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Db2 for z/OS

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Allow the alteration to another bufferpool (with the same page size) for a specific partition.

When deciding on which bufferpool to place a tablespace in, I have found that different partitions have different requirements. when the "hotspot" of a table (that would benefit by being in a larger bufferpool) is at the end, putting the last part...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring an assembly and link-edit of a load module to contain them.
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DB2 IFCID fields too small to accomodate data

As described in PMR 46301,820,820 the following fileds in DB2 needs to be changed to handle binary overflow which is common on customer installation:- Number of getpage requests. F QBACGET- The number of requests to lock a resource. F QTXALOCK - T...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Incorporate Query Monitor Style Capture Into Base Db2 Product

Incorporate Query Monitor-like data capture into base Db2 product. This would greatly improve the stability of DB2 itself and might provide IBM supported API to the tool vendors.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable DSM to display the full SQL from monitoring instead of truncated SQL

Structured Idea Details: Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points,IIAS appliance displays alerts in its console via monitoring which is under the covers done by DSM components. DSM monitoring displaying an alert on a S...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Alter IX / TS page size at individual partition level

For MSOR application: For very large TS / IX with thousands of partitions, deployed in a 24 x 7 environment, the restriction of having to alter page size at the TS / IX level rather than by individual partitions is unrealistic for customers. The c...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Index-Only tables

request, xref MR1113081118 For a table where all columns are used in the primary index, allow only the index definition rather than having to define tablespace and indexspace, or have the table use an index access like process, rather than a table...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

UDFs for JSON support for greater documents

At the moment the UDFs for JSON support can handle JSON documents up to a size of 16M. We would like to use these functions also for even greater documents to simplyfy the usage of JSON in Db2.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DB2 z/OS v10 - Change the ALTER native_SQL_proc REGENERATE statement to accept APRETAINDUP, APREUSE, and APCOMPARE options.

This change needs to be made so customers can REGENERATE NSPs in DB2 Version 10 for VSCR and potential CPU savings without changing access paths. Furthermore, the same reasons used to justify adding APRETAINDUP, APREUSE, and APCOMPARE options to t...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Backup System, timely release SYSPITR lock when Backup fails

Previously submitted to IBM via RFE 128774: !!!! Not able to select the appropiate Produkt, therefore select a random produkt. Produkt should be DB2 for z/OS !!!! When SYSPITR lock is held too long this can lead to Groupbufferpool shortages and D...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration