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Db2 for z/OS

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    Complete PROFILE support for SQL tuning ZPARMS

    While modelling a production system it was noticed that the PROFILE support is not 100% up to date and compatible with the actual ZPARMs that the Db2 Optimizer uses. I opened a case TS019778440 and they said "Yes, it is missing, please open an AHA...
    5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

    DISPLAY BUFFERPOOL issues a message, TOTAL SYNC I/O DELAY FOR BP?? = ?????????? MILLISECONDS.

    We are currently are running a bufferpool simulation in production. When I issue the command: -DISPLAY BUFFERPOOL(BP40) DETAIL(INTERVAL) The following message is issued: DSNB432I -DPP2 SIMULATED BUFFER POOL ACTIVITY - AVOIDABLE READ PAGE MISSES - ...
    5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    after bind/rebind with VALIDATE(RUN) authorization check of static sql is performed at run time. We need an ability to define, this check against the SQL authorization ID, not package owner

    If a plan or package is bound with VALIDATE(RUN), authorization checking is still performed at bind time, but the referenced objects and the privileges required to use these objects need not exist at this time. If any privilege required for a stat...
    5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    In a UTS world shouldn't DSNUCH01 include DSNUM as 3rd column for this SYSCOPY's index?

    In a UTS world shouldn't DSNUCH01 include DSNUM as 3rd column for the SYSCOPY's index?, since DB2 v12 all tablespaces should be defined as Universal Table Space, PBR or PBG. Segmented and Simple tablespaces are deprecated.
    almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Raise BUFND in DSNJLSR and associated log access modules

    Performance in all services which read log records from the log copies or from archive log, e.g. DSN1LOGP, RECOVER, Online REORG, BACKOUT processing, Db2 restart and probably some more. Tests were already done for the log access via DSNJLSR and th...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Db2 native and RACF security consistency requirement

    This is especially important for shops like ours where for years DB2 native security and migrate to RACF security to be complaint with security audit and policies, and also new mainframe applications standards. There is multiple areas where curren...
    almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Make Auto-start of PROFILE More Robust

    We have experienced PROFILE auto-start failure when the DB2 Recovery process was not complete. Hopefully, a change is made to the DB2 product to make auto-start succeed even in cases like that.
    about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Provide one Db2 message to indicate that GRECP and LPL recovery is complete across a Db2 data sharing group.

    We use automation to drive our disaster recovery processes to reduce the recovery time and remove human interaction. We have been running into issues with starting software products that require access to Db2 before it has completed GRECP and LPL ...
    11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Allow alter column to drop NOT NULL constraint

    Currently the only way to remove the NOT NULL constraint from a column is to unload the table, drop-recreate table (or drop-add column) and reload table. Such a small change needs so much effort, and causes unnecessary outage and service disruptio...
    almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Make IFI process zIIP eligible

    With more and more data being replicated off host, the replication tasks are increasingly using more and more CPU to read the logs. Allowing the IFI read process to be zIIP eligible would help reduce our general purpose CPU consumption. This would...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

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