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CDC Support for MSSQL SYSTEM_VERSIONED_TEMPORAL_TABLE

CDC MSSQL Agent should support also SYSTEM_VERSIONED_TEMPORAL_TABLE Tables as Source.
almost 2 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Future consideration

Bi-Temporal support for DB2 AUTH tables

I am asking for bi-temporal AUTH tables, and while I think the plan is to add System Temporal with Cypress on many catalog tables, I'm asking also for Business Temporal. There are a couple reasons for this request, first from a Business Temporal p...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Run REORG only for ALTERs that placed in AREOR (exclude AREO*) and needed for newly deployed modules (Bind/Rebind) eg DROP COLUMN

Currently, the RUN_REORG_REBUILD option has the following characteristics M = Mandatory. Generate REORG utility statements to remove REORG pending conditions. (only Reorg Pending)A = All relevant. Generate all needed REORG utility statements to fu...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for Management Console

We have run into a situation where we need to have select access on application objects in order to be able to use Management console. However this type of application access is restricted to our 'privileged' IDs, which use 2FA to login. But Manag...
almost 8 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

new aggregated WLM threshold for LOCKLIST at workload/service class level

We have MAXLOCK db-cfg parameter which can be used to avoid a single connection (UOW) to consume the LOCKLIST space. But this parameter some times it not enough. I have seen LOCK escalation cases happening (which locked system tables, causing huge...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Add Ability to Specify Archive Datasets as Input for LAT Scan

A user will run a scan to create an archive file, or several scans over time, each creating a file. When he wants to revisit these, he has found he is only able to specify the start and end times in his window. It seems that LAT will read through ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Limit batch connections via DB2 profile tables

We had a few instances where an errant user submitted multiple batch jobs against a DB2 subsystem and caused DB2 to reach IDBACK limit. This affected other users trying to submit batch jobs for an extended period of time. Making use of DB2 profile...
over 8 years 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...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Future consideration

auto-reorg OLR for cleanup of overflows

Auto-reorg should use online window to issue REORG CLEANUP OVERFLOWS (and also trigger a RUNSTATS afterwards).Problem to solve: SQL optimizer thinks overflow accesses are quite expensive and then might to start choosing different access plans that...
over 7 years ago in Db2 2 Future consideration

Performance penalty in LOAD when using large bufferpool

LOAD RESETDICTIONARYONLY and other LOADs take very long, if table resides in large buffer.The limitation also applies to LOAD on row based tables, but bufferpools on BLU systems tend to be much larger.
over 7 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration