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Replace a brand new server in a pacemaker cluster

Env ====DB2 V12.1.1 (Special Build 54779) with HADR setting on RHEL V9.4 1) HADR Primary : server-1 2) HADR Standby : server-2 3) A single ESE : server-3 Steps ====1) Config server-1 & server-2 as HADR pair2) Config pacemaker to join server-1 ...
5 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 2 Under review

Improvement in Db2 LOAD UTILITY processes associate with data replication via Qrep

-Need: Meet the growing demand for data replication from Banco do Brasil -Scenario: Banco do Brasil is a large user of data replication using Qrep (IIDR) + DB2 v13 for zOS, there are thousands of tables replicated from production environments for ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

SQL0659N to supply relevant data

When a query fails with SQL0659 ("Maximum size of a table object has been exceeded") there is no indication of which object is at fault. In the execution I am examining there is also nothing relevant in the diagnostic log. An indication in the err...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Submitted

Change Db2 Load And Db2 Reorg To Selectively Ignore KEEPDICTIONARY

Change Db2 Load and Db2 Reorg to ignore KEEPDICTIONARY if the tablespace part is currently compressed and* SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS IN ('F','H') & SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS <> SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS_USED OR * SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS = 'Y' & zP...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Db2 native and RACF security consistency requirement

This is especially important for shops like ours where for years DB2 native security and migrate to RACF security to be complaint with security audit and policies, and also new mainframe applications standards. There is multiple areas where curren...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

remove restriction "rwx" for others from "/tmp" or location configured by DB2TMPDIR variable

To extra secure the server where DB2 software is installed it is preferred to create directories which don't have write and executable rights for others. On this way it prevents an ordinary user to create scripts on its own and execute them. In th...
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

Automatic Table Partition Creation and Purging Based on Date Expressions

I propose the addition of a native feature in Db2 LUW for automatic table partition management based on a date or timestamp column. Specifically: Automatic Partition Creation: Allow users to define partitioning expressions (e.g., daily, monthly, y...
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Future consideration

REBIND allocated plan

Before going to Db2 13 we have to rebind some plans that were last bound in Db2 10. We have also previously got the recommendation to rebind all plans when we have migrated to a new Db2 version. We have a problem with plans that are always allocat...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Deposit some information about latch status in HVCOMMON to avoid Db2 abend

Db2 abended due to EOM in one of its threads (in this case an online REORG). The request is that some more information about thread status is saved in common storage (e.g. HVCOMMON) to help SSSC to cleanup the job and to avoid that it must take do...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

DSNTEP2/DSNTEP4 program parameter to specify the output record length without the need to recompile the program

we are in the process of migrating IBM tools and utilities from a third party vendor to IBM software and we need a program to run SQL select statements in batch with an output record length greater than 133 characters. In the IBM manual for sample...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review