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Db2 for z/OS

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Zparm to specify maximum amount of bufferpool storage

Please provide a Zparm to specify the maximum amount of bufferpool storage DB2 may aquire for all of the bufferpools.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

DB2 must not abend RC00F3040A when allied address spaces goes on end-of-memory in must complete operations or holding latch

In case of an allied address space going on end-of-memory with its agents are in must complete operation or still holding any latch, DB2 subsystem must be able to handle this situation keeping the data integrity not abending 04F RC00F3040A.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update statistics profile from SYSIBM.SYSFEEDBACK by demand.

We are running under DB2 v12 level 501 Data Sharing 17-way and he is using statistics feedback with profile, but since it is an autonomic process for all objects there are some package access path becoming worst after run utilities with RUNSTATS U...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use OPTHINT for package with version

Db2 uses the following PLAN_TABLE columns when matching rows that specify access paths to SQL statements: QUERYNO , APPLNAME , PROGNAME , VERSION , COLLID , OPTHINT If I use PKGVERSION(AUTO) during precompile I need to change my OPTHINT every time...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

DSNL046I should provide more information on what application triggered this message

Good day, I have DSNL046I at one our existing DB2 masters. None of our DB2 Services is using Crytography services, so the message it's right. I tried to know what was triggering this message in order to see whether I could do anything to improve i...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

A need for a differentiation between PARTITIONED and DATA PARTITIONED indexes to avoid DPSI misuses

Hello IBM Db2 development team, could you please pay attention to the following observation and idea for an improvement from one of our customers (Deutsche Bank AG): Background: In a world where IBM have been continuing to make the mainframe an at...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Removing must-have field specification list in case of UNLOAD SPANNED YES restriction

We propose to remove the Db2 UNLOAD Utility restriction, that the UNLOAD statement must include a field specification list thatspecifies all LOB and XML data at the end of the record, if SPANNED YES is specified.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID361 records should provide the names/stmt_id of the packages which are bound/rebound

The Tracerecords for IFCID 361 don't provide the package names for Bind/Rebind.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add a command to remove a specific retained lock

Under current behavior in a DB2 Data Sharing environment, when a DB2 member crashes and is not able to restart, the application on the other members is stopped by retained locks.In our environment, for some specific applications due to the nature ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Instrument workfile high-watermarks in ACCTG

Instrument IFCID 0003 and IFCID 0148 counter(s) to show the maximum amount of Workfile used by a thread (4K blocks total, or separate by tables/indexes, or separate by 4K/32K Workfiles -- implementation choice.) It is difficult to manage Workfile ...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration