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Db2 for z/OS

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In DB2 avoid creation of segmented tablespace

Need to have a zparm parameter to inhibit creation of segmented tablespace
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Remove IBM internal use only to LIMITKEY field in catalog table SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART because the field is useful in ROTATE

LIMITKEY field in catalog table SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART is used by customer application to calculate the new limitkey for the last partition when implemented the ROTATE, for such reason we ask to consider LIMITKEY field a stable field, normally used b...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

FR556: More granular IRLMRWT

By default, SAP customers run with fairly high values for IRLMRWT like 5 or 10 minutes because SAP applications usually prefer waiting longer rather than having timeouts too early. In general, this works well. However, there are cases in which cer...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Control Connections Via Profiles Using Client Properties

We would like more granular control over connections. Currently, the only way to do this is via a profile using an IP address. Unfortunately, the IP address is the static IP of a client. That client may house multiple webservices. If only 1 of tho...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

syntax validation for DB2 ZOS SQL statement

In the past, Data Studio could validate DB2 z/OS SQL statement, but it now does not support new SQL after FL501. It gives false alarm when SQL does not have syntax error. Please refer to case TS003384292.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Setup different timeout values for OLTP and BATCH, thus to reduce application lock wait time.

Setup different timeout values for OLTP and BATCH, thus to reduce application lock wait time. Description: - This requirement is focusing on the deadlock situation happened between different databases. - DEADLOCK can only be solved when one of the...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Include DDL for global variables in IBM provided DB2 service SQL programs

IBM supplied Service SQL program DSNADMSB (calls stored proc SYSPROC.ADMIN_INFO_SQL) is building service SQL for SQL, which are investigated in IBM problem records (PMR).Among other things the service SQL provides DDL for involved DB2 objects (e.g...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enhance IFCID 389 for number of FTB traversals

When analyzing our company's benefits using FTB for Indexes I did not find a proper way to get the number of index getpages we saved using FTB. IFCID 199 does contain the number of getpages per pageset but the documentation of IFCID 199 also says ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Unique DB2 Message To Indicate That GRECP and LPL Recovery Is Complete And There Are No More Objects Flagged As GRECP or LPL

We are using GDPS automation to drive our disaster recovery processes and we have been running into a number of problems with LPL and GRECP recovery due to contention during startup of data sharing groups. This in turn causes failures when MQ shar...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

New metrics for REST Services

Users of OMEGAMON for Db2 would like to see counters for number of bound & executed REST statements.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered