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Db2 for z/OS

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Allow Encrypted Connection for IBM Debug Tool and Unified Debugger

Reviewing the connection with the Db2 Unified debugger, it was determined it was not using an encrypted port. All tools (mainframe or otherwise) should support full encryption over ATL-TLS.
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

DISPLAY TERMINATED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT MESSAGE SPACE

Applications moving to the cloud have significantly increased the number of locations accessing Db2. Current limits within the -DISPLAY LOCATION command prevents the command from displaying all possible locations. This idea is to remove this limit...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

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 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Invalid maximum timestamp value availble in DB2

Currently there is documented maximum timestamp value available in DB2 as '9999-12-31-24.00.00.000000'. However, using this value can lead to various problems which are recognized by DB2 development already as during introduction of temporal table...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Trusted Contexts do not allow ADDRESS wildcarding

To request that DB2 Trusted Context allow wildcarding of TCPID addresses in the ADDRESS attribute.
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

DSM Explain profile

Hello, Our idea is to use DSM so that users, authenticated in DSM with administrator profile, can do EXPLAIN without the need to have DB2 z/OS operation user credentials, as in the case of Data Collection Credentials. We have a generic user create...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DB2 Z/OS Sync Logical and Physical Parts after full Reorg

ADD PART was used to insert a new physical partition in the middle of a tablespace. Now the Logical and Physical partitions are mismatch. If a Full Reorg on the full tablespace is performed, the utility can include an option to resync the logical ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Configure a user-defined value for disabling all IFI request and MONITOR trace processing after a number of abends

When a certain number of abends occurs, while processing IFI requests, processing of all IFI request and MONITOR trace is disabled, requiring an action from Db2 operator/system administrator to be resumed. Today this number of abends, that disable...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 8 Not under consideration

Alters to objects that require reorg to material should be put into advisory reorg, such as PCTFREE

If an alter is done to a TS to PCTFREE and a REORG is not run, then the catalog is updated but the change is not materialized. This results in the DBA thinking it was done, but it really wasn;t.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DSN1COPY support for XML data in all cases

DSN1COPY does not currently supports XML table restore on another DB2 subsystem or in the case of a dropped XML tablespace. This lack can be easily bypassed by an UNLOAD / RELOAD in the case of a copy to another DB2 subsystem. But in the event of ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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