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Db2 for z/OS

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ALLOW (SOME) UTILITIES TO OPERATE ON TABLESPACE TABLE NAME

I would like it to be easier for developers or other end-users to more easily use some basic Db2 utilities. For example, RUNSTATS or RECOVER with redirected recover functionality. But any utility that only operates on tablespace today, consider al...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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.
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

Add zIIP normalization coefficient to accounting record.

CPU time may show up in reports as being greater than wall clock time if the thread ran mainly on a zIIP, due to normalization of CPU values. These values can only be "un-normalized" if the normalization factor at the time the accounting record wa...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

Availability of DROP SYSTEM PERIOD for System temporal tables.

When a table is defined as a system temporal and the changes need to be reverted for any specific reason - A drop of system period would be needed. This functionality is available in Db2 LUW. Without this, the table has to be dropped and recreated.
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

New Function UNHEX

New Function UNHEX (name subject to change/negotiation) We have a system where all CHAR columns are defined FOR BIT DATA. It seemed genius at the time to save a few bytes of data, not realizing the negative impact in future maintainability and in ...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Call ALTERED NSP from IDz after ALTER PROCEDURE

Viewing the DDL of a deployed Stored Procedure by right clicking on the DDL and then selecting Open statement in Editor. This process is meant for working with/editing the stored procedure. This method returns the stored procedure text that was us...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Write Current Compression Dictionary to Log

Write compression dictionary to the Log upon its creation. This would enable true independence of data capture from actual table space availability and/or status. By implication, this might eliminate the need to write the old dictionary to the log...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review