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Db2 for z/OS

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Modify the way WLM adjust the Bufferpools size With AUTOSIZE=YES for Bufferpools

With AUTOSIZE=YES for BP's, WLM adjust automatically the size of BP but since that moment the size of BP's is "increasing continously". WLM recommends increasing or decreasing the size of the buffer pool based on the hit ratio but we have observed...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance ALTER of STOGROUP

Would like additional flexibility to change storage options without taking outages. First situation, we had a special storage group defined with a specific STORCLAS that was used to isolate a specific subset of data. That isolation is no longer ne...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded.

Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded. Recently this was partially addressed with APAR# PI71965; however, this APAR only checks if the record is greater than the maxim...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DENY Remote Connetions to DB2 if not from a permitted combination of System AuthId and Location/IPAddress with wildcarding

Running DB2 11 NFM. We are trying to ALLOW a remote connection to DB2 on z/OS from ONLY specific combinations of User ID and IP Address via a DB2 mechanism that can be modified dynamically. Simply looking for a way to DENY a connection from remote...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ALTER TABLESPACE DEFINE YES

Currently, if a tablespace or index is created with DEFINE NO, the underlying VSAM cluster is not created until the first row is inserted, or until LOAD RESUME NO REPLACE is executed. This is used a lot, for example, in SAP or PeopleSoft systems. ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Make XML tablespaces more portable

Currently, there are 3 different internal structures that Db2 uses for the implicitly created table inside an XML tablespace: 3 columns, 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINARY(8), and 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINAR...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow DB2 system agents be offloaded to zIIP regardless of iiphonorpriority settings

In DB2 11, if the subsystem come up and detects that IIPHONORPRIORITY=NO, then the system agents will no longer be dispatched to zIIP. We would like that system agents will be offloaded to zIIP regardless of iiphonorpriority settings.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Altering table with a CLONE disruption

Currently, when altering a table with a CLONE on it, the clone needs to be dropped and to add it back the following procedure must be followed:1) REORG the tablespace 2) run MODIFY RECOVERY TABLESPACE DSNUM ALL DELETE AGE (*) 3) run an image copy ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Performant SQL Windowing functionality

We tried to use the syntax for windowing in SQL as an alternative to using subselects. Most other DBMSs perform a lot better with the windowing syntax, but we can only see less performance using it. The reason we want to use it is basically to get...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ARCRETN separation for copy1 and 2

We control the archive log retention for our shop using the ARCRETN zparm which controls both logcopy1 and locopy2. We would like the ability to control these independently as we have application data requirements to retain data for longer periods...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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