DB2 packages and plans for replication and event publishing on z/OS

The replication and publishing programs use several package collections and plans.

Table 1 shows the package collections and the replication and publishing programs that use them.

Table 1. DB2 packages
Collection Replication programs that use the collection
ASNCOMMON
  • Capture
  • Apply
  • Q Capture
  • Q Apply
  • Replication Alert Monitor
ASNCAPTURE Capture
ASNAPPLY Apply
ASNQAPPLY Q Apply
ASNMONITOR Replication Alert Monitor
ASNTDIFF Table compare utility

Table 2 shows the packages that each plan must contain.

Table 2. DB2 plans
Plan These collections contain packages that the plan must include
Capture plan (ASNCAP)
  • ASNCOMMON
  • ASNCAPTURE
Apply plan (ASNAPP)
  • ASNCOMMON
  • ASNAPPLY
Q Capture plan (ASNQCAP)
  • ASNCOMMON
Q Apply plan (ASNQAPP)
  • ASNCOMMON
  • ASNQAPPLY
Replication Alert Monitor plan (ASNMON)
  • ASNCOMMON
  • ASNMONITOR
Replication table compare utility (ASNTDIFF)
  • ASNCOMMON
  • ASNTDIFF
Exception-reporting tool (ASNQEXP)
  • ASNCOMMON