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Db2 for z/OS

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FR556: More granular IRLMRWT

By default, SAP customers run with fairly high values for IRLMRWT like 5 or 10 minutes because SAP applications usually prefer waiting longer rather than having timeouts too early. In general, this works well. However, there are cases in which cer...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Enable to check maximum LATCH retention time in DB2PE reports etc

[Current Product & Version]-Db2 12 for z/OS-IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2Performance Expert on z/OS v5.5-z/OS v2.3-WebSphere Application Server v9 for z/OS [Environment]Data sharing in three-way sysplex environment [Problem]Our customer is us...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Resolve issue where DB2 has an issue with invalid MDSNxx Class profiles created in RACF

IBM Please read the case TS013914362. In summary DB2 created dumps/abends when the RACF administrator deleted permissions to some incorrectly formatted profiles in one of the MDSNxx classes. When the administrator performed the permit delete and i...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

QUERY_HASH strangeness

Hi! I am starting to use the new column in SYSPACKSTMT called QUERY_HASH and I have noticed that for different SQL Statement texts I am getting the same hash. I am aware that there is no guarantee of uniqueness but what worries me is that my SQL i...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Provide functionality to free inactive copies of native REST service packages

Native REST services in Db2 system have packages. There can also exist inactive copies (original and previous copies - COPYID 1 and 2) of these REST service packages - coming out of PLANMGMT. Problem: Current FREE SERVICE command implementation (c...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered

Different Column Names for Union Query

IBM Db2 z/OS development team to allow different column names in different parts of a UNION clause, as long as their types match, and assign the column names from the first part of the UNION clause to the columns of resulting table
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered

LISTAGG - Reduce workfile usage of function LISTAGG

The function LISTAGG uses a lot of workfile space. This can lead to abends, especially if there are many groups. This is the specific case where the problem occurred in our company: SELECT A.GES_SL, A.VNR, A.POS_LNR , SUBSTR(LISTAGG(TA_ID,'/') WIT...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

IBM Textsearch for zOS uses old JRE

As Java SDK V6.0 is no longer supported by IBM and the Product IBM Text Search for DB2 for zOS delivered with DB2 V12 still works with this old version, it would be diserable if this Java would be changed to common used version. (Open J9) Ther...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Support for python ibm_db driver on z/OS using z ODBC driver

The requirement is to offer connectivity to Db2 on z/OS natively by using the z/OS ODBC driver. The python driver has been enhanced to successfully compile on the z/OS platform, and basic validation and regression suite validation has been done. ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Secure Db2 audit trace activation without possibility to stop or modify for Db2 admins

Because of supervisory regulation we need some Db2 audit traces, which are running the whole Db2 runtime at anytime and which cannot be stopped or modified by any Db2 admin IDs (like Install SYSADM, SYSADM, SECADM...).
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered