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Db2 for z/OS

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Provide a facility to track Db2 Command History

A table that would record commands (like START/STOP, ), when they were executed, by whom, etc. Some commands (like DISPLAY) could be excluded. One Use Case would be to analyze why a tablespace might be in UT status when no utilities are running. A...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add SCOPE(GROUP) to the Start/Stop Profile command

In our shop we have many Db2 data sharing members. If we need to stop and then start our profile tables we need to do so in many places. Adding the SCOPE(GROUP) to the both the start and the stop command would reduce the number of places and comma...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Better RMF API support in Db2 stats collection

Db2 can extract z/OS - LPAR related info from RMF when ZOSMETRICS ZPARM is enabled. However for this to work in a sysplex environment it is required that EVERY member in the sysplex has the Db2 SDSNLINK library in the linklist , regardless of whet...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REBUILD INDEX utility enhancement

Enhance the REBUILD INDEX SHRLEVEL CHANGE utility to create a shadow copy of the index, then switch it over on completion.
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Log offload task needs to be manually cancelled restarted after outage to tape

We are seeing situations when tape processing is down and a DB2 request to offload logs to tape is initiated using dynamic allocation, that offload task will hang and never be satisfied until the offload task is cancelled and re-driven manually. T...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 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

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...
about 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...
about 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

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