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Db2 for z/OS

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Enhance the DISPLAY LOG COMMAND to show if a specific active log dataset belonging to one member of a data sharing group is allocated to 1 or more other members in the data sharing group.

This command would be useful to allow DB2 SYSPROGS/DBAs to see if a specific active log dataset belonging to one member of a data sharing group is allocated to 1 or more other members in the data sharing group. This would allow the REMOVAL PENDING...
almost 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow the SQL ALTER statement to convert SYNONYMS into ALIASES.

We have over 800,000 synonyms across 100+ DB2 subsystems/data sharing groups to convert to aliases. In our production environments, the conversion of synonyms to aliases (DROP SYNONYM/CREATE ALIAS) is going to cause carnage because all of our prod...
almost 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Rotate an archive-enabled PBR tablespace without causing a deadlock

When we try to rotate partitions of an archive-enabled PBR tablespace, Db2 requires us to disable archiving before the rotate then re-enable archiving after the rotate. However, when we re-enable archiving we cause a deadlock with CICS and the onl...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Object should go into advisory reorg when PCTFREE, PCTFREE for update, FREEPAGE is altered instead of immediate alter to have the REORG pick it up and ensure it is done. Having it immediate is just a catalog update and it might be missed.

When Altering PCTFREE, PCTFREE for UPDATE or FREEPAGE, the DB2 catalog is updated and the DBA must ensure a reorg is run to materialize the change. A process that can be missed. I would like to see this as a pending change and have the reorg pick ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New DB2z "LOCKMAXCANCEL" tablespace characteristic - cancel thread when N locks have been reached

Suggest a new parameter for the TABLESPACE definition (perhaps named "LOCKMAXCANCEL"). LOCKMAXCANCEL This would allow you to specific a number that represent the maximum number of locks that can be acquired for the tablespace at which point the th...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Real time statistics (RTS) should include information about index traversal count

Application DBA's and developers use performance metrics, acess paths, object definitions and Real Time Statistics (RTS) when analyzing application perfomance. Information about FTB should be syncronized with other information about the index and ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Drop STP SQL with dependency of other STP SQL type NATIVE

We have a general purpose StoredProcedure (STPX1) that is called by other native StoredProcedures (STPA1, STPA2, STPA3, etc) that have CALL statements to STPX1, If I need DROP the STP STPX1 (for recreate later) I receive the error -478 for depende...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support of static SQL (SQLJ) for IntelliJ regarding Code completion and Error Detection

A lot of customers are using IntelliJ enterprise wide, while still using static sql in Java and therefore have a heavy need for support of the IDE and not just read log output and match it with the code in the editor.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

REORG TABLESPACE REBALANCE option to leave some partitions empty

The current REORG TABLESPACE utility with REBALANCE option will distribute rows evenly accross partitions. Many of my tables have ascending keys, so after a REBALANCE of several partitions (example PART(10:16) ), most new rows will be inserted in...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Compress statement text before insert in Dynamic Statement Cache

GGDB212006 'Compress' statement text of dynamic SQL statements by removing all unnecessary blanks before inserting in DSC. As a consequence statements have to be 'compressed' before comparing it to statements in DSC
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration