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Db2 for z/OS

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Display Trace owner when OPx buffer used

The -DISPLAY TRACE(*) command does not indicate which address space owns the trace when the destination is OPx. Since the OPx destination must be managed by some product/address space it would be helpful to know this. A typical scenario: The syspr...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Support of static SQL (SQLJ) for IntelliJ regarding Code completion and Error Detection

A lot of customers are using IntelliJ enterprise wide, while still using static sql in Java and therefore have a heavy need for support of the IDE and not just read log output and match it with the code in the editor.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Externalize DDF Alias level statistics into SMF

Currently we do have SMF data for DB2 system level distributed workload but do not have DDF Alias level statistics with in SMF, only available adhoc option is to issue DIS DDF <alias> DETAIL to look at DDF alias level active dbats and connec...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

INTERPRET Function for Packed-decimal Data

We have some old tables with a CHAR column where we store a record formatted by a Cobol Program. It contains a mix of display data and packed-decimal data. To use that data we have to read it in a Cobol program and interpret it using a Cobol copyb...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

real append processing on insert for LOB when specifying append

Our customers send us many millions of documents every day, which we have to save in the form of LOBs very quickly and without interruption in DB2. For this we use the APPEND option to be able to process the inserts as quickly as possible. Unfortu...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add SCOPE(GROUP) to the Start/Stop Profile command

In our shop we have many Db2 data sharing members. If we need to stop and then start our profile tables we need to do so in many places. Adding the SCOPE(GROUP) to the both the start and the stop command would reduce the number of places and comma...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Better RMF API support in Db2 stats collection

Db2 can extract z/OS - LPAR related info from RMF when ZOSMETRICS ZPARM is enabled. However for this to work in a sysplex environment it is required that EVERY member in the sysplex has the Db2 SDSNLINK library in the linklist , regardless of whet...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Restart Time of DB2 should not be dependent on SCA size

During restart of DB2, the time difference between DSNR003I and DSNR004I is a function of the SCA size. Case TS009645595 was opened and has all the details. But in summary: this large time differenece of 30 seconds (in our case) is a function of t...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New DB2z "LOCKMAXCANCEL" tablespace characteristic - cancel thread when N locks have been reached

Suggest a new parameter for the TABLESPACE definition (perhaps named "LOCKMAXCANCEL"). LOCKMAXCANCEL This would allow you to specific a number that represent the maximum number of locks that can be acquired for the tablespace at which point the th...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow Secondary AUTHID and Patterns in AUTHID column of the RLF tables

In order to make administration of the RLF tables easier, we would like to be able to enter a Secondary Authid or an ID Pattern. Secondary AUTHIDs would allow us to use definitions in the Security Manager to accommodate resource limits for many ID...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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