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Db2 for z/OS

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Reduce shutdown time - allow for reduction of Db2 footprint before STOP DB2

As the Db2 footprint on our mainframe systems has increased (larger bufferpools, larger GBPs, more open datasets), one of the challenges we have faced is that Db2 takes longer to shut down. Our shop has recently focused on reducing down-time and i...
29 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review
118 VOTE

Resolve a restriction that CACHE DYN STABILITY function can not use with CONCENTRATE WITH LITERALS option.

Customer environment Db2 V12　<- DRDA -> Db2connect/JDBC(IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ type 2) Server side.(JDBC Type2 is used) Windows server: - WebSphere BASE 9.0.0　（Windows2016） - Db2client / IBM Data Server Runtime Client V11.1...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Removed object types after Db2 13

At IDUG in Valencia Haakon Roberts informed us that some object types and a few other things has to be removed before we can go to the version after Db2 13. These are Simple tablespaces Segmented Tablespaces Classic partitioned tablespaces Basic (...
12 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Improvement in Db2 LOAD UTILITY processes associate with data replication via Qrep

-Need: Meet the growing demand for data replication from Banco do Brasil -Scenario: Banco do Brasil is a large user of data replication using Qrep (IIDR) + DB2 v13 for zOS, there are thousands of tables replicated from production environments for ...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Db2 native and RACF security consistency requirement

This is especially important for shops like ours where for years DB2 native security and migrate to RACF security to be complaint with security audit and policies, and also new mainframe applications standards. There is multiple areas where curren...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Optimizer related catalog tables to be temporal

I am aware that a few more tables in the Db2 catalog will be made temporal. This idea is to make ALL catalog tables that the optimizer uses to be temporal. This will enable the user community and also Db2 zAI to extract the statistics that were in...
15 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Allow to query and stop an object in one go to avoid STOPP

HSM allows to move DB2 page sets by stopping them and copying them and then starting the page sets again. HSM does this by DIS DB(...) SP(...) USE and a subsequent STO DB(...) SP(...). If in the small timing window between the DIS command and the ...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

When DSNL077I tells us IN-USE DBAT is exceeding 85% of MAXDBAT then ALSO issue DISPLAY THREAD

DB2 has recently introduced message DSNL077I which tells us when IN-USE DBATS begin to exceed 85% of system parameter MAXDBAT. And the corresponding message of DSNL078I tells us when IN-USE DBATS falls below 75% of MAXDBAT https://www.ibm.com/docs...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Convert LRSN to TIMESTAMP

We use CDC replication. When the replication stops for any reason there is a bookmark in the form of an LRSN. We need a way to convert that LRSN to a TIMESTAMP. We need this conversion to see if the LRSN is too old, so we do not have Arhive Logs t...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

Allow us to use the profile tables to set the ACCUMACC zparm more granular

At the present time we have ACCUMACC set to 20. We have had to set this to 1 for problem determination purposes. In our active system it causes issues with our SMF jobs when we have done this for even a short time. We would like the ability to use...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

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