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Db2 for z/OS

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Command to display the DB2 early code

Customer wants to apply new early code with REFRESH DB2, EARLY by automation software. To be sure that they apply new code, they want to display the early code before the REFRESH DB2 command. Unfortunately this command is not yet implemented, and ...
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 REST Services support HTTP OPTIONS call

DB2 support HTTP OPTIONS request. At present DB2 does not recognize the OPTIONS request type. Software stacks now are using security feature that for cross domain HTTP requests they issue the HTTP OPTIONS request first.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0

Control of Locksize and Maxpartitions for implicitly defined tablespaces.

We must be able to control parameters like locksize and maxpartitions on implicitly defined tablespaces.In DB2 V12R1M504 multi table tablespaces are deprecated, so we need to use implicitly defined tablespaces for QMF useres. Today we use segmente...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES , say SYSCOMMANDS, that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued, including the full text of the Db2 command that was issued.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ARCRETN separation for copy1 and 2

We control the archive log retention for our shop using the ARCRETN zparm which controls both logcopy1 and locopy2. We would like the ability to control these independently as we have application data requirements to retain data for longer periods...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add commit frequency to Modify Recovery utility

If there a numerous rows in SYSCOPY to be modified out the modify job holds locks on SYSCOPY for an extended period of time and can cause timeouts for other processes and utilities that are using SYSCOPY
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Restart Time of DB2 should not be dependent on SCA size

During restart of DB2, the time difference between DSNR003I and DSNR004I is a function of the SCA size. Case TS009645595 was opened and has all the details. But in summary: this large time differenece of 30 seconds (in our case) is a function of t...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

RENAME function for tablespaces

the availability of the conversion of multi-table-tablespaces to UTS-PBG tablespaces is restricted to non-UTS tablespaces (source object). I would like to use this functionality to RENAME a tablespace (when the source is already a UTS-PBG TS) - bu...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DSNTIAUL should support input LRECL size of > 80 bytes and not ignore input beyond the first 72 bytes

It is sometimes easy to put SQL all on one record as long as the LRECL of that record is very large. It becomes difficult to parse that SQL so it is divided into 72 byte records. Currently, the IBM utilities have input files that can have a LRECL ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Client IP Address from Db2 connect server

We use Db2 Connect as a gateway to access Db2 z/OS. We have several situations where a user connects to Db2 z/OS using an invalid password and the user is revoked. On the Db2 z/OS side, only the Db2 Connect IP (gateway) is registered. I would need...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration