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Db2 for z/OS

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Only one Trusted Context is allowed per SYSTEM AUTHID

To request DB2 Trusted Contexts to accept RACF Group name for SYSTEM AUTHID.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Enhance DSNTXAZP

DB2 provides a tool called DSNTXAZP to create a CLIST input member. It reads the default input member AND connects to a DB2 subsystem to read current installation parameters. Currently the tool is not able to discover important prameters like BSDS...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Enable 'Temporal' for DB2...

V12R1M500 enables to optionally activate/deactivate 'Temporal RTS tables'. Please provide to optionally and granular activate/deactivate 'Temporal catalog .... AUTH tables'. We know that temporal for catalog tables will require that the insert int...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

DSNTIJXZ should create complete DSNTIDxx member

DSNTIJXZ currently produces a DSNTIDxx member that has a lot of default values, like BSDS name, WLM environments, etc. To be really useful, all relevant values need to be extracted from the running system in order to avoid hunting down actual valu...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

DB2 Migration z/OSMF Workflow Auto Discovery Of System Variables

The current z/OSMF workflow would require that for each DB2 subsystem migration that the DSNTINST CLIST would have to be re-executed and the DSNTIDxx PDS member be populated with the current information for the subsystem to be migrated. There is a...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

DSNTIJRT need option to DISABLE GRANTs

When using DB2/RACF security you might have a requirement from your security auditors, that you don't perform any GRANT at all. This could be a general parameter in DB2OPT or a procedure specific option GRANTTO(NONE) in CFIGIN (both in the DSNTIJR...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

Enhance Trusted Context d...

Actually it is not possible to use JOBNAME (local) and ADDRESS (remote) for option ATTRIBUTES (mutually exclusive) for Trusted Context definition.
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

keeping track of CFIGIN input in DSNTIJRT job.

You are keeping track of CFIGIN input manually now. One DB2 supplied stored procedure has been added during maintenance How can you migrate to a new version of DB2 and make sure you are current? clist developer already refrenced our request and he...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Cross-Invalidation due to pcloset/p-lock negotiation avoidance

Problem Statement / Pain points : Whenever there is no R/W activity and PCLOSET threshold is reached, pagesets SWITCH OUT of GBP dependency and the pages in our Bufferpools are cross-invalidated . Thereafter when R/W starts again, pagesets SWITCH ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Support BIDI in DB2 REST API

we create db2t rest services that select string with hebrew letters from db2 table . The hebrew letters in the result ,display in a opposite direction (In The REST message) letters in db2 'אבגדהו'letters in the result (rest) 'והדגבא'
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release