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Db2 for z/OS

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Add attribute to PROFILEs function to customize alert frequency

Currently we have 2 options as to when a PROFILE alert will be generated: DSNT772I - every 5 mins (summary alert) DSNT774I - real time (detailed alert) We would like to continue to use summary alerts but waiting 5 minutes is too long. It would ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

-MODIFY GBPOOL command - Allow Db2 sysadmins to manage GBP CF structures without permitting access to MVS SETXCF

The Challenge Currently, the Data-Sharing Planning and Administration Guide states that SETXCF commands are necessary for the administration of Db2 Group Bufferpools, particularly functions such as: Re-sizing group bufferpools Rebuilding ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

CLOSE NEVER - Avoid pseudo-close for active datasets and in-memory objects, to avoid sync I/O due to XI

PROBLEM: Our shop has an active 10-way data-sharing environment and we have been fighting for some time to get our group bufferpool Sync/XI hit ratios up above 90%. We appear to be fighting "pseudo-close" in this endeavor. According to ou...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

I would like to force the use of the "DEFER" option on the creation of an index (using Zparm to make it optional).

We have DBAs that at times (accidently) run a "CREATE INDEX" and fail to include the "DEFER" option. This is rather easy to do because the reverse engineering tools fail to create syntax with the "DEFER" option. The creation of indexes can be very...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

I would like to force the use of the "DEFER" option on the creation of an index (using Zparm to make it optional).

We have DBAs that at times (accidently) run a "CREATE INDEX" and fail to include the "DEFER" option. This is rather easy to do because the reverse engineering tools fail to create syntax with the "DEFER" option. The creation of indexes can be very...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide a method to accurately obtain package executions counts from SMF records

SMF record information for number of times a DB2 package executed is incorrect. As an example, when a package is executed via a thread 10 times DB2 records the SMF information as 1. Our TDS tables are built using SMF information. We use TDS packag...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Enable DSM to display the full SQL from monitoring instead of truncated SQL

Structured Idea Details: Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points,IIAS appliance displays alerts in its console via monitoring which is under the covers done by DSM components. DSM monitoring displaying an alert on a S...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow use of Compressed SMF Logstream in Common Data Provider

Our site has implemented SMF Logstream feature with Compression as we're on the new z14 with zEDC. This is a much improved handling of the copious volume of SMF data produced. We have now purchased CDP only to find that compressed logstreams are n...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

UDFs for JSON support for greater documents

At the moment the UDFs for JSON support can handle JSON documents up to a size of 16M. We would like to use these functions also for even greater documents to simplyfy the usage of JSON in Db2.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Data-partitioned secondary index (dpsi) support for row change timestamp columns

To identify which rows of a table have changed in specified time interval we are using timestamp columns. The values of these columns are set via the "GENERATED BY DEFAULT FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP" clause. To optimize query p...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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