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Automatic deletion of empty SYSDISC datasets

BMC LOAD...DELETEFILES YES SYSDISC YES causes an empty SYSDISC file to be deleted. Also it appears this happens automatically when PARALLEL is used with the IBM utility but only with PARALLEL.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Delay Statistics: add read cache hit and split lock/latch delays

Make it easier to track lock vs latch delays at statement level. Identify applications that could benefit from zhyperlink enablement.
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

new optkey ”requester location”

We need an optkey option that will always contain the ip-address for distributed SQL
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

PAW - Close all open books

In PAW the functionality to close all open books is missing. Currently a user has to close one book at a time. A functionality similar to TM1 Web "Close all" and "Close others" is desirable.
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Future consideration

Add ability to find map dependencies

Before deleting a map, we would like a way to find any other dependent maps. Virtual views that reference the map Web Services that reference the map Virtual tables pointing to other virtual tables on the same (or different) subsystems
almost 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Trigger an alert mechanism whenever a DML transaction is captured in between 2 DDL transactions on the same table

If we run a DDL-DML-DDL scenario and update the metadata of the table using dmreaddtable command and resume mirroring, the data is getting mapped incorrectly. This has been observed where the datatypes are similar and CDC starts capturing data wit...
almost 2 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Future consideration

DB2z Custom Routing of Utility Messages to DDs

Sometimes you need to quickly review only certain utility messages from a very large output of several utility executions, or only a few where there might've been many, many objects processed. It is very awkward to have to go through perhaps thous...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Patched Spark 2.4.3 as new micro version

Supporting multiple patched versions of Spark 2.4.3 on a cluster, in order to facilitate per SIG Spark 2.4.3_patchversion roll out. This will require a Spark 2.4.3_version for every new patch.
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.4.1 0 Future consideration

Ability to refresh a single Map and not the entire Maplib in batch

Modify the AVZMREFB REXX to allow for the refresh of a single VSAM MAP and not the entire Maplib. When controlling the refresh of VSAM maps in a batch environment where the VSAM files are reloaded frequently there is the need to control the refres...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

US-Telco - need GDP & WKC Data Protection for multi-node database environments

This RFE is for the "strategic/longterm" option for an optimized solution w. CP4D and GDP. Other RFEs will be opened against CP4D/GDP to track other requirements/ solutions For large US Telco company integration GDP and WKC for remote PDP - this w...
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration