2738001 - DB2 LUW DB6 SQL0294N The container is already in use. SQLSTATE=42730

• after db2 rename tablespace <SID>#POOLD to <SID>#POOLD2 
• attempting to follow solution step 2.5 of SAP NOTE 1019242 - DB6: SQL0960C "maximum number of objects in tablespace"
      and specify fully qualified container names in the CREATE TABLESPACE syntax

                  db2 " \
                        CREATE LARGE TABLESPACE "<SID>#POOLD" \
                        . . .
                        USING ( \
                                    FILE '/db2/<SID>/sapdata/sapdata1/db2sid/NODE0000/SID/#POOLD.container000' 100, \
                                    FILE '/db2/<SID>/sapdata/sapdata2/db2sid/NODE0000/SID/#POOLD.container001' 100, \
                                    FILE '/db2/<SID>/sapdata/sapdata3/db2sid/NODE0000/SID/#POOLD.container002' 100, \
                                    FILE '/db2/<SID>/sapdata/sapdata4/db2sid/NODE0000/SID/#POOLD.container003' 100 \
                              ) \
                        . . .
                        "

• DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not a valid Command Line Processor command. During SQL processing it returned:
     SQL0294N The container is already in use. SQLSTATE=42730

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