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Db2 for z/OS

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We would like to see OTEL 1161 information added to IFCID 3 with new OTEL section added

Add new OTEL section to IFCID 3 containing SPANID / TRACEID, LUWID, and all related OTEL information
9 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Simplify REVOKE by REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES and RETAIN OBJECTS

1) REVOKE of old grants is complex due to many things that might not be revokable in the same revoke - if one fails the entire statement fails. Usually privileges are revoked due to a person leaving or moving into different a different role . REVO...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

Distribute Db2 Connect “unlimited” license artefacts in a huge environment via z/OS or Db2 for z/OS tooling instead of db2connectactivate.sh

The documented way to “install” a Db2 Connect unlimited license in a Db2 for z/OS system or data sharing group is db2connectactivate.sh. To activate Db2 Connect unlimited for a huge number of Db2 for z/OS systems, a central LUW (or USS) instance w...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

Allow Override of Allocated Data Sets in Batch CLIST Input (DSNTIDOM) in DB2 Migration/Install

In Db2 for z/OS, the DSNTIDOM input member defines parameter values that control how the installation/migration/function‑level activation CLIST generates tailored JCL jobs and artifacts when run in batch mode. DSNTIDOM corresponds to the panel fie...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Add STMT_HASHID2 in IFCID 316

Can you add STMT_HASHID2 (referred in DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE_TABLE) field to the IFCID 316 record? It would be very handy in identifying normalized SQL statement text(s).
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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 ...
23 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Reorg index should update Real Time Statistics table SYSINDEXSPACESTATS

In case opened to IBM support, I found out that RTS table SYSINDEXSPACESTATS is not updated after reorg index. We have automated reorg of tablespaces and indexes through IBM DB2 Automation Tool using conditions for reorganization from RTS tables S...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

Enable discard reorganizations on catalog history tables.

Enabling historization for certain catalog tables can result in very large tables that can be difficult to purge, particularly if they are in LOCKSIZE ROW and without LOCK ESCALATION, as is the case, for example, with the SYSIBM.SYSTABSPACESTATS_H...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

APCompare(warning) info when there is a autorebind

After a production issue due changing Db2 object sql path was changed, we implementing in our shop to use always APCompare(warning) . This works ok for 99% of our changes but some changes in prod that afterwards gets autorebind of packages can sti...
13 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Complete PROFILE support for SQL tuning ZPARMS

While modelling a production system it was noticed that the PROFILE support is not 100% up to date and compatible with the actual ZPARMs that the Db2 Optimizer uses. I opened a case TS019778440 and they said "Yes, it is missing, please open an AHA...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration