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Instead of 504 errors, concise errors should be surfaced to the user, instead of having to dig through CP4D/vLLM logs

Instead of 504 errors, if it's something surfaced from vLLM like: 2025-08-22T00:41:31.362506975Z ERROR 08-22 00:41:31 [serving_chat.py:200] ValueError: This model's maximum context length is 128000 tokens. However, you requested 844373 tokens (840...
3 months ago in Watson Studio / watsonx.ai 0 Under review

Streaming for Audio Functionality

It would be beneficial to have a streaming option for the new audio functionality in watsonx.ai. This would enable live transcription, which is a common use case.
3 months ago in Watson Studio / watsonx.ai 0 Under review

Provide an automate way to alter catalog copies after Db2 catalog changes (CATMAINT)

We using catalog copies in Db2 Administration tool. We have created 7 copies (1 for each day to get one week back). Every night we load data from the Db2 catalog in one of these catalog copies. This works good since years but we looking for a more...
7 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow for Altering the Partitioning Columns Through Panels

When altering the columns involved in partitioning a table, several steps must be done which introduces complexity and potential for errors. This is the current provided solution: Do a GEN on the table and save the generated DDL. Adjust the partit...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Retrieve IDAA trace data in background

In Admin Tool you can retrieve trace data for the accelerator using Z;AC and then line command TR. We would prefer to do that using Admin Tool instead of Data Studio. But there is a problem. The process run in foreground mode so the ISPF session i...
12 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Rise a limit of 36400 packages to rebind

Please consider rising the limit of packages to REBIND from panels. Currently the limit is 36400 packages to rebind. The problem can be observed on panel ADB21K with REBINDALL command when there is mode than 36400 packages listed. We found that th...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add NetApp Trident storage support for WatsonX.AI (5.2 and onwards)

Our aligned storage solution on containerized applications is NetApp Trident. We have invested heavily in this, so it is our expectation that the enterprise grade solution of WatsonX.AI supports this storage solution. Forcing to use ODF just for t...
4 months ago in Watson Studio / watsonx.ai 0 Under review

Require Change to Primary Index When Primary Constraint is Changed in Alter Session

Currently when an alter is performed on the primary constraint for a table, Admin Tool will warn that a corresponding change should also be performed on the primary index. However, you can back out of that warning and generate WSL which does not i...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Support for Bind avoidance when using Enterprise Cobol with co-processor

The basic idea of Bind Avoidance is to exchange the consistency token in the executing code from the current version to the previous which means that no package bind will be necessary. Traditionally the Db2 pre-compiler has been used to pre-proces...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add link to alter from panel showing constraints

Refer to case TS004736427 "Primary key maintenance enhancements" The panel ADB21TN is the "Constraints" panel off of normal catalog navigation. It should have a command added to alter the constraint (simply send user to ADBP7CTP "Alter Primary ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration