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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Reduce messages for 00F30086 and others

Reduce messages for 00F30086 and others We have corporate policy affecting security on usage from a userID. ID are SUSPENDED for inactivity after 100 days, and DELETED after 500 days. Since applications may be stable and not used in all ...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DB2 z/OS - Message id - DSNJ110E - Additional alerts for active log monitoring and highlighted new message id when DB2 logging was suspended

We had a major incident due to suspended logging for one of the critical customer. One of the critical production DB2 subsystem logging was suspended , caused by stalled archive log offloading process due to insufficient storage space on archive...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

UTS PBG, SINGLETON SELECT and Lock Avoidance.

Hello Db2 for Z/OS Development. Apar PM89016 was created several years ago to implement the lock avoidance for singleton SELECTs with ISO(CS) and CD(YES) when R-scan is used, or the index that is chosen has matching predicates on all columns of th...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Improve the usability of the masking function

According to the manual, column masking has incompatibility with some SQL functions that we use a lot. In our environment, we have many abends with SQLCODE = -20478, example: SELECT CASE WHEN ST_EMAIL LIKE 'MARIA%' THEN 'OK' ELSE 'NOT OK' ENDFROM ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Delivered
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registration of unload utility

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We would like to see who and when executed an unload utility and on which table/tablespace in a simple way, with the default DB2 code. SO not with an extra payable tool (fe. Guardian) or NOT by auditting all these tables (cpu overhead). Utilitys a...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Add support for IPL Boost on RLF

When using a z15 with IPL Boost feature enabled, Db2 RLF will cause problems after IPL Boost ends because it kills requests too soon and you get unexpected -905 SQL codes. The problem appears because RLF only reads machine informations at startup ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Delivered

Allow Client Information to be propagated from a Db2 REST call

In a multi-tenant environment it is of great importance to be able to quickly isolate a problem in order to resolve a problem. We are currently using the Db2 JDBC Client Information API to provide Db2 with various correlation data from our Java ba...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow for use of RACF passtickets when connecting to Db2 zOS

The current DSM documentation states to use a non-expiring RACF id for the DSM repository connection to z/OS and the connection profile "Data collection" credentials. Non expiring RACF ids are not allowed by our Security and Controls team. This pr...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 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...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Dynamic Statement Cache should have information from the field ClientInfo

We use JPA to generate Dynamic SQL in Db2 z/OS. The application ID i sent in the field ClientInfo which helps us to identify the processing. SMF records, Omegamon, Query Monitor and other products contain this information, but not the Dynamic Stat...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered