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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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ARCRETN - Managing by DFSMS - SMS Management Class

In a situation related to replication delay, it was necessary to keep the Db2 archive log longer than its current retention period. The subsystem parameter ARCRETN was set as 17 days as in Management Class. The planning was to alter the retention ...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration
119 VOTE

Resolve a restriction that CACHE DYN STABILITY function can not use with CONCENTRATE WITH LITERALS option.

Customer environment Db2 V12　<- DRDA -> Db2connect/JDBC(IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ type 2) Server side.(JDBC Type2 is used) Windows server: - WebSphere BASE 9.0.0　（Windows2016） - Db2client / IBM Data Server Runtime Client V11.1...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Allow to query and stop an object in one go to avoid STOPP

HSM allows to move DB2 page sets by stopping them and copying them and then starting the page sets again. HSM does this by DIS DB(...) SP(...) USE and a subsequent STO DB(...) SP(...). If in the small timing window between the DIS command and the ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration
11 MERGED

Allow to query and stop an object in one go to avoid STOPP

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HSM allows to move DB2 page sets by stopping them and copying them and then starting the page sets again. HSM does this by DIS DB(...) SP(...) USE and a subsequent STO DB(...) SP(...). If in the small timing window between the DIS command and the ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DISPLAY EARLY CODE command

Good to know what the level of of the DB2 early code. IBM currently make viewing the early code level far more difficult than it needs to be.
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Error message improvement when failing to convert tablespace to UTS PBG

Recently we are converting our old segmented and simple tablespaces to UTS PBG. When converting one of these tablespaces we got an abend and a DUMP showing reason code 00C90101. We opended a case (TS009249828) and analyzing the DUMP DB2 lab conclu...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

remove limitations in workfile database which leedsto outages

When a workfile is created Db2 increments obid, when a workfile ist dropped the obid is not released by Db2. There is a restriction of maximum 500 workfiles. When the limit has been reached, no more work files can be created, SQL code -497 is retu...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Return information about a failed Lock-Escalation to the application

When a Lock-Escalation occurs it is documented by message DSNI031I (Lock Escalation has occurred) in the Db2-Master-Adressspace. But when a Lock-Escalation fails there is no documentation for this, instead it comes to a Timeout or Deadlock from a ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Need a Db2 option to return control (and not wait) if the maximum number of threads is already reached

We've seen cases in z/OS DFSMS OAM where the application invoking OAM can use up the available Db2 connections/threads so when OAM goes to process their request, there are no longer any threads available resulting in a deadly embrace. Typically th...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Eliminate the need to bind a subprogram locally called by a stored procedure running remotely

Today there are different code pathes if a package is called remotely from a local program OR a local stored procedure. If the package is called by a stored procedure we get SQLCODE805 if no local package exists. Therefore we have the need to bind...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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