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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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DB2 Load utility performance is very slow with the large bufferpool size

System: e-tax systemActor: User feels a bad performance of DB2 load utility DB2 V10.5 is a commonly used product that provides electric tax system.
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

db2look to exclude generating DDL for sequence objects

db2look has option to exclude generating definition for views, federated objects,... etc, and this is great. It would be good if it also offer option to exclude things like sequence objects, and maybe just include objects like functions, stored pr...
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow REPAIR CATALOG on indexes to reset version numbers

In Db2 Cloning Tool, index version mismatches cause indexes to be rebuilt on the target rather than using the physical copy. Some of these indexes are very large. Corrective measures would be to drop and recreate the index on the source which woul...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Urgent need to monitor database log utilization via db2pd

Urgent need to monitor database log utilization via db2pd
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Viewing of corrupted pages by SELECTing of catalog.

DB2 doesn't allow viewing of corrupted pages by SELECTing of catalog (like V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION in Oracle). The current workaround is:1) Execution of offline db2dart 2) OR the online INSPECT.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Ability to append to a file when performing an export

When exporting data to files, every export should be in a different file. And it the business requirement is to have all data in the same file, then it is necessary to do that manually with something external to db2.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

enhancement to "force application command"

enhance the "FORCE APPLICATION" command to identify threads belonging to a particular database and purging the threads
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Migration from SMS/Raw to AS

How to move the thousands DBs which use a combination of SMS (syscatspace) and RAW to full automatic storage. Some DBs are 100+TB so unload/load is not an option. Need a date for elimination of SMS/RAW support to determine our priotiy!
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Runstats report only

Add the option report to the runstats utility to display the up to date statistics without updating the catalog tables
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Defaut DATA BUFFER value in LOAD.

Wells Fargo requested if it possible to come up with a lower default value for DATA BUFFER without specifying DATA BUFFER in the load command. For example a registry variable like LOAD_DEFAULT_DATA_BUFFER=1000 that would take effect whenever the l...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration