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Disable default WITH GRANT OPTION privileges on user-created objects

Currenty on Db2 LUW / Datawarehouse version 12.1 if an end user has CREATEIN privileges on a schema by a role (Role Based Access Control) then the user gets 7 implicit privileges on that newly created object, WITH GRANT OPTION. The end user can no...
15 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 1 Under review

Please certify the product IBM Data Replication IMS for z/OS Remote Source to run on zCX and/or Red Hat Openshift

We’ve achieved excellent results with the Db2 for Remote Source product, as it has significantly reduced CPU usage on the mainframe—an area where traditional data replication has historically been one of the top resource consumers. With the introd...
2 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Data Replication for IMS for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

System temporality slowness on Db2wh

System temporal tables are part of the type two of slow changing dimensions, this assists in tracking changes that happens on the data by preserving historical accuracy. These tables have two tables, The BASE table and the HISTORY table. When reco...
7 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 0 Under review

CHCCLP - Return Code Handling in Mainframe and LUW platform

Provide return codes for individual CHCCLP instructions and add features to CHCCLP script to evaluate return code (e.g., if...then...else...) before proceeding with subsequent instructions. Additionally, include an option to set return codes back ...
4 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 2 Future consideration

Capture DB segment replace calls which actual data is not updated.

Our client (Fukuoka Financial Group) is currently using Dprop(IMS DataPropagater for z/OS) for creating Data Warehouse. Dprop captures replace calls and writes to PRDS(Propagation Request Data Set) even when DB segment was not actually updated. Cl...
about 3 years ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

Db2 warehouse on RHEL 8

Currently Db2 warehouse isn't supported on RHEL 8. Our enterprise is upgrading all RHEL servers to version 8 and Db2wh is not compatible. So need IBM's help to provide us with DB2wh build that supports RHEL 8
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 0 Planned for future release

CCDC replication should be restarted when an unexpected error occurs.

We are suffering with an issue where CCDC replication stops for unknown reasons. It has been almost two years since we opened the case TS014238021, but we still don't know the cause. An APAR PH65595 has been opened for this issue, but no PTF has b...
5 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 0 Under review

Capture DB segment replace calls which actual data is not updated.

Our client is currently using Dprop(IMS DataPropagater for z/OS) for creating Data Warehouse. Dprop captures replace calls and writes to PRDS(Propagation Request Data Set) even when DB segment was not actually updated. Client’s Dprop application p...
about 3 years ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 0 Not under consideration

To resolve the backup failure issue caused by identical hostnames across IIAS appliances running in Docker containers.

Assigning unique hostnames to each IIAS appliance (or container) is essential because backup tools like EMC NetWorker rely on hostnames to identify and manage client systems. When multiple appliances use the same hostname, EMC NetWorker cannot dif...
5 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 1 Submitted

Db2 Warehouse in CP4D - NFS v4 support

We are using NFS for Db2 warehouse backups of a Database of 6TB. But doing it with mount nfs v3, no lock option, takes about 3x time that doing it with nfs v4. Doing the backups with nfs v4 works fine in our environment, but in documentation, it s...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 0 Submitted