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Db2 for z/OS

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Collect statistics for NPI when reorging only a partition

In general we want to collect statistics only as inline stats using USE PROFILE during reorg. Our strategy is to reorg objects on a partition level. Unfortunately in this case statistics for NPIs are sometime not collected and we receive message D...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Remove IBM internal use only to LIMITKEY field in catalog table SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART because the field is useful in ROTATE

LIMITKEY field in catalog table SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART is used by customer application to calculate the new limitkey for the last partition when implemented the ROTATE, for such reason we ask to consider LIMITKEY field a stable field, normally used b...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Prevent deadlocks between RTS externalization and ALTER activity

We occasionally experience deadlocks between our application processes that perform alters to rotate partitions on partitioned tablespaces and RTS externalization (specifically correlation ID 014.RTSTST00). We would like to see the locking between...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Request to add parameters - Control Unload Utility:Specify new "Register" Option by Db2 Subsystem(zparm)

In Db2 12, the UNLOAD utility have a new "REGISTER" option, with SHRLEVEL CHANGE/ISOLATION UR. The default is NO. The default behavior of UNLOAD utility with REGISTER option is to reads pages directly from disk only, UNLOAD might miss recent data ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Avoid synchronous preformat in SQL INSERT transactions

[Background]The customer's system providing banking services abroad is exposed to regulatory risk by the local banking regulator.The customer is forced to complete a specific transaction within a second basically.This specific SQL INSERT transacti...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

DB2 z/OS V11 NFM - 6-Byte LOG RBA Limit Reached for BASIC format objects

DB2 : Stand-aloneVer : V11 NFM We need a monitoring and alert mechanism in DB2 z/OS (V11), to display warning messages when there are DB2 objects still in BASIC format and the 6 byte log limit is about to be reached (even though the BSDS uses EXTE...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

User Specified Correlation ID Acceptance and Propagation throughout IMS, DB2 z/OS and Guardium

There is critical functionality on disparate systems which require real-time and near real-time interactions. Tracking, primarily for Information Security and forensic purposes, the flow of a specific interaction throughout the various platforms a...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Allow Db2 z/OS REORG with NOCHECKPEND

Customer is using the REORG utility to cull or reduce rows from a table. However, if the table in questions has RI relationships with other tables, these related tables may go into a CHECK PENDING state. If the REORG can be run with a NOCHECKPEND ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Every utility should register itself in SYSCOPY

I want that a reorg or rebuild index and runstats leave an entry in SYSCOPY.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Allow REBIND of in-use Dynamic SQL Packages

Since the requirement to have a Package for Dynamic SQL was introduced there has always been the problem about when to REBIND these "empty shells". The requirement to REBIND was only slightly annoying in the past as it was just to avoid an auto bi...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered