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Db2 for z/OS

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Allow the alteration to another bufferpool (with the same page size) for a specific partition.

When deciding on which bufferpool to place a tablespace in, I have found that different partitions have different requirements. when the "hotspot" of a table (that would benefit by being in a larger bufferpool) is at the end, putting the last part...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Incorporate Query Monitor Style Capture Into Base Db2 Product

Incorporate Query Monitor-like data capture into base Db2 product. This would greatly improve the stability of DB2 itself and might provide IBM supported API to the tool vendors.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable DSM to display the full SQL from monitoring instead of truncated SQL

Structured Idea Details: Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points,IIAS appliance displays alerts in its console via monitoring which is under the covers done by DSM components. DSM monitoring displaying an alert on a S...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

UDFs for JSON support for greater documents

At the moment the UDFs for JSON support can handle JSON documents up to a size of 16M. We would like to use these functions also for even greater documents to simplyfy the usage of JSON in Db2.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Make Select Into Global Variables dynamically preparable

DB2 for z/OS v12 currently only allows SELECT ... INTO in app. programs and stored procedures. It would be extremely useful if users could perform SELECT INTO global variables in dynamic queries.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Backup System, timely release SYSPITR lock when Backup fails

Previously submitted to IBM via RFE 128774: !!!! Not able to select the appropiate Produkt, therefore select a random produkt. Produkt should be DB2 for z/OS !!!! When SYSPITR lock is held too long this can lead to Groupbufferpool shortages and D...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Convert DSNACCEL Database to UTS w/o TOTAL Outage for HA Customers with Replication

PTF for APAR PI91467/UI54612 is something we picked up with RSU1806 this fall, I was planning to perform this work in 2019. We are not experiencing any time out issues. But, have plans to migrate to DB2 V12 in 2019. I am aware that this database/t...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

To consider IX included columns to solve db2 foreign key implicit accesses

As mentioned in PMR related, the DB2 is not considering the INCLUDED COLUMNS to FK implicit access atempt causing a bad performance.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

V12-CERT-2017 Additional Columns in SYSLEVELUPDATES

When migrating to Continuous Delivery on several DB2 data sharing groups and implementing different function levels across our environment, we'd like a way to get the Group Name other than by display command. We could then use that information to ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Remote stored procedure bind deploy change request

SYSTEM:DB2 Remote stored procedure bind deploy We use the below JCL to move DB2 stored procedures from remote DB2 test environment DB2 Production environment. The qualifier/schema changes between test and production. //JS010 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1B,DYNA...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration