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    HPU writes tables locally. If HPU could write direct to S3 locations, it would eliminate the need to move files after creation.

    If HPU had a feature to write data directly to S3 buckets, it would make the process for moving data to cloud faster & easier. While initial unloads may be constrained by available bandwidth, the process of writing to S3 immediately starts the...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Submitted

    HPU 'FASTU-DELIMITED' output format delimiter issue

    We are in the process of converting CA DB2 Fast Unload jobs to IBM HPU and got the below issue for atleast 16 Batch jobs and impacting the migration to IBM DB2 tools. Faced the delimiter issue with IBM HPU as below :- CA Fast Unload output - '000R...
    10 months ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

    CP4D - Reference Data Sets - Column Descriptions and Default Character Length

    DRAFT, enhance it based on the details at: https://ibm-analytics.slack.com/archives/CMBN9DB9C/p1758281856675439 The business would like to add a “Description” value and have the “Default character length” value displayed for the column names “Code...
    2 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Under review

    Support for Credential Guard when using Kerberos authentincation

    Kerberos authentication should be possible when Credential Guard is enabled in Windows. Specially since it is be enabled by default in Windows 11. Lack of this functionality is basically a violation of support for Windows 11 and Kerberos on the pl...
    about 1 year ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Submitted

    Unload LOCK YES Drain Writers instead of executing LOCK TABLE

    When executing HPU in Native MODE with parameters ULLOCK = YES, ULLOCKTE = LOCK and ULLOCKMO = NATIVE_ONLY HPU executes a EXEC SQL LOCK TABLE. Sometimes table being locked is in a TS whose a IX TS lock was left in DB2 due to this table be used in ...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Filters on RDS With Composite Keys

    Filtering on a large RDS is cumbersome especially when you want to narrow down a specific combination of a code and two or more composite keys. Please add an option to filter on the "Key" (code|composite key 1|composite key 2)
    about 1 year ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data System 6 Under review

    Read and Write partitions in parallel with only one OUTDDN dataset

    Recently, during some tests, we observed that using a single dataset for each part in the OUTDDN with &PART drastically improves the elapsed time of the HPU job (with benefits for data availability, reduced contention probability, etc.). Howev...
    8 months ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

    cpd-cli health tool for storage validation need to add check for storage requirement like NVME or SSD.

    cpd-cli health tool for storage validation need to add check for storage requirement like NVME or SSD.
    8 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Under review

    Fixed column List for a Select * based on a timestamp

    It can be very useful if we could input a timestamp in the Unload cards which results in any column that were added to the table post the timestamp to be excluded from the column list to be unloaded. This will give a nice mechanism so that a SELEC...
    9 months ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

    Require EGO RestAPI to close host via automation

    As we discussed earlier on our call, we are searching for a method to provide some automation for our Spectrum environments. Ideally, this type of action would be supported by an API level interface, but the available commands for host management ...
    about 1 year ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.4.1 2 Submitted

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