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DISPLAY DB Command CLAIMERS does not list LOAD utility

Our DBAs have realized that when a load job is running against a tablespace and the load utility is active, the display claimer did not show the jobname that are executing the job. However , the display use does show the job name. For example: -DI...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Is a defect

Hostfactory config file audit

Like SD, RS, we need to audit HostFactory config files including requestors and providers. The information we need is user name, host info, parameter changed, file name.
2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Provide a 0penTelemetry instrumented Symphony library

Request to support OpenTelemetry and provide the instrumented Symphony C++ library
2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Ability to Reconnect during a failure on a highly available Database like Cockroach DB

We are replicating data from DB2 to Cockroach DB using the CDC FlexRep flavor. And we have a highly available multi region/multi cluster Cockroach DB which allows client to access the database anytime. A client connecting to the Database uses a Ne...
2 months ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Under review

For tables w/ columns that are generated by default, update the internal sequence with the next value for the column

When using Qrep for DR , we have to make the target table which has generated numeric values to be generated by default. That is understood. In a DR scenario, when we fail over from the A to the B side, we have to run a script that gets the max va...

Enhance LOAD to support Load on DATABASE level

We suppose to enhance LOAD utility to allow LOAD DATABASE, intended to create the possibility of loading several or all tables of a database in one step using only one SYSREC file. Background: In the past, using segmented tablespaces, we had the o...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Manta Lineage Export in Default Mode to Alation with SSO Enabled

Currently Manta is able to export lineage to Alation in "DEFAULT" mode based on the Service Account credentials which would auto-generate Refresh Token to upload lineage, without adversely impacting the process due to session expiry as in the case...
2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Need a utility to defragment large tables in a timely fashion when REORG is unable to reclaim space

Large, highly volatile, tables can become heavily fragmented when there is a significant amount of daily delete and insert activity. In some cases, the rows deleted don't leave enough empty space on a page for a REORG to clean up or reclaim that s...
12 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Future consideration

"Select All" Filter Limitation in Reports

Add the option to Select All after searching for values in a Reports filter or remove the limitation when trying to shift-click a large data set.The limitation seems like a bug, but support from case number TS000955204 said to open a RFE to resolve.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Planned for future release

Expand IFCID 258 to include the last available partition (based on MAXPARTITIONS) of a partitioned table spaces.

IBM already produces IFCID 258 when an extent is taken. Would IBM may consider the expansion into the last available partition to be a noteworthy event or either inform the MAXPARTITION value. So, the percentage of available partitions can be calc...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration