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Db2 on-premise

JWT-based authentication for on-prem Db2 LUW using Microsoft Entra ID, with the Db2 Data Server Client retrieving the token from the Microsoft IDP.

Provide native JWT/OIDC token-based authentication support for Db2 LUW on-premises, including modern Authorization Code Flow with PKCE and token validation. Extend the Full OIDC Flow capability by enabling the Db2 Data Server Client to natively in...
16 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Support DB2 DPF with Pacemaker

Problem Statement / Real-Life Scenario We are using IBM Db2 DPF in a high-availability environment with Pacemaker. In our environment, each DPF member uses a dedicated 10Gb network for inter-member communication. However, when configuring netname ...
25 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Provide published documentation that describes how DB2 can be configured to use Open Telemetry

Open Telemetry is a widely adopted open source standard. Where customers are mandated to use Open Telemetry, they require guidance from IBM to ensure they can configure it effectively. Customers are keen to use Open Telemetry to allow flexibility ...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Simplify DB2REMOTE log archive path name

When configuring LOGARCHMETH1|2 for a DB2REMOTE Db2 always appends two forward slashes "//" to end of the path even though specifying the slashes isn't required. This makes it more difficult to automate Db2 configuration because while it's possibl...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Provide more granularity writing to the db2opstats.log

Currently the db2opstats log is either ON or OFF via the registry variable DB2_OPTSTATS_LOG. The suggestion is to add granularity options 1-4 similar to the same options for the db2diag.log . This would allow users some level of control on the amo...
2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Db2 Pacemaker - HADR - Adding move option in db2cm utility for HADR

Currently, move option in db2cm utility is only applicable for mutufailover configuration and lookinng for the same option for HADR as well. This helps to avoid login to standby instance and issuing takeover manually to trigger the move option. Pa...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Needs more information

Db2 Pacemaker Mutualfaiover -add all Filesysystems releated to db2 instance & database as part of configuration

Mutual failover meant for Db2 shared storage between primary and secondary servers and all FS related to instance/db would be up and running on primary. Current Mutual failover configuration consists of ./db2cm -create -dbmount option but it is no...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Future consideration

Pruning of recovery history file shouldn't block db2logw process

Hi IBM team, We have an environment that generated a lof of archived logs. We tried to perform DB Online backup every week but can't be completed due to various reason. The platform has parameter AUTO_DEL_REC_OBJ set to ON with NUM_REC_RETENTION t...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Future consideration

Please enable ASLR

My company, a financial firm, uses Center for Internet Security (CIS) baselines as a configuration standard for OS and database platforms. CIS baselines for RHEL indicate that a feature named Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) should be ena...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Database Cross Load for tables with XML-Columns (restriction SQL1407N)

Since XML columns were implemented in DB2 years ago, many customers want to transfer data from one database to another (e.g., when moving from an on-premises environment to the cloud). All data can be load via cross-load like this CALL ADMIN_CMD('...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted