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Db2 for z/OS

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Display V12 function level instead of simply saying (New Function Activated)

When a Database Connection has been made, Data Studio displays the DB2 version of the data server and the fact if it is in New Function Mode or not. This type of information is sufficient for DB2 for z/OS V11 or earlier which really only had m...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Implementation of DATATYPE DECFLOAT in the creation of an index in DB2 for z/OS

The customer uses DATATYPE DECFLOAT to represent floating point numbers to a base of 10 instead of the base 2 to avoid rounding errors. On DB2 distributed the DATATYPE DECFLOAT is indexable and everything works as required. Requirement is that DAT...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Change IRLM hashing algorithm to offer a better and more efficient distribution of P-locks across LTEs

As per PMR 76883,999,866/TS002531202, when increasing DSMAX and PCLOSET/N parms to reduce TCB DBM1 CPU time owing to less open/close operations, we noticed a significant increase in IRLM CPU time, strongly correlated with higher number of currentl...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Would like means of collecting Maxdbat information by AUTHID

We are in the process of providing max thread limits via the Db2 Profile tables AUTHID entries for our applications. We would like to use a AUTHID=* entry to provide a default thread limit and use AUTHID=xxx values for applications which may need ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DB2 Dynamic Remove Active Log Command

I would like to be able to dynamically remove active log datasets from a DB2 subsystem/DB2 data sharing member that have a status of: STATUS=REUSABLESTATUS=TRUNCATED, REUSABLE This would allow DB2 active log datasets to be resized, without closing...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Port number info in DSNL200I msg For TCP/IP server connections

The DSNL200I msg for TCP/IP server (S) connections doesn't indicate the port number in the LOCATION column toghther with IP address.This information is useful to identify the DB/2 subsystems/members connected to the local DB/2 subsystem.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Db2 trace data should provide metrics related to usage of SysplexWLB (Workload Balancing) option

On our approach to change all remote connections to Db2 for z/OS into using SysplexWLB (workload balancing) option, we are missing a way to measure our progress here. (i. e. Java applications with property setting enableSysplexWLB=true) We would ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Support ARCHIVE tables by V7 accelerator

Today, temporal tables are supported by v7 accelerator. Archive tables that was released later in DB2 v11 are not supported. We are asking for support ARCHIVE tables also in the accelerator.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Delivered

Managing status of DB2 REST services

One of the really good things about the REST implementation is that it is based on static SQL. This makes it possible for us to get to know what services will be affected before we do some maintenance to one or more referenced tables. But, without...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Make the TCPIP address available for security purposes

Currently the only data available on IP address is the literal 'TCPIP' Please make the IP address available in a standardized fashion/form that the ESMs can exploit for source ID checking/verification...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered