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    When executing an ALTER TABLE <table> ROTATE PARTITION please do NOT invalidate dependent packages

    ALTER TABLE <table> ROTATE PARTITION is described as an ONLINE schema change. However in our 24/7 environment with tables being used frequently around the clock we cannot execute ALTER TABLE <table> ROTATE PARTITION on our most heavily...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Db2 native and RACF security consistency requirement

    This is especially important for shops like ours where for years DB2 native security and migrate to RACF security to be complaint with security audit and policies, and also new mainframe applications standards. There is multiple areas where curren...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Allow standard CSV file as input to zload

    zload is a fantastic use case and can be used by many who are currently sending data to z/OS and then using a scheduler to load into Db2. The current version of zload requires input files to be in blocked format. This is unnecessarily restrictive ...
    9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Display DSNT741I message to MSTR address space regardless of source.

    Currently, after the start profile command is successful, the system will generate DSNT741I message. This is relayed back to wherever the command was issued. I'd suggest also displaying the command in the master regardless of the source.
    over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    APPLCOMPAT use reporting to build a upgrade plan

    APPLCOMPAT for packages can be queried from the catalog, but this doesn't mean that the thread runs at that level. Since the introduction of APPLCOMPAT, no old values have been deprecated or removed. However, it seems normal that this will happen ...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    DSN-Command -STA PROFILE GROUP

    DSN-Profiles are managed using catalog tables DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES, but are not automatically activated upon insert / update. Instead a DSN-command -STA PROFILE must be executed. In a Db2 datasharing system, I can only have...
    10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

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    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

    Information about index for mapping table in SYSOBJEVENTS is misleading

    When doing a REORG TABLESPACE SHRLEVEL CHANGE both the tablespace and all indexes for it is inserted into SYSIBM.SYSOBJEVENTS. That is as it should be. What is also inserted is the namn of the index for the mapping table used. That is not as OK as...
    3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    DGTT should be able to use more than one work space

    Today one DGTT can only use one work tablespace in the workfile database. If we have one DGTT that need for example 512 GB of data we have to create all tablespaces for DGTT with that size. That is a waste of space. A better solution would be that...
    3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Always allow parameter NOSYSREC for REORG TABLESPACE

    NOSYSREC can be specified för REORG TABLESPACE. It can improve performance for the REORG. There are some situations where NOSYSREC is not allowed. The most common situation is when no data will be sorted during the REORG TABLESPACE job. Examples: ...
    3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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