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Db2 for z/OS

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DB2 provided z/OSMF templates to support Db2 subsystem in DSG

Currently template z/OSMF workflows to provision Db2 for z/OS subsystem support only stand-alone subsystems. We would like to have a template to provision DB2 subsystems in a DSG.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

zOS DB2 support for EDITPROC and FIELDPROC for I306 log records.

DB2 for zOS does not support EDITPROC and FIELDPROC automatically like it supports compression and other conversions for I306 records. We have customers who ask for this and we can't support this feature but apparently others can through USERMODs ...
over 5 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

Control Connections Via Profiles Using Client Properties

We would like more granular control over connections. Currently, the only way to do this is via a profile using an IP address. Unfortunately, the IP address is the static IP of a client. That client may house multiple webservices. If only 1 of tho...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Setup different timeout values for OLTP and BATCH, thus to reduce application lock wait time.

Setup different timeout values for OLTP and BATCH, thus to reduce application lock wait time. Description: - This requirement is focusing on the deadlock situation happened between different databases. - DEADLOCK can only be solved when one of the...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Include DDL for global variables in IBM provided DB2 service SQL programs

IBM supplied Service SQL program DSNADMSB (calls stored proc SYSPROC.ADMIN_INFO_SQL) is building service SQL for SQL, which are investigated in IBM problem records (PMR).Among other things the service SQL provides DDL for involved DB2 objects (e.g...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Unique DB2 Message To Indicate That GRECP and LPL Recovery Is Complete And There Are No More Objects Flagged As GRECP or LPL

We are using GDPS automation to drive our disaster recovery processes and we have been running into a number of problems with LPL and GRECP recovery due to contention during startup of data sharing groups. This in turn causes failures when MQ shar...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

complete alter trigger statement

If you need to change the logic of a trigger, you have to DROP and (re)CREATE it. So there is a moment (after the drop) where DML-statements could be executed which are not caught by the trigger.So I'm asking for the ability to execute an ALTER TR...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve versioning in DB2

DSN1COPY or copying tablespaces with other tools (e.g. Cloning Tool) should be successful no matter if the original tablespace was created at once or if it was altered afterwards with ADD COLUMN.
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Maintain catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE

Today, the DB2 catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE is unmaintained. Having this column maintained gives the REORG utility the ability to calculate a more accurate average row length when decompressing the rows, especially in combination with VARC...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered