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    Azure Blob storage on SUSE Linux for Db2 12.1.3

    We would like to configure our backup to use Microsoft Azure Blob. Do you have step by steps how to configure CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS and use DB2REMOTE ? It seems it work for S3 storage on Linux SUSE, but it doesn't work with Microsoft Azure Blob o...
    about 4 hours ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

    Create TABLESPACE IF NOT EXISTS

    Some objects in Db2 LUW can use the IF NOT EXISTS in a CREATE (or IF EXISTS in a DROP), e.g. for TABLE. But the option is not available for Tablespaces. I believe it is available in other RDMS products e.g. SQL Server. Could the option be extended...
    21 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 2 Under review

    OpenTelemetry

    Please develop an OpenTelemetry Interface for DB2, so that at least on a top level, DB calls can be traced. Ideally, it could be brokwn down to more detail.
    13 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

    Please certify the product IBM Data Replication IMS for z/OS Remote Source to run on zCX and/or Red Hat Openshift

    We’ve achieved excellent results with the Db2 for Remote Source product, as it has significantly reduced CPU usage on the mainframe—an area where traditional data replication has historically been one of the top resource consumers. With the introd...
    2 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Data Replication for IMS for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

    Add a way to wait for bufferpool creation when creating tablespaces

    What we do when creating tablespaces as part of migration files (think flyway, but any similar utility will be relevant) is to create a bufferpool and then create the tablespace. Example: create bufferpool dummy size 5000 pagesize 8k; create table...
    22 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

    Composite License Packaging for Simplified Allocation

    Introduce a capability in IBM LSF License Scheduler to define a single package name that represents multiple license features. When this package is allocated, all underlying licenses are automatically allocated together. This would be similar to h...
    8 days ago in Spectrum LSF / License Management 0 Under review

    Ability for Reorg Reclaim Extents decrease page count from columnar tables

    Currently the Page Count (value seen in column COL_OBJECT_L_PAGES from MON_GET_TABLE) is never reduced even after running Reorg Reclaim Extents.In a columnar table that suffers insert/update/delete we may get into a situation where Db2 will indica...
    4 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

    The basic commands should have an option to output machine processable format like JSON

    Using automation tools like Ansible would benefit greatly if commands like db2cm, db2ls, db2 li node/db directory, db2 db/dbm cfg and so on would be able output in JSON format.
    about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

    Make it possible to have a backup directory other than /tmp

    In some cases, /tmp is not large enough to hold RTM backups. We need an alternate path, in NFS even to store as the temporary backup location for the RTM database backup.
    12 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 0 Under review

    Reduce the size of the initial outgoing UDP packet when a LIM restarts

    The current implementation of the LIM sends a large initial UDP packet, which includes information about all the resources that are configured. When there is a network bottleneck that limits the size of UDP packets between the management host and ...
    about 2 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 5 Needs more information

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