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Allow DBM CFG FEDERATED YES ONLINE configurable

Allow DBM CFG FEDERATED YES ONLINE configurable Db2 federation is activated by: UPDATE DATABASE MANAGER CONFIGURATION USING FEDERATED YES To use federation it is necessary to stop/start database manager. Please make it possible to activate federat...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

Partial early aggregation (PEA) in a federation system

Extend the Db2 optimizer combined with federation for partial early aggregation (PEA). Push down SQL queries to a federated database to reduce traffic from the remote source significantly.
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW Federation Server should be able to use Sysplex Workload Balance (WLB) when connection to DB2 z/OS.

Implement Sysplex Workload Balance (WLB) for DB2 Federation Server connections to DB2 z/OS sysplex data sharing like exists for JDBC driver/DB2 Connect.
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

UMS UI to support creating an Application that contains Global Variable

It is not currently possible to create an application using the UI that imports Global Variables. Support for Global Variables needs to be provided.
6 months ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 0 Under review

Support Provisioning an instance to a Schema where objects already exist

We need the ability to deploy a DOE instance into a Db2 where objects with the target schema name already exist. This is required, for example, if we have PLAN_TABLEs pre-provisioned for a given schema, or if we later determine that we need additi...
6 months ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 0 Under review

Provide an API that enables you to identify the Application an object is defined in

We have hundreds of UMS applications and it is not easy to determine in what application and object is defined - or whether it is already defined in an application. This request is to provide an API that will enable us to supply an object name, an...
6 months ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 0 Under review

Can't create a nickname on a table containing a STRUCT datatype

Can'create a nickname on a DRDA table containing a geospatial column . Problem description and business impact Using DB2 ESE 10.5 FP8 (and the Spatial Extender component) on Redhat 7.2, I can't create a column on a DRDA remote table containing the...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

Change stored procedure SYSPROC.NNSTAT to use method 2 for ODBC based nicknames

The SYSPROC.NNSTAT stored procedure uses method 1 for automatic, asynchronous statistics collection for ODBC based nicknames.This results in lack of statistics being collected, leading the optimizer to derive at inefficient access plans.
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Future consideration

Provisioning rule required to remove KEY LABELS for test instances

Devops Experience applications are created from a production, or like-production source. In production we use pervasive encryption, and so some tables have a KEY LABEL defined and make use of ICSF and data encryotion. In test environments we do no...
over 2 years ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 1

DOE - DDL protection issue

Protection of Master DDL (tables etc.) owned by application teams and how DOE can successfully and fully restrict changes to only by ‘owners’ of those objects. Example: •A DOE Team is created e.g. ABC, assigned to an Environment and ABC team m...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 1 Future consideration