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Db2 for z/OS

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Avoid new workload during Db2 Restart Light

In a data sharing environment a Db2 Restart Light was needed after an LPAR outage to remove retained locks and resolve indoubt units of recovery.The failing member was automatically restarted in light mode on one of the surviving LPARs, and showin...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve implicit casting

Since V10 there is implicit casting, which is one hand a good feature, but on the other hand can lead to big performance problems. Improve the implicit casting so that the resulting datatype is indexable, e.g. make SELECT ... FROM T1 WHERE Integer...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Officially support the ability to set which version of a REST service is the default one

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. There is no official way to change which version of a service is the default one. It seems possible to set the defau...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 8 Delivered

Enhancement for IRLM Global Deadlock Detection Process

Enhance the IRLM Global Deadlock Detection process so that a long list of waiters for a single resource does not impact entire datasharing group. Per pmr 24137 while performing the deadlock detection, the irlm main latch is held preventing other i...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DB2/ZOS Use APREUSE(WARN) for all automatic rebinds

All package AUTOBINDs should be performed with the APREUSE(WARN) option. This mitigates the risk of a bad access change.
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Display profile command should have display system privilege

The -dis profile command is missing the DISPLAY system privilege authority. This is causing us security permission issues, as well as being inconsistent with how other display commands are set up (-dis ddf, -dis util(*) for example). Since we gran...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Improve DB2 DBD pool processing to prevent full and provide better diagnostics

Improve DB2 DBD pool processing by1) providing a dynamic increase process to help prevent full conditions (and therefore thread failures)2) providing better diagnostics to identify the DBD's consuming the most non-stealable space. Optionally - ide...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Allow pending alter to convert multi table tablespaces to PBG

As with other conversions now supported, we are requesting the ability to convert multi table tablespaces (either simple or segmented) to UTS PBG tablespaces via a pending alter and an online reorg to materialize the pending changes. We have many ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

DB2 Distributed Thread - hidden high CPU consumption

DB2 Distributed thread with long-running OPEN CURSOR is difficult to detect in DB2 monitors. The CPU consumption is not returned until the OPEN CURSOR completes . If the thread is cancelled while still in the OPEN CURSOR, the Accounting CPU consum...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

allow SELECT with LISTAGG function to always allow ORDER BY

I am using DB2 Version 12. function level 501 I have a simple SQL example I show my co-workers to show the power of new DB2 SQL function of LISTAGG SELECT IXCREATOR, IXNAME ,LISTAGG(ALL COLNAME,',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY COLSEQ) AS ALL_COLS ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered

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