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    Record all the options used on utility invocations

    We have the idea to record online History to record all the options used on utility invocations.This feature would be very useful, to better control the execuctions and the history of utilities.
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    CHECK utility SHRLEVEL CHANGE with less dataset privileges

    To run CHECK utility with SHRLEVEL CHANGE you need ALTER privilege to the VSAM dataset where the table-, LOB- or index data are stored as the shadow dataset is created with almost the same name as the original. This also mean that the user will be...
    5 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Under review

    REORG PART LEVEL PBG tablespace

    When I run a PART LEVEL REORG (PART 1 in this case) of a PBG tablespace and the current data doesn't fit into its original partition DB2 adds a new partition at the end and uses it for the "overflow" data, although all the already existing partiti...
    over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    zIIP Eligible Q-APPLY

    Currently the SQL Queries in QREP Apply are CPU-intensive. The CPU cost of those queries cost more than our top 5 application programs combined. We recommend to make Q APPLY Queries zIIP eligible to reduce the CPU cost for QREP APPLY.
    10 months ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 1 Future consideration

    zSort information in Utilities History

    When running some utilities Db2 can choose to use zSort. In Utilities History (SYSIBM.SYSUTILITIES). there is a column SORTNAME where you can see if DSSORT or DB2SORT has been used. The information if zSort has been used or not is vital as it can ...
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Track SHRLEVEL info in Utilities history

    In Db2 13 utility execution can be recorded in one or two utilities history tables. We are struggling to find all utility executions ran with SHRLEVEL NONE to tell the applications to change their parameters to avoid problems. It is very hard to f...
    over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Load Utility: Extension of field selection criterion option by AND conditions

    The Db2 for z/OS LOAD utility offers a field selection criterion for the INTO TABLE option via WHEN( ... = ...). Since increasingly complex data structures are used application developers want to specify more complex conditions for selection of to...
    over 5 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    To resolve the backup failure issue caused by identical hostnames across IIAS appliances running in Docker containers.

    Assigning unique hostnames to each IIAS appliance (or container) is essential because backup tools like EMC NetWorker rely on hostnames to identify and manage client systems. When multiple appliances use the same hostname, EMC NetWorker cannot dif...
    5 months ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Replication for Availability (LUW, Db2 Warehouse) 0 Under review

    ALTER table DATA CAPTURE NONE not detected by IIDR QREP or CDC

    If 'ALTER table DATA CAPTURE NONE' is executed against a table that is actively replicating, any changes made to the source data will not be captured or replicated until ‘ALTER table DATA CAPTURE CHANGES' is executed. This would cause the target...
    over 8 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Planned for future release

    Add an ability to start a q subscription via MODIFY on the Capture started task

    Currently Q Capture subscriptions can be interacted with either via MODIFY command invoked on a Q Capture started task, or SQL insert statements executed on table IBMQREP_SIGNAL. For many customers, executing a MODIFY command to perform an action ...
    over 4 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Future consideration

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