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Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS

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have ACCEL_LOAD_TABLES switch automatically to full table reload

ACCEL_LOAD_TABLE jobs are generated with detectChanges="DATA". On some large partitioned tables more or less all partitions end up being loaded. The subsequent DELETE/REORG RECLAIM operation runs for + 12 hours and consumes a large amount of CPU. ...
about 1 month ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Submitted

New function request for DB2INSYNC

Need Db2INSYNC to tolerate differences between source and target. do not stop/error replication for log activities, like reorg with discard, that do not write individual log records for replication issuing a warning is ok it cannot require a table...
9 months ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Query acceleration for MQT tables

Permit the resolution of a query (used in a Materialized Query Table) in a REFRESH TABLE SQL statement be accelerated on IDAA.
about 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Running different types of workloads on an IDAA, yet not have one type of workload dominate

For example: We have MAXIMUM_NUMBER_CONCURRENT_RUNNING_SQL_TRANSACTIONS set to 10. We have an application that executes long running queries (minutes in length). We have another running queries that take a second or less. Without the ability to li...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

backup network connection fault does not cause appliance to fail during startup when primary connection available.

Diagnostic entries in the application log should indicate when a network connection has failed or when the appliance fails to start due to a network connection that indicates which failed. You should not have to send in a dump to discover local ne...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Compare data between Db2z and IDAA against any differences

Customer would like to compare the data on table level between Db2z and IDAA. Their inspiration is coming from QRep. There is a command called asntdiff and it compares data between source and target. They use regularly for Qrep and looking for sim...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Online Schema Change Support for AOT

There is Online Schema Change Support for both repliacted and non-replicated Accelerator Shadow Tables but AOTs. If customer would like to change the schema of an AoT, it should be removed/added/loaded again. It causes business outage and a lot of...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IDAA should identify and format the rest of a volume after using TDMF to migrate from a smaller capacity dasd device to a larger capacity device

We recently migrated via TDMF from mod 54 to EAV devices (4 times larger) TDMF will copy the data to a space the size of the mod 54 (1/4 of the EAV). IDAA will only recognize and use the that space wasting 3/4 of the device. We would like IDAA to ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide a simple method to remove dasd volumes

Provide a simple method to remove dasd volumes. As an example: we migrated our dasd from Mod 54’s to EAVs. The mod 54’s were being removed from the data center. In order to do this we had IBM remove the appliance data pools, upload a new JSON file...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Dynamically change IFL quantity assigned to an LPAR without restarting DB2

The IFL quantity assigned to an LPAR can be set to a certain number in the configuration screen but there is also an option to enter a number of ‘reserved’ IFLs. It was explained that the reserved amount would require restarting the internal Db2wh...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration