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Db2 for z/OS

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Gather performance statistics for DB2 Stored procedures (of various types)

We have many thousands of stored procedures in several Datasharing groups. If we identify one that may be unused, before we remove it, we want to research and ensure that it is not used anywhere. We want to search a database for instances of this ...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Expand the scope of TRANSFER OWNERSHIP DDL

The TRANSFER OWNERSHIP DDL should also be applied to stored procedures, triggers, functions, constraints, global variables, sequences, etc.
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Enable customers running 24/7 to create unique indexes

Our Internet and Mobile applications are used 24/7 and we do not have any batch windows nor any maintenance windows. When creating new indexes on existing tables the a CREATE INDEX operation generates an unwanted outage when created with DEFER NO....
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Prevent package invalidation after ALTER TABLE ROTATE

System: Production management databaseActor: Developers maintaining the databaseDescription: Our customer runs a 24/7 production management OLTP system with IMS V10 and DB2 V9 for z/OS on which its transaction rate gets as high as 10 trans/sec, an...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0

DB2 message showing a trace was started

Today we have situations where people authorized to start DB2 traces sometimes issue START TRACE commands with little qualifications with lead to traces being collected for lots of DB2 threads which ends having impact on general performance of the...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add timestamp to all -DISPLAY command outputs

More and more companies are using multiple DISPLAY commands to track for problems or usage statistics etc. The problem is that the TIMESTAMP when the command was issued is not in the output (apart from DISPLAY BLOCKERS) It would be really good to ...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use profile tables for local applications

We use profile tables successfully for different scenarios. In addition to remote applications, our DB2 IT infrastructure also includes local applications for which we also have profile table usage scenarios. For example, we set the explain mode f...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Provide capability to set DSSIZE for implicitly created LOB Auxiliary Tablespaces

Currently an implicitly created LOB Auxiliary TS DSSIZE is set to 4G and does not adhere to the zparm IMPDSSIZE or the base TS DSSIZE. We would like the capability to influence the default DSSIZE for LOBs.This would also make it consistent with th...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SQL Data Insights - API to port a model definition from one Db2 (dev/test) to another Db2 (prod)

Most enterprise customers do not use UIs at all outside of test systems, all production work has to be automated and scripted. For example for all tasks around DDL deployment, object maintenance, etc. Regarding SQL Data Insights, the AI-enabling o...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Under review

SQL Data Insights - APIs for model retraining plus all other maintenance tasks available via UI today

Most enterprise customers do not use UIs at all outside of test systems, all production work has to be automated and scripted. SQL Data Insights requires the retraining of a model in case the data in the underlying table or view changed. So retrai...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration