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Db2 for z/OS

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Make VPSEQT 100 XI-refresh feature delivered in PI59168 available for non-PGSTEAL-NONE pools or objects.

In PI59168, IBM delivered an enhancement for PGSTEAL NONE bufferpools, whereby setting VPSEQT to 100, Db2 would automatically refresh objects that experienced pseudo-close. This rectified a huge issue at our shop where pseudo-closed objects had to...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Track Data Volume

1.How can I track volume of data for a minute ( How many insertions, Hoe many deletions, How many reads, How many writes..etc ). I am able to see the percentage but I need numbers. 2.How can I set the only two ranges ( Min and Max for System CPU,D...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Default value for DECLARED GLOBAL TEMPORARY Table

Current default for DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE is ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS. We would like to have the ability to change this via a zparm to ON COMMIT DROP TABLE so that we maximize our thread resuse.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 V12 - Installation CLIST - Panel DSNTIPG1 - IC DATA SET UNIT NAME - format of DSNTIJIC

For Db2 V12, going through the installation CLIST to migrate, panel DSNTIPG1 MIGRATE DB2 - INSTALLATION PREFERENCES PANEL 2 3 IC DATA SET UNIT NAME With Db2 V12, IC DATA SET UNIT NAME determines the format of the Db2 catalog and directory image ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Possibilty for setting ASUTIME LIMIT

If you have a SQL in the editor or in a file you can't set the ASUTIME LIMIT. This is only possible for a stored procedure at the moment. It would be graet to be able set this when a rare SQL needs more time.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ADD SMF89 to install panels for DB2

while installing db2 or upgrading zparms I need to go in an manually change the zparm from SMF89=NO to YES everytime I ran the installation parm. If another systems programmer doesnt know this there is the risk that they copy over SMF89=YES and no...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Dynamically add active log with a critical message displayed in hot terminal

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almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Status RREPL can be removed via normal start

In DB2 V10, we can do a START RREPL to certify that only a replication product (in our case, qrep) can update the table. It's good, as today we need a trigger in the target table to have this. The problem is that with a single start RW this restri...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Seperation of DB2 latch 24 coutner in EDM pool and prefetch counter

EDM pool latch suspend cannot be recognized in the DB2 statistics latch 24 counter, because suspends for prefetch are also counted in this field. In the DB2 statistics IFCID 001 there are QVLS latch counters, which are reporting the number of susp...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add CART to DSN3106I for trappable response

Add a CART token to the DSN3106I message from the DB2 subsystem. This allows the message to be trapped by console automation tools such as NetView pipelines. Without the CART, the automation process/clist will not be able to obtain the appropriate...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration