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Db2 for z/OS

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VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED column in plan table

MR0218096957 GGDB208030Mark all rows of a statement in the plan_table with an Y in a new column VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED when a dependency to a virtual index exists.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

enhance smf records for reporting secure connections

When just beginning to implement secure db2 ports (sometimes called encryption in-flight), it is helpful to report on the performance of queries that are secure vs queries that are non-secure. This can help us to fully tune our applications for th...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Drop partition in UTS PBR RPN tablespaces

Dropping partitions in a tablespaces can only be done by dropping and re-creating the entire tablespace In earlier versions of DB2 for z/OS you could not add partition to an existing tablespace. Consequently we created about 60 tablespaces with 2...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

COPY UTILITY ENCHANTMENT

We would like the the COPY UTILITY will have an option to COPY CATALOG and it will know to backup and copy the catalog and directory objects ,every migration or catalog level , the order might be changed and a System DBA who is responsible for the...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support Logical Partition Numbers

Due to the new V12-feature of insert partition the need to support logical partition is growing. We want to specify logical partition numbers where ever physical partition numbers can be specified.
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Expand DB2 Profile Wildcard Support to Client Property Parameters

We need DB2 Profile table wildcard support to extend to the client property parameters: CLIENT_APPLNAME, CLIENT_USERID and CLIENT_WRKSTNNAME.
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use Limitkeys as histogram-stats, if appropriate

Recently we had a Performance Problem where I was requested to collect histogram-stats for a column, which matches the partitioning column. Because this was a big table, running this runstats took about 9 hours to complete. If limitkeys could serv...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Alter-support for global variables

With DB2 V11 global variables were introduced, but unfortunately no alter-option to change the default. This would be especially beneficial it this enhancement would also include the system-provided global variables. With this enhancement each cus...
about 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Support for imbedded SQL comments in DBRMs and SYSIBM.SYSPACKSTMT

Full support of imbedded SQL comments in DB2 DBRMs and SYSIBM.SYSPACKSTMT
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhance package dependency quiescing/locking behavior of EXCHANGE

Enhance package dependency quiescing/locking behavior of EXCHANGE, so it will be possible to exchange base- and clone-table in parallel to (many) transactions reading one of these tables in parallel .
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration