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Db2 for z/OS

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Limit access to stop audit traces

We suggest that audit traces including class 11 can only be stopped be authids authorized to access the Db2 audit policy profile by a z/OS® security product. For compliance reasons (e.g. PCI DSS), we need to be able to document activities perf...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Set object status to prohibit data access

Before we drop a Db2 table we need to make sure that noone use the object in any way. We solve this now by stopping the tablespace and keeping it stopped for about six months. This means that noone can access the data and noone can run a utility a...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Update DB2 (DDF) to use a stronger Hash Algorithm in the DDF global authentication cache feature

Presently, DB2 DDF is using MD5 Hashing in the DDF global authentication cache feature. This hashing cipher is long considered weak and guidance is that it should no longer be used. We ask IBM to consider a change to DB2 to up level this feature t...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DB2 should provide a built-in stored procedure for sending emails

Other DBRMs including DB2 LUW provide built-in options to send an email by calling a stored procedure. DB2 for zOS doesn't support that.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Future consideration

DB2 IFI306 metrics

With out IFCID 306 log read metrics, it is difficult assess capture task efficiency and performance
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Report Which Member(s) Are Holding Up Commit-LSN Advancement

Requesting that Db2 issue a message when the commit LSN enhancement hasn't made progress for in a reasonable period of time, preferably with the LSN of all Db2 members so that Db2 customers can identify which member(s) could be holding up the LSN ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Increase messaging detail after STOP Db2 to provide shutdown status information.

As Db2 continues to allow more and more capacity in a single subsystem - larger bufferpools, more open datasets, etc - the time to shut down Db2 continues to increase. Operational staff has complained repeatedly that they cannot tell whether Db2 i...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide incremental progress messages through a DB2 group restart

During a recent DR activity our Db2 had issues during group recovery and it was challenging to determine at what point Db2 had gone as far as it could before requiring the other member to be restarted to resolve any locks RC00C200EB . The MSTR log...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

OPTIMIZER IGNORE INDEX indexcreator.indexname

Looking to replace NPI with DPSI. DSPI is created, and would like to verify that all SQLs that were using NPI, when Rebound/executed dynamically would either a) use either newly created DPSI or another index on the table and b) have run time perfo...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Externalize high water marker for EDM pool in Db2 trace on Db2 V12

This stat is useful and required to tune EDM pool appropriately. This would be useful for DB2 systems programmer and DB2 Performance Teams. We had a case opened and the decision is to externalize this feature only with v13. It would be great to ha...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration