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Db2 for z/OS

Support passthrough-only expressions in native SQL on Db2 for z/OS

It has been asked for before but at the last GUIDE GSE Germany it was once again discussed. The requirement is for some, at least the REGEXP_% ones, of the passthrough-only expressions to be really supported in Db2 for z/OS native. More and more d...
2 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Submitted

Allow Redirected Recovery from System Level Backups

Currently redirected recovery is not supported for system level backups (SLB's). The Db2 V13 documentation states:"Restore of concurrent copies and system-level backups is not supported; these types of backups are ignored by redirected recovery".A...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Db2 Connect NULLID packages should be shipped in Db2 zos PTFs for BIND

This is a historic and on-going problem with the design of binding the NULLID packages on Db2 zOS from the Db2 Connect client installer. For high-security mainframe platforms, the Db2 Connect installer will not have authority to bind on a producti...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Simplify REVOKE by REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES and RETAIN OBJECTS

1) REVOKE of old grants is complex due to many things that might not be revokable in the same revoke - if one fails the entire statement fails. Usually privileges are revoked due to a person leaving or moving into different a different role . REVO...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Future consideration

LOAD could end with RC=08 when no columns are detailed and lose data after VARCHARs

When a table has a column with varying length (VARCHAR, VARBINARY) and other columns after it, LOAD needs the column description in SYSIN to be loaded correctly, and ends with RC=00 (or RC=04 if remains CopyPend state). But if you forget to explic...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Please provide a DB2 catalog and directory reorg job in SDSNSAMP.

Please provide a DB2 catalog and directory reorg in job in SDSNSAMP which would contain the appropriate parameters to obtain 85-90% of the maximum performance available from IBM's DB2 Reorg utility. It would be useful for everyone who runs DB2 on ...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Enhance CATMAINT output to show what has been done.

Please enhance the CATMAINT output to actually show what has been done. Currently when we execute CATMAINT to change the catalog level, the following output is produced: DSNU000I 083 15:07:58.39 DSNUGUTC - OUTPUT START FOR UTILITY, UTILID = RELODC...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Support more than 14,500 archive log data sets in Db2 to achieve archiving and recovery requirements

Busy Db2 systems archive logs frequently due to log data set size limits. Additionally, cyber resiliency RPO requirements force frequent log switches based on a time interval (e.g., switch every 5 minutes). Both leads to more frequent log archivin...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Allow Override of Allocated Data Sets in Batch CLIST Input (DSNTIDOM) in DB2 Migration/Install

In Db2 for z/OS, the DSNTIDOM input member defines parameter values that control how the installation/migration/function‑level activation CLIST generates tailored JCL jobs and artifacts when run in batch mode. DSNTIDOM corresponds to the panel fie...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

New Alert for Active Log Dataset Time Span reaching defined Timeframe

There is lots of good instrumentation and documented processes known and available on how to calculate and monitor db2 active and archive log metrics like volumes, log switches and usage thresholds. But each and every customer has to buid their ow...
9 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review