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Meter "dirty" pages written to DB2 table spaces (disk) from CF or local buffer pools

DB2 uses 300 tasks (DB2 writers - it could be more now with later DB2 releases) to write modified (aka, "dirty") pages to the DB2 table spaces (either permanent tables or DB2 work files). From a DB2 perspective this is "efficient" but from a resou...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Display Trace owner when OPx buffer used

The -DISPLAY TRACE(*) command does not indicate which address space owns the trace when the destination is OPx. Since the OPx destination must be managed by some product/address space it would be helpful to know this. A typical scenario: The syspr...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

remove STOP DATABASE SPACENAM for ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP

Currently STOP DATABASE SPACENAM is a prerequisite of ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP We wish DB2 can remove this restriction.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

static SQL with DGTT and REOPT(ALWAYS) should be traced by IFCID 401

We realized that not all static SQLs are captured by DB2 to be put into IFI buffers (IFCID 401) I'm referring to static SQL related to packages bound with REOPT(ALWAYS) and DGTTs statements. For REOPT(ALWAYS) packages, only statements not affec...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Please develop a tool to real time monitor BB1RMID

Dear DB2 for Z developers, Our critical banking client got to know there is a severe storage leak issue reported on the DB2 V12. It's addressed on the APAR PH45580 already. Meanwhile, however, the client still wants us to develop a tool which coul...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Inheritance of PRIQTY/SECQTY Parameters for LOB and Index Spaces in Newly Activated PBG Partitions

In a Universal Table Space (UTS) defined as Partition-by-Growth (PBG), when a base table includes a LOB column, the initial LOB table space and its associated index can be explicitly defined with specific primary and secondary space allocation par...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Explain STMTCACHE By DSG instead of 1 member

EXPLAIN STMTCACHE ALL will only enter data into the DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE table for the member of the datasharing group on the LPAR which it's running. To get all of the dynamic SQL stats, the EXPLAIN has to run multiple times. Have the ability to e...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide sample JCLs of DSN1COPY and CHECK DATA for DB2 release migration step

Provide sample JCLs of DSN1COPY and CHECK DATA in SDSNSAMP library for migration step 2: Verify the integrity of DB2 table spaces, of the DB2 11 Installation and Migration Guide. I opened a PMR 93407,122,000 for this problem. The number was flagge...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

RESTORE SYSTEM should support log apply across DSN1COPY and vendor utilities

RESTORE SYSTEM can fail in log apply when there was a DSN1COPY or vendor utility within the log apply range. This occurs because RESTORE SYSTEM uses pageset control log records to determine that a LOG NO utility had been run, and neither DSN1COPY ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Allow RESUME NO with LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE

Allow RESUME NO with LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE to be sure that the table is really empty.
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration