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Db2 for z/OS

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Support more granular system parameter settings

Support the ability to set system parameters at the application level.For example, allow parameters to be specified based on specific:- plan- package (specify collection, package)- authid or role- client info properties DB2 should have the ability...
about 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Control of Locksize and Maxpartitions for implicitly defined tablespaces.

We must be able to control parameters like locksize and maxpartitions on implicitly defined tablespaces.In DB2 V12R1M504 multi table tablespaces are deprecated, so we need to use implicitly defined tablespaces for QMF useres. Today we use segmente...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

RENAME function for tablespaces

the availability of the conversion of multi-table-tablespaces to UTS-PBG tablespaces is restricted to non-UTS tablespaces (source object). I would like to use this functionality to RENAME a tablespace (when the source is already a UTS-PBG TS) - bu...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Client IP Address from Db2 connect server

We use Db2 Connect as a gateway to access Db2 z/OS. We have several situations where a user connects to Db2 z/OS using an invalid password and the user is revoked. On the Db2 z/OS side, only the Db2 Connect IP (gateway) is registered. I would need...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Populate DSSIZE for ALL pagesets to simplify monitoring and avoiding pageset full conditions

The rules surrounding the maximum size for any given pageset have become more and more complicated over recent releases of Db2. This severely affects our ability to monitor for pageset full conditions, as while it is relatively straight forward to...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Link FLA messages to auto recovery task id

We did a large GRECP recovery test with around 68.000 GBP dependend objects. After restart and the automatic GRECP recovery we see a lot of DSNI025I, DSNI026I, DSNI027I, DSNI028I and DSNI029I messages as expected, but they have no correlation to t...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance the -904 REASON 00E30305 with the root cause of the failing AUTOBIND

The APAR PH13350 enhancement writes a notification DSNT408I SQLCODE = -904, ERROR: UNSUCCESSFUL EXECUTION CAUSED BY AN UNAVAILABLE RESOURCE. REASON 00E30305 , TYPE OF RESOURCE This is a useful notification but it can be quite difficult to find the...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Masking function with GRANT per column

Column masking has been great help in managing sensitive data and complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).But today’s solution to know if a user has access to data without masking is to create a Mask using a CASE with SESSION_...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Enhance DB2 System Profile’s history table

Although DB2 profile history tables are available, they cannot currently provide a complete history of enabled and disabled profiles. Actually, a DB2 profile is registered in the history tables only for START PROFILE commands, and only if the prof...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DB2 V13 REMOVE LOG command - SET LOG REMOVE LOG

Hi, Please could the DB2 V13 command SET LOG REMOVELOG be updated as follows: 1. An option is provided so the the command either works or fails? We want the option to not have REMOVAL PENDING logs in our BSDS after a SET LOG REMOVELOG command is i...
almost 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration