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Db2 for z/OS

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Online conversion of index to partitioned index

Db2 13 Function level 500 introduces the online conversion of tables from growth-based (PBG) to range-based (PBR) partitions. The conversion alter is pending DDL applied by the REORG TABLESPACE utility. There is a need to also convert one or more ...
2 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

DB2 Developer Extension for z/OS - add ability to copy and import/export existing connections

Adding a Db2 z/OS connection requires optional parameters for SSL connections which are often missed when setting up the connection. Adding the ability to copy an existing connection would allow a new connection to be set up more quickly. The copy...
20 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Provide one Db2 message to indicate that GRECP and LPL recovery is complete across a Db2 data sharing group.

We use automation to drive our disaster recovery processes to reduce the recovery time and remove human interaction. We have been running into issues with starting software products that require access to Db2 before it has completed GRECP and LPL ...
20 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Db2 Developer Extension - Native Stored Procedure (NSP) edit in place, run and deploy from catalog listing

Currently to edit a native stored procedure, you have to make a copy of it and put it in a new file. We would like it to work like Data Studio where you can display the stored procedure in Data Source Explorer, right click and open with routine ed...
27 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Db2 Developer Extension - Add support to execute external COBOL stored procedures from catalog list, save input parameters and reload saved values as well as generating DDL and dropping the stored procedure

Application Developers use Data Source Explorer in Data Studio to display external COBOL stored procedures from the db2 catalog. They right click and get options to run the stored procedure after inputting values, generate the DDL and can also dro...
27 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Under review

Allow RECOVER INDEX BACKOUT YES for index with COPY NO

The RECOVER TABLESPACE with BACKOUT YES is a relatively new recover option. It tells Db2 RECOVER to start with the current state of the tablespace and read the data change log backwards to find all recent changes to the tablespace and undo those c...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

Allow application to decide what to do when a timeout occurs (-911 vs. -913)

In time-critical processes, it can be important to be able to react to timeout conditions in Db2. In Db2 V13, there is new functionality that allows an application to override the default timeout setting (the CURRENT LOCK TIMEOUT special register)...
15 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Externalisation of Real-Time-Statistics before REORGs dynamic sort space allocation

During our maintenance in the night we use the DSNACCOX suggestions for automated REORGs. These REORGs are using the dynamic allocation of SORT Space. However, these allocation is based on the externalized RTS of the related tablespace. Some of ou...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Support for CREATE INDEX DEFER YES DEFINE NO would be very usefull for Spaces with a 'high' number of partitions to avoid timeouts on SYSTSTAB.

When using "CREATE INDEX DEFER YES DEFINE NO", "DEFINE NO" is ignored with SQLCODE 20122 and the VSAM Clusters are created anyway. Doing this for a partitioned index on a partitioned table with lots of partitions (400+) the runtime of CREATE INDEX...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

the message DSNZ015I should be a warning and not an informational message

running a batch -SET SYSPARM command should end in a CC 0004 if there are parms that are NOT pulled in.
9 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review