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Db2 for z/OS

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display startup message about VUE status

Activating VUE in DB2 involves a change to the zparm but there is nothing in the DB2 MSTR log which states that it is active. In MQ you get a couple of messages on startup, including CSQY036I +xxxx CSQYASCP QMGRPROD=VUE, recording product usage fo...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

produce warning message when local bufferpool reaches DM Threshold

Produce an alert message when local bufferpool reaches DM threshold.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter-support for global variables

With DB2 V11 global variables were introduced, but unfortunately no alter-option to change the default. This would be especially beneficial it this enhancement would also include the system-provided global variables. With this enhancement each cus...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

new fixcat categories in maintenance stream

We would like to have new fixcat categories for security and performance. Currently this is a manual process that is labor intensive and in some cases time prohibitive. New security policies require that we identify fixes that are security or perf...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow ALTER TABLE ... ROTATE for ARCHIVE TABLES (Type 'R')

We have archive tables to retain old data for up to 8 years using transparent archiving. When we try and Rotate these tables we get SQLCODE -20525: ALTER TABLE DBO.SECURITYLOG_$ARC ROTATE PARTITION FIRST TO LAST ENDING AT ('2020-11-30-23.59.59...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CREATE TABLE LIKE "table-controlled partitioning" should create the table with same partitioning scheme and rules

When a table that uses table-controlled partitioning is identified in the LIKE clause, the new table should automatic inherit the partitioning scheme of that table and create an uts PBR.
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New ZPARM for SYSTIMESENSITIVE Bind Option

Please reference CASE TS005056787 ( Temporal Table access path in Plan_Table does not match dynamic explain). This bind option which is set for using a Temporal Timestamp Register was set with a DEFAULT to YES by IBM for all binds that exclude thi...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New Db2 REST Service Discovery Authority

Since a security loophole was closed it is now only possible to discover REST services via the Db2 supplied Db2ServiceManager API that the user has authority to execute. We feel this goes against the open API economy that we are currently in, wher...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Lock Escalation Action zParm for Pre-Escalation

A new zParm that would enable feature in DB2 to: 1) detect request for LOCK ESCALATION2) lookup thread characteristics/criteria in control 'table'3) take action (coded in 'table') based on entry in control 'table', OR take a default action (i.e. d...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable 'Temporal' for DB2 catalog object tables granular and optional

V12R1M500 enables to optionally activate/deactivate 'Temporal RTS tables'. Please provide to optionally and granular activate/deactivate 'Temporal catalog objects tables' as e.g. SYSTABLES, SYSVIEWS, SYSCOLUMNS, ... We know that temporal for catal...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration