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REST API: Content Ancestors

Objects returned by /api/v1/modules include an ancestors object, making it simple to identify the location of the data module. Please provide an ancestors object for objects returned by /api/v1/modules/<storeID>, /api/v1/content/<storeID&...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

New age patchinstall tool

With IBM moved away from Quarterly fixpacks to Yearly release – we often see bunch of patches for install as backlog. Current patchinstall tool does this job efficiently for a single patch and if I’ve to install 5 patches on top of a fixpack (inde...
about 2 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Scheduling 0 Under review

Add Arm64 support for Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx

I am trying to use the dotnet library Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx on an Apple Macbook M3 Pro, but it fails to work. I was told it is because the library does not support Arm64 systems. Can we add Arm64 support? See this thread for back story.
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

INTERPRET Function for Packed-decimal Data

We have some old tables with a CHAR column where we store a record formatted by a Cobol Program. It contains a mix of display data and packed-decimal data. To use that data we have to read it in a Cobol program and interpret it using a Cobol copyb...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IDAA V7: Distinction between Replication and Log reading for ISYNC feature

Idea is based on CASE TS011806661 - IDAA V7: Replication latency is growing when replication is stopped (despite the fact no table is defined for the replication) From the technical perspective of the IDAA team, the issue lies in the perception th...
5 months ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enhance MON_GET_TRANSACTION_LOG to return Transaction Log number of OLDEST_TX_LSN and the Transaction log number of the minbuflsn recovery information returned by db2pd -dirtypages

Enhance MON_GET_TRANSACTION_LOG to return Transaction Log number of OLDEST_TX_LSN and the Transaction log number of the minbuflsn recovery information returned by db2pd -dirtypages. For example when trying to identify the reason for the First Acti...
11 months ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover / Monitoring 0 Future consideration

Externalize IDAA internal configuration / tuning parameters visible by customer

Wells Fargo’s Audit Department requires monitoring of configuration parameters. At least monthly (in Database Operation case its daily), Enterprise Compute Services (ECS) Drift Identification Automation compares deployed configuration data to the ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

db2look with -printdbcfg must support parameters with "automatic" value

To clone a database and all its objects IBM recommend to use the db2look utility. If you use the -printdbcfg to clone the db configuration too the db2look utility generate the parameter values in the update commands but without the "automatic" val...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

Add Option to Migrate Datasets that were Recalled as Part of a Scan

Please add an option so a user can specify that the LAT job submitted migrates any datasets (thinking archive log datasets here) that it had to recall to complete the scan. An example would be where a user attempts to scan multiple days in the pas...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Supply RACF Exit IRREVX01 to fail commands against Db2 classes that don't have the proper syntax.

As encountered in Case TS013914362, invalid profiles would not be created that could leave unused records in the RACF data base and also confuse Db2 when RACF notifies Db2 to refresh the cached profiles. All Db2 for z/OS users utilizing RACF could...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration