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Support JSON_GET_POS_ARR_INDEX and JSON_UPDATE functions in Db2 z/OS

For updating and searching in JSON objects which are stored in Db2 tables we need the JSON functions JSON_GET_POS_ARR_INDEX and JSON_UPDATE. They exist as a dummy in Db2 z/OS but are currently not supported, not documented and do not work. In Db2 ...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Hostfactory config file audit

Like SD, RS, we need to audit HostFactory config files including requestors and providers. The information we need is user name, host info, parameter changed, file name.
9 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Provide a 0penTelemetry instrumented Symphony library

Request to support OpenTelemetry and provide the instrumented Symphony C++ library
9 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Ability to Reconnect during a failure on a highly available Database like Cockroach DB

We are replicating data from DB2 to Cockroach DB using the CDC FlexRep flavor. And we have a highly available multi region/multi cluster Cockroach DB which allows client to access the database anytime. A client connecting to the Database uses a Ne...
10 days ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

User activity logs on Cloudpak for Data Platform.

There is no logs of user activity on the platform. It would be great to have a user friendly page on the platform, where admin can just to look and get the details of user activity on the platform. Currently, i use zen-audit logs from cmd line to ...
10 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review

For tables w/ columns that are generated by default, update the internal sequence with the next value for the column

When using Qrep for DR , we have to make the target table which has generated numeric values to be generated by default. That is understood. In a DR scenario, when we fail over from the A to the B side, we have to run a script that gets the max va...

Enhance LOAD to support Load on DATABASE level

We suppose to enhance LOAD utility to allow LOAD DATABASE, intended to create the possibility of loading several or all tables of a database in one step using only one SYSREC file. Background: In the past, using segmented tablespaces, we had the o...
10 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Manta Lineage Export in Default Mode to Alation with SSO Enabled

Currently Manta is able to export lineage to Alation in "DEFAULT" mode based on the Service Account credentials which would auto-generate Refresh Token to upload lineage, without adversely impacting the process due to session expiry as in the case...
10 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

IBM Infosphere Data Replication (CDC) for IBM i does not support XML data type

1. Problem description – IBM Infosphere Data Replication (CDC) for IBMi does not support XML data type. When you want to replicate the data of a table using CDC, but the table contains a column of XML data type, CDC indicates that replication is n...
19 days ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Future consideration

Metadata XML of Archive file has No differenciation between varchar and varchar(max)

Please refer TS017199755 Archive viewer used these XML files to map the datatypes of the column and the way optim processes the Varchar and Varchar(Max) is different and way we convert this to parquet will also be different. Now we are relying on ...
19 days ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Submitted