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DB2 Developer Extension for z/OS - add ability to copy and import/export existing connections

Adding a Db2 z/OS connection requires optional parameters for SSL connections which are often missed when setting up the connection. Adding the ability to copy an existing connection would allow a new connection to be set up more quickly. The copy...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

UNLOAD Utility

The ability to UNLOAD a table (including using SQL) is required. Additionally, the ability to UNLOAD from an image COPY is required. We need the same type of capability that is available in Db2 for z/OS. We copy/migrate (via LOAD) data from one en...
2 days ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Under review

REORG Utility

The REORG utility (or a new utility) needs to be redesigned so that concurrent application modifications can continue while the REORG utility is running. This needs to be a TRUE "REORG" such that the data is unloaded in key order and put back in t...
2 days ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Under review

IDAA - Db2 Accelerator for z/OS - MFA implementation similar to HMA (HMC)

Regulatory requirements are requiring our organization to work with all vendors and try and have all products and tooling that requires logon and password to be MFA compliant. Recently we implemented IDAA on Linux One and our IDAA and Hardware tea...
2 days ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow application to decide what to do when a timeout occurs (-911 vs. -913)

In time-critical processes, it can be important to be able to react to timeout conditions in Db2. In Db2 V13, there is new functionality that allows an application to override the default timeout setting (the CURRENT LOCK TIMEOUT special register)...
3 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

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 ...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

IIDR CDC for Db2 for zOS Remote Source instance creation issue

During the CDC installation process, where the ./dmconfigurets tool is used, there are some options that can be entered as input, although they are quite limited. The need is to make the tool as flexible as possible and, allowing it to change the ...
4 days ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

Provide Cognos Analytics on Cloud Integration with ServiceNow

Integrate Cognos Analytics on Cloud with ServiceNow to query ServiceNow data in Cognos.
11 minutes ago in Cognos Analytics / Cognos Cloud 0 Submitted

Optimize task execution with task rerun inf in TaskContext

When a Symphony task fails, it is currently re-dispatched and rerun, with each rerun treated as a new execution. The application service code is unaware of whether the task is running for the first time or being retried. We propose including task ...
about 4 hours ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

In Manta Admin UI - cDB2 connection validation should be successful when user is mapped to a DB Group/Role

Why is it useful? This ensures that required permissions needed by IBM Manta is in place. The scanner for cDB2 will produce desired data lineage for cDB2 database. Who would benefit from it? IBM Manta users. How should it work? In Manta Admin UI -...
about 7 hours ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted