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Db2 for z/OS

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    flood of console with I/O error messages when Db2 is always tring to allocate/open LOGCOPY1 first for each LOG-READ request

    Customer would like to avoid a flood of console with I/O error messages. The test environment and scenario is as follows.environment: - DB2 V11 DATA sharing (We have three MEMBER DB1A, DB2A, DB3A) - Q-Capture(IIDR for DB2 V10.2.1) server is runnin...
    about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Current authorization session variable

    We would like to have a session variable that would identify the current authorization in use by a connection. By "current authorization", I would like it to identify the package owner of the package being executed for static sql or dynamic sql us...
    about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    in DB2 v.11 env. question on use of httpgetblobfile

    Problem description and business impact customer in z/os v2.2 and db2 v.11 have a question on function httpgetblobfile: the function (db2xml.httpgetblobfile but also db2xml.httpgetclobfile) has in input a varchar with the url and a clob with the h...
    about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Backout also if system errors occours using 'load resume yes backout yes'

    Load resume yes backout yes should perform the backout process also when some system error occurs (ie.: space constraints on utility datasets), primarily in case of DISCARDS 1 specification.With this choice the customer wish to prefer the preserva...
    about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    CATMAINT / ENFM REORG enhancement

    CATMAINTs and ENFM REORGs causes major disruption if running alongside current workload. Continuous availabilty requirements means sign-off for planned DB2 outages (version upgrades or catalog reorgs) are very difficult to obtain/justify.
    over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Improve DB2 sliding scale algorithm (SECQTY -1)

    The maximum secondary space allocation of 559 cylinders for objects of 64GB or greater is too little causing the number of extents hits the limit of 255 or if using Extent Constraint Removal it would generated many extents. For the cases where the...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    additional Db2 accounting info when SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE is used

    When I use SQL UPDATE then the accounting information is very clear that UPDATE was used. If I wrap that UPDATE with SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE on the outside then the accounting information does not clearly show UPDATE was used. This is tricky and a...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Adding new values to CHECK Constraints should not put Table in CHECK PENDING

    There are many instances today when existing CHECK Constraints have to be modified to add additional values. Currently, making any modifications to CHECK Constraints to add or remove values requires that the Constraint be dropped and re-created. T...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Allow customers to specify a name for SYSINSTL ID instead of forcing "SYSINSTL"

    Currently, IBM allows customers to install Db2 for z/OS under Install SYSOPR authority. This requires that the customer specify "SYSINSTL" as the installer ID in several key steps of the DB2 Install CLIST. "SYSINSTL" is then used for definition of...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Repair Catalog of Indexspaces

    After using DSN1COPY to copy table- and indexspaces from one subsystem to another it is possible to do a REPAIR CATALOG to update catalog informations about RBA format, Row format and versions. There is no possiblity to repair index RBA format. We...
    over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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