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    Always allow parameter NOSYSREC for REORG TABLESPACE

    NOSYSREC can be specified för REORG TABLESPACE. It can improve performance for the REORG. There are some situations where NOSYSREC is not allowed. The most common situation is when no data will be sorted during the REORG TABLESPACE job. Examples: ...
    3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    DISPLAY BUFFERPOOL issues a message, TOTAL SYNC I/O DELAY FOR BP?? = ?????????? MILLISECONDS.

    We are currently are running a bufferpool simulation in production. When I issue the command: -DISPLAY BUFFERPOOL(BP40) DETAIL(INTERVAL) The following message is issued: DSNB432I -DPP2 SIMULATED BUFFER POOL ACTIVITY - AVOIDABLE READ PAGE MISSES - ...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    after bind/rebind with VALIDATE(RUN) authorization check of static sql is performed at run time. We need an ability to define, this check against the SQL authorization ID, not package owner

    If a plan or package is bound with VALIDATE(RUN), authorization checking is still performed at bind time, but the referenced objects and the privileges required to use these objects need not exist at this time. If any privilege required for a stat...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Add time option for expensive trace

    I am hearing customers are having issues or aren't wanting to execute expensive traces due to risk. How about adding a timer option to these types of traces so they will run and then automatically turn off to prevent issues and help adoption/confi...
    12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    DB2 Plan invalidation

    As of V13, a DB2 Plan packlist can point to specific packages. If all versions of the package are freed the Plan is invalidated. We've had a number of instances where programmers have removed programs no longer in use and invalidated active plans....
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Syntax-Verification of DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES entries upon insert / update

    Db2 Systemprofiles are configured via the two tables DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES and are filled by the customer. Some fields are restricted to specific values for proper function. However, there is no errorhandling, in case of inv...
    10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    64-bit db2 COBOL pgms full support

    Make COBOL DB2 programs (programs SQL) fully 64-bit compatible (right now, a 64-bit COBOL pgm would have to call a 31-bit subroutine that does the DB2 stuff; the main pgm cannot do that)
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Enhanced Instrumentation for workfiles

    A possibility through IFI and/or a new command -DIS WORKFILES to get an “asis” use list of all work pools (Sort , DGTT, Work etc.) This data is crucial for tuning the number, size and type of the work spaces that we all have. The output should be ...
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    IFC processing - Avoid writing a LOGREC for an expected 0C4 abend.

    Reduce number of entries for 0C4 abends in LOGREC. For instance 0C4-38 abends at Csect DSNWAACT Offset X'1118' is an expected abend and thus it shouldn't be written in a logrec. This abend0C4 is expected and DB2 FRR recovery routine retry the move...
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Improve visibility of choosen access path after rebind

    We are using Db2 AI for z/OS with and without validation of the provided optimizations in SQL Optimization.For the option "with validation" you can see in the details table from the improvement which access path would be choosen after the rebind.I...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 AI for z/OS 0 Submitted

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