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Db2 for z/OS

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Show DB2 Recovery progress status in the db2 master log

Improve the messaging in the db2 log in order to be able to have a better idea of the progress of a recovery and how long it might take. For instance, currently message DSNR048I is issued every 2 minutes during abort recovery. It would be very hel...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Display Trace owner when OPx buffer used

The -DISPLAY TRACE(*) command does not indicate which address space owns the trace when the destination is OPx. Since the OPx destination must be managed by some product/address space it would be helpful to know this. A typical scenario: The syspr...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow column masking on system temporal tables

We have a few System Temporal tables that have sensitive data. We need to be able to create column masks on those columns. Currently we get a SQL20474N with Reason Code 17 when we try to run a CREATE MASK on system temporal tables.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

COPY UTILITY ENCHANTMENT

We would like the the COPY UTILITY will have an option to COPY CATALOG and it will know to backup and copy the catalog and directory objects ,every migration or catalog level , the order might be changed and a System DBA who is responsible for the...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQLCODE IFI

The IFI interface is very useful for Performance analysis. But for RAS work it would be even better if any unusual SQL code was externalized in a new IFI record.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

improve documentation about CONDBAT (& MDBAT) and how to watch the limit being approached

The IBM provided documentation for important ZPARM of CONDBAT and MDBAT is a bit vague on exactly what to watch for these important limits. The documentation could be improved. I reviewed the documentation for DISPLAY DDF command https://www.ibm.c...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Add/improve support for JSON Publishing and Parsing functions

Currently the JSON functions on DB2 z/OS are lagging behind other platforms (LUW, iSeries) by atleast 3-4 years. There is no support for building JSON document using functions like JSON_ARRAY, JSON_OBJECT, JSON_ARRAYAGG, JSON_OBJECTAGG which are a...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 8 Not under consideration

Dictionary last build date

MR0622114827 GGDB211003
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Improving latch contention in Db2 z/OS

DB2 workloads run at a priority that is related to their origin (may it be batch, IMS, DDF, …) and according to WLM service class definitions. In high system utilization scenarios, or due to workloads running in a WLM service class with a resource...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Rotate an archive-enabled PBR tablespace without causing a deadlock

When we try to rotate partitions of an archive-enabled PBR tablespace, Db2 requires us to disable archiving before the rotate then re-enable archiving after the rotate. However, when we re-enable archiving we cause a deadlock with CICS and the onl...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration