IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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    Enhancement to DSNREX in Db2 to handle ATTN key termination of programs

    We encountered a hang in our environment causing locks to not get resolved in CF lock structure due to terminating Rexx process with ATTN key. We ask that the DSNREX facility in Db2 be modified to use TSO STAX routines to allow for clean terminati...
    2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Way to execute the ADMIN_INFO_SYSPARM without such elevated permissions

    I have tried to grant some of my users to execute the ADMIN_INFO_SYSPARM, because I find that it could be useful to them, for example the Security people for getting information needed for External Audits. From my experience, you have to be SYSADM...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Improve scalability for number of tasks and open sessions

    It would be beneficial to have an unlimited number of tasks/open sessions. The current limits can be easily reached, and while individual users might remain within their personal limits, simultaneous launches from multiple users can exceed system-...
    over 1 year ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

    Monitor the index clean up process without starting a trace.

    I would like to be able to monitor the DB2 for z/OS index cleanup process without starting a DB2 trace. Please could you do one or all of the following: 1. Create a DB2 command, -DISPLAY INDEXCLEANUP, to externalize the same information that IF...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    allow REPLACE function to accept empty string

    The "source-string" for the REPLACE function currently cannot be an empty string, it throws an error. But I can't see any logical or functional difficulty in just applying the replace logic: the "search-string" is not found, therefore the source-s...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    make OSREQ (=OAM) calls work in Db2 STORED PROCEDURES which have a PACKAGE PATH

    OSREQ=OAM calls are officially supported to be done in Db2 Stored Procedures. But this does not work, if the Db2 Stored Procedure is defined with a "PACKAGE PATH". I think this is, because OAM functions operate with and set different COLLECTIONS (...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    [Process]ToSlotRatio implementation across soam and ego

    In symphony SOAM layer, in application profile, service instance has serviceToSlotRatio defined which tells the system how much cluster compute resources each symphony task would take upon execution.* Funny enough, there is no such serviceToSlotRa...
    over 7 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.0.2 1 Future consideration

    Symphony product network connection logic and error handling

    Symphony product network connection logic and error handling. Symphony internal communications, (like VEMK<->SSM, SD<->SSM, SSM<->SIM, SIM<->SI, etc), already have "error handling" logic for network problems. The connection...
    over 10 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Temporal Time feature - "No Gaps" enforcement

    enforce "no gaps" for business time with no gaps in temporal time functionality
    over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Indexes and Extended adressability

    We ran to a limit of 4Gig for an index partition on a tablebased table with 30 partitions, DSSIZE 32 and extended adressablility. In the manuals we found that the piecesize for such a definition is limited to 4 Gig for TS with DSSIZE LARGE. Only f...
    over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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