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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

Db2 should have a logo as other database products do e.g. Postgres, MongoDb etc

when writing and presenting information in a data flow OR documentation it will be helpful if there was a logo to represent Db2. Most other database products have logos which are instantly recognisable.
3 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Submitted

DB2 VTAM to TCP change on location length

Hi team, We are doing testing on DB2 ZOS VTAM to TCP convert. We have some DB2 subsystem with longer than 8 char. to setup DB2 IPNAME didn't raise anything, but when we try to query it, we can not use the existing location name, but have to define...
3 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

ALTER TABLESPACE ... INSERT ALGORITHM 0

Today a Tablespace can be created with IAG0  but alteration is only possible to IAG1 or 2. When I want to fallback after testing a different IAG on a IAG0-tablespace today it is neccessary to drop/create the tablespace to go back to IAG0. Cur...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Needs more information

rebrand Db2 back to DB2

🙂 We the customers need Db2 rebranded back to DB2 as this still, after all these years, feels VERY strange to us and we fail to understand the benefit that the name Db2 brings to the table. I am at IDUG EMEA 2026 and have asked a lot of my fellow ...
9 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Submitted

allow validation of existence of Db2 Connect unlimited license inside Db2 Z from Z

It is possible (common perhaps) for Db2 Z to have Db2 Connect unlimited installed inside the Db2 Z. This license activation is done by Db2 LUW utility called 'db2connectactivate' > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/12.1.x?topic=dswnls-activating-...
14 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

Automatic DISPLAY DATABASE(dbname) SPACENAM(indexspace) CLAIMERS for unseccessful drain in REORG INDEX

If a REORG TABLESPACE is unsuccessful caused by an unsuccessful DRAIN e.g. a DISPLAY DATABASE is done automatically. This is not the case for REORG INDEX, but this would be pretty helpful.  Solution: Adopt the automatic DISPLAY DATABASE(...
14 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

BPX.SUPERUSER instead of UID 0

The ADMIN_JOB_SUBMIT stored procedure allows jobs to be submitted from within a program. The response includes the job number, which can subsequently be used to check the job's result asynchronously. The user ID and password can be passed as param...
14 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

DB2 for z/OS: Remove redundant definitions for RUNSTATS / STATFDBK_PROFILE

When Db2 for z/OS statistics feedback (STATFDBK_SCOPE / STATFDBK_PROFILE) automatically writes recommended COLGROUP statistics into a table's RUNSTATS profile (SYSIBM.SYSTABLES_PROFILES), successive recommendations are appended with no check for w...
14 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Future consideration

Support for debugging native stored procedures with Unified Debugger session manager on z/OS

We need to debug a native stored procedure and have implemented the Unified Debugger on z/OS, as described in: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-for-zos/13.0.0?topic=zos-installing-unified-debugger-session-manager-system We can debug the stored proc...
15 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review

DISPLAY UTILITY should not report PHASE=SWITCH for REORG SHRLEVEL CHANGE until a restart-eligible checkpoint has been committed inside the SWITCH driver

Problem Statement When REORG TABLESPACE SHRLEVEL CHANGE abends inside the SWITCH phase before committing any restart-eligible work, the subsequent DISPLAY UTILITY output shows PHASE = LOG and the restart attempt is rejected with DSNU298I RESTART N...
15 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Under review