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Reduce minimum value for Zparm MAXCONQW from 5 to 0

Our team is wanting to make use of MAXCONQN/MAXCONQW zparms, and they are wanting to have as much control of the values of these zparms as possible. The minimum value of MAXCONQW is 5 seconds, but we are wanting to have values between 0 and 5 for ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Ability to change APPEND for tables for xml column

For tables that implicitly created for XML columns, the APPEND is inherited from the base table. It is only correct for the CREATE statement. Altering the base table and change the APPEND value does not change in the xml table. Try to alter t...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add CART to DSN3106I for trappable response

Add a CART token to the DSN3106I message from the DB2 subsystem. This allows the message to be trapped by console automation tools such as NetView pipelines. Without the CART, the automation process/clist will not be able to obtain the appropriate...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MultiCluster RestAPI

Could you please provide samples and docs for SMC REST API ? Samples should ideally cover logon, service add, service sync, profile registration, profile fragment update, retrieve profile.As Ajith mentioned, please deliver samples before docs if t...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Future consideration

SMC Changing session priority

Add new functionality in SMC to support changing session priority (RFE).this can be done using the Symphony WSDL API, but you would need to create a WSDL client and connect to each Symphony cluster in turn... but it should be done by SMC who are m...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Future consideration

Avoid system dump when SYSIN DD statement is missing

Customer has forgotten to put a SYSIN DD statement in an UTILITY jcl and the job is ended with messages : > > DSNU000I 08:45:14.67 - OUTPUT START FOR UTILITY, UTILID = S188328.S188 > DSNU036I 08:45:14.67 - UNABLE TO OPEN DCB FOR DDNAME SY...
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters; whenever they contain any hex '00' character somewhere in the string data. If a JAVA stored procedure updates a variable such as x'C100C2', the pro...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 - exhaustive space search issue when APPEND option hits

System : DB2 V9 for z/OS with 2-way data sharing environment The Customer is using DB2 V9 and when they change the table as APPEND YES, In the case the APPEND option hits the end and no extend can be taken, it will also use exhaustive space search...
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Do not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER

is it possible to not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER ?
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 member must stay up during SCA rebuild failure, for reliability

see issue TS002525622: Db2 DS member down during rebuild SCA ABEND=S04F During rolling disaster tests, we noticed that during a SCA rebuild structure failure, the db2 who owns the rebuild also went down. This behaviour seems to contradict with...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration