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Db2 for z/OS

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Improvement of FlashCopy Load on a PBR

When loading with LOG NO a PBR at tablespace level, all partitions will be copied by FlashCopy and not only the ones that were updated. But when FLASHCOPY NO is specified, only the partitions that were update will get COPY PENDING flag. The FlashC...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Under review

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...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

DB2 Regions creating a lot of messages for AB/S004E SYSTEM ABEND CODE: 004E in LOGREC

It was reported thru GTIECSMFDB-10132 on both the SDPLEX and SBPLEX that the DB2 regions are producing thousands of error messages in the System Logrec for AB/S004E SYSTEM ABEND CODE: 004E each day. The following error messages are filling up the ...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Add timestamp to all -DISPLAY command outputs

More and more companies are using multiple DISPLAY commands to track for problems or usage statistics etc. The problem is that the TIMESTAMP when the command was issued is not in the output (apart from DISPLAY BLOCKERS) It would be really good to ...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use profile tables for local applications

We use profile tables successfully for different scenarios. In addition to remote applications, our DB2 IT infrastructure also includes local applications for which we also have profile table usage scenarios. For example, we set the explain mode f...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Sorting large amounts of data sequentially

We executed a query where a large amount of data had to be sorted. The execution stopped with SQLCODE -904 (temp. storage exceeded). This query was executed with DEGREE 1. When we executed the same query with DEGREE ANY, the query was executed by ...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update DB2 (DDF) to use a stronger Hash Algorithm in the DDF global authentication cache feature

Presently, DB2 DDF is using MD5 Hashing in the DDF global authentication cache feature. This hashing cipher is long considered weak and guidance is that it should no longer be used. We ask IBM to consider a change to DB2 to up level this feature t...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DB2 IFI306 metrics

With out IFCID 306 log read metrics, it is difficult assess capture task efficiency and performance
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Allow to ALTER (and CREATE) a Db2 pageset with the max allowable size

The current maximum for PRIQTY is 64GB. If one wants to avoid extent processing in z/OS and has pagesets larger than 64GB, there is no option (besides user-defined pagesets) to achieve this. By using IAG2 we encountered the fact that IAG2 is somet...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Set Special Registers with profile tables for local applications

It would be nice to set the current explain mode (special register) with the help of profile tables (dsn_profile_table & dsn_profile_attributes) for local applications. In our case it's CICS. At the moment it's only possible for remote applica...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration