the IBM Db2 documentation.

To rename a tablespace

  1. Connect to the rdsadmin database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace master_username and master_password with your own information.

    db2 "connect to rdsadmin user master_username using master_password"

  2. Rename a tablespace by calling rdsadmin.rename_tablespace. For more information, including restrictions on what you can name a tablespace, see rdsadmin.rename_tablespace.

    db2 "call rdsadmin.rename_tablespace(
    'database_name', 
    'source_tablespace_name',
    'target_tablespace_name')"

Dropping a tablespace

To drop a tablespace for your RDS for Db2 database, call the rdsadmin.drop_tablespace stored procedure. Before you drop a tablespace, first drop any objects in the tablespace such as tables, indexes, or large objects (LOBs). For more information, see Dropping table spaces in the IBM Db2 documentation.

To drop a tablespace

  1. Connect to the rdsadmin database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace master_username and master_password with your own information.

    db2 "connect to rdsadmin user master_username using master_password"

  2. Drop a tablespace by calling rdsadmin.drop_tablespace. For more information, see rdsadmin.drop_tablespace. 

    db2 "call rdsadmin.drop_tablespace(
    'database_name', 
    'tablespace_name')"

Checking the status of a tablespace

You can check the status of a tablespace by using the cast function.

To check the status of a tablespace

  1. Connect to your Db2 database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace rds_database_alias, master_username, and master_password with your own information.

    db2 connect to rds_database_alias user master_username using master_password

  2. Return a summary output.

    For a summary output:

    db2 "select cast(tbsp_id as smallint) as tbsp_id,
cast(tbsp_name as varchar(35)) as tbsp_name,
cast(tbsp_type as varchar(3)) as tbsp_type,
cast(tbsp_state as varchar(10)) as state,
cast(tbsp_content_type as varchar(8)) as contents from table(mon_get_tablespace(null,-1)) order by tbsp_id"

Returning detailed information about tablespaces

You can return information about a tablespace for one member or all members by using the cast function.

To return detailed information about tablespaces

  1. Connect to your Db2 database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace rds_database_alias, master_username, and master_password with your own information.

    db2 connect to rds_database_alias user master_username using master_password

  2. Return details about all tablespaces in the database for one member or for all members.

    For one member:

    db2 "select cast(member as smallint) as member,
cast(tbsp_id as smallint) as tbsp_id,
cast(tbsp_name as varchar(35)) as tbsp_name,
cast(tbsp_type as varchar(3)) as tbsp_type,
cast(tbsp_state as varchar(10)) as state,
cast(tbsp_content_type as varchar(8)) as contents,
cast(tbsp_total_pages as integer) as total_pages,
cast(tbsp_used_pages as integer) as used_pages,
cast(tbsp_free_pages as integer) as free_pages,
cast(tbsp_page_top as integer) as page_hwm,
cast(tbsp_page_size as integer) as page_sz,
cast(tbsp_extent_size as smallint) as extent_sz,
cast(tbsp_prefetch_size as smallint) as prefetch_sz,
cast(tbsp_initial_size as integer) as initial_size,
cast(tbsp_increase_size_percent as smallint) as increase_pct,
cast(storage_group_name as varchar(12)) as stogroup from table(mon_get_tablespace(null,-1)) order by member, tbsp_id "

    For all members:

    db2 "select cast(member as smallint) as member
cast(tbsp_id as smallint) as tbsp_id,
cast(tbsp_name as varchar(35)) as tbsp_name,
cast(tbsp_type as varchar(3)) as tbsp_type,
cast(tbsp_state as varchar(10)) as state,
cast(tbsp_content_type as varchar(8)) as contents,
cast(tbsp_total_pages as integer) as total_pages,
cast(tbsp_used_pages as integer) as used_pages,
cast(tbsp_free_pages as integer) as free_pages,
cast(tbsp_page_top as integer) as page_hwm,
cast(tbsp_page_size as integer) as page_sz,
cast(tbsp_extent_size as smallint) as extent_sz,
cast(tbsp_prefetch_size as smallint) as prefetch_sz,
cast(tbsp_initial_size as integer) as initial_size,
cast(tbsp_increase_size_percent as smallint) as increase_pct,
cast(storage_group_name as varchar(12)) as stogroup from table(mon_get_tablespace(null,-2)) order by member, tbsp_id "

Listing the state and storage group for a tablespace

You can list the state and storage group for a tablespace by running a SQL statement.

To list the state and storage group for a tablespace, run the following SQL statement:

db2 "SELECT varchar(tbsp_name, 30) as tbsp_name,
                  varchar(TBSP_STATE, 30) state,
                  tbsp_type,
                  varchar(storage_group_name,30) storage_group
FROM TABLE(MON_GET_TABLESPACE('',-2)) AS t"

Listing the tablespaces of a table

You can list the tablespaces for a table by running a SQL statement.

To list the tablespaces of a table, run the following SQL statement. In the following example, replace SCHEMA_NAME and TABLE_NAME with the names of your schema and table:

db2 "SELECT 
   VARCHAR(SD.TBSPACE,30) AS DATA_SPACE,
   VARCHAR(SL.TBSPACE,30) AS LONG_SPACE,
   VARCHAR(SI.TBSPACE,30) AS INDEX_SPACE
 FROM 
   SYSCAT.DATAPARTITIONS P 
   JOIN SYSCAT.TABLESPACES SD ON SD.TBSPACEID = P.TBSPACEID 
   LEFT JOIN SYSCAT.TABLESPACES SL ON SL.TBSPACEID = P.LONG_TBSPACEID
   LEFT JOIN SYSCAT.TABLESPACES SI ON SI.TBSPACEID = P.INDEX_TBSPACEID
 WHERE
    TABSCHEMA = 'SCHEMA_NAME'
 AND TABNAME   = 'TABLE_NAME'"

Listing tablespace containers

You can list all tablespace containers or specific tablespace containers by using the cast command.

To list the tablespace containers for a tablespace

  1. Connect to your Db2 database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace rds_database_alias, master_username, and master_password with your own information:

    db2 connect to rds_database_alias user master_username using master_password

  2. Return a list of all tablespace containers in the database or specific tablespace containers.

    For all tablespace containers:

    db2 "select cast(member as smallint) as member,
cast(tbsp_name as varchar(35)) as tbsp_name,
cast(container_id as smallint) as id,
cast(container_name as varchar(60)) as container_path, container_type as type from table(mon_get_container(null,-2)) order by member,tbsp_id,container_id"

    For specific tablespace containers:

    db2 "select cast(member as smallint) as member,
cast(tbsp_name as varchar(35)) as tbsp_name,
cast(container_id as smallint) as id,
cast(container_name as varchar(60)) as container_path, container_type as type from table(mon_get_container('TBSP_1',-2)) order by member, tbsp_id,container_id"

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