METAPATH= Parameter File Option

Specifies a list of paths that are allocated to contain overflow SPD Server metadata if the designated metadata space that is allocated in the PATHNAME= option becomes full.

Valid in: libnames.parm parameter file
Requirement: Use ROPTIONS= to specify METAPATH=
Syntax
Argument
Details

Syntax

METAPATH=path(s)

Argument

path(s)

a complete pathname in single or double quotation marks within parentheses. Separate multiple paths with spaces. The additional metapaths provide a buffer space that can be used for Update and Append operations to existing server tables. Here is an example: 

metapath=('/meta1/spdsmgr/meta'
          '/meta2/spdsmgr/meta')

Details

When the primary metadata space that is defined by the PATHNAME= option is full, new tables cannot be added to the domain. Put the primary path on a file system that is expandable and mirrored. As a conservative estimate for space, plan for 20 GB of metadata for every terabyte of compressed physical data.
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Last updated: February 3, 2017