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Db2 for z/OS

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Show DSNT709I also in Joblog of MSTR

If there are several instances of RLF tables, and someone activates a specific instance using the DSN command with the command -START RLIMIT ID=nn, this is currently impossible to trace, or at least very difficult to trace. The START command is on...
2 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Drop indexes with uniquerule P and C

When a tablespace is converted from PBG to PBR or even PBR-PBG-PBR all indexes become non-partitioned. There will not be a solution to convert non-partitioned indexes to partitioned. Instead IBM point to DB24ZOS-I-553 to create new unique indexes ...
6 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Removed object types after Db2 13

At IDUG in Valencia Haakon Roberts informed us that some object types and a few other things has to be removed before we can go to the version after Db2 13. These are Simple tablespaces Segmented Tablespaces Classic partitioned tablespaces Basic (...
6 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Optimizer related catalog tables to be temporal

I am aware that a few more tables in the Db2 catalog will be made temporal. This idea is to make ALL catalog tables that the optimizer uses to be temporal. This will enable the user community and also Db2 zAI to extract the statistics that were in...
9 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Write Current Compression Dictionary to Log

Write compression dictionary to the Log upon its creation. This would enable true independence of data capture from actual table space availability and/or status. By implication, this might eliminate the need to write the old dictionary to the log...
16 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Db2 could support the UPDATE option for Db2 z/OSMF workflows

whenever an RSUyymm maintenance makes significant changes to a install job and/or workflow member it gets regenerated via the UPDATE option which should result in a quicker turn around less prone to error Note: found a similar request made in 2022...
19 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Add global variable support for hopped stored procedures with LOB return parameter

Currently it is not possible to change the value of global variables when an external stored procedure is hopped (for instance called with 3-part-name) and returns LOB data. Please find additional information in the corresponding support case. Som...
19 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Add LOB Support for db2 autonomous storedprocedures

Currently it is not possible to use lob attributes in autonomous procedures. To insert large data into db2 outside the "normal" transaction of work it would be usefull to have autonomous procedures which supports lob data
19 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Reduce shutdown time - allow for reduction of Db2 footprint before STOP DB2

As the Db2 footprint on our mainframe systems has increased (larger bufferpools, larger GBPs, more open datasets), one of the challenges we have faced is that Db2 takes longer to shut down. Our shop has recently focused on reducing down-time and i...
23 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Add auditing to Db2 profile tables

We need a way to determine who/what/when changed something on the profile tables. DSN_PROFILE_TABLE DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES Current tables have timestamp but it's static. Would be nice to have row change timestamp added so we have both insert and u...
24 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review