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Db2 for z/OS

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Improve versioning in DB2

DSN1COPY or copying tablespaces with other tools (e.g. Cloning Tool) should be successful no matter if the original tablespace was created at once or if it was altered afterwards with ADD COLUMN.
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Alias for REST Services

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. at this stage the URL and the REST service are in sync and the URL need not reference the version as DB2 will invoke...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

DB2 automatic client reroute with pass tickets

The scenario involves pass tickets and automatic client reroute. We have a PMR 86086 442 000 with more details. The response to the PMR indicated that the application needs to be modified to handle the error by reconnecting with a new pass ticket....
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Maintain catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE

Today, the DB2 catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE is unmaintained. Having this column maintained gives the REORG utility the ability to calculate a more accurate average row length when decompressing the rows, especially in combination with VARC...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Support for secret passwords when using z/OS Batch command line processor

Support for secret passwords when using z/OS Batch command line processor
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Delivered

new BLKSIZE parm for TEMPLATE utility

For the TEMPLATE utility, I would like the ability to specify BLKSIZE.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enabling DAE to supress flood of duplicate Db2 dumps in all situations

Reoccuring Db2 dumps should be supressed by DAE. In certain situations DAE is not able to supress dumps, which are part of a flood of Db2 dumps. This was observed in the second level of recovery from a Db2 abend. In our case the Db2 recovery routi...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DSNKDX02 redundant index

There are two indices on SYSPACKDEP: CREATE INDEX "SYSIBM".DSNKDX02 ON "SYSIBM".SYSPACKDEP (BQUALIFIER ASC, BNAME ASC, BTYPE ASC) NOT PADDED BUFFERPOOL BP0 CLOSE NO; CREATE INDEX "SYSIBM".DSNKDX03 ON "SYSIBM".SYSPACKDEP (BQUALIFIER ASC, BNAME ASC,...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Profile Table usage request - DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES

I have created the system tables on which service the use of profiles in DB2. This is basically a service which can be started and stopped with DB2 commands, and can be configured to target threads which are generated by certain users, come from c...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DB2 PROFILE Table - Remove Implicit Queueing

MONITOR THREADS using an EXCEPTION attributes have a built-in implicit queuing mechanism which we would like to get rid of. For example, an AUTHID MONITOR THREADS EXCEPTION profile with an ATTRIBUTE2 value of 10 will let 10 DBATs with the same AUT...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered