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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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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

Enable customers running 24/7 to create unique indexes

Our Internet and Mobile applications are used 24/7 and we do not have any batch windows nor any maintenance windows. When creating new indexes on existing tables the a CREATE INDEX operation generates an unwanted outage when created with DEFER NO....
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Future consideration
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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

SQL Tuning Services and full support of Security mechanism 18

We are about to finish the installation of SQL Tuning Services in our sandbox environment. What we learnt last week from Xuqin Zhao at the IBM lab is that the product currently not fully support Security mechanism 18, especially for db2_authid_R -...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 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

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 0 Future consideration

Limit access to stop audit traces

We suggest that audit traces including class 11 can only be stopped be authids authorized to access the Db2 audit policy profile by a z/OS® security product. For compliance reasons (e.g. PCI DSS), we need to be able to document activities perf...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Set object status to prohibit data access

Before we drop a Db2 table we need to make sure that noone use the object in any way. We solve this now by stopping the tablespace and keeping it stopped for about six months. This means that noone can access the data and noone can run a utility a...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration
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Specify OWNER for External Stored Procedures

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We use a CI/CD pipeline to create external stored procedures in all test environments and production. The pipeline use a single userID to create all objects, a user with as low privileges as possible and absolutely not SYSADM. When creating plans,...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Future consideration

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