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    Support the arrow keys in Db2 CLP on Linux

    The Db2 CLP, since decades, does not handle arrow keys. This makes it hard to quickly go back to previous commands and edit statements. It's a nuisance to most Db2 users. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62298637/using-arrow-keys-within-db2...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Submitted

    LOAD should be compatible with a snapshot backup

    LOAD is not compatible when an integrated snapshot backup (or when the backup is issued with the USE SNAPSHOT option) is being performed. During an integrated snapshot backup, in addition to the database being put into set write suspend state, it ...
    2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Under review

    HTTP requests for Native Db2 REST from catalog navigation

    From the catalog navigation in Admin Tool you can invoke a Stored Procedure. It would help us a lot if we could do the same for Native Db2 REST Services. What we want in detail is the possibilty to use HTTP metods GET and POST as line commands fro...
    6 days ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Submitted

    INPLACE REORG should always be interruptible

    Under certain circumstances it is not possible to stop/pause or force an INPLACE REORG that waits for a lock (TS019866410). Because the INPLACE REORG does not respect lock timeouts, it hangs in "lock wait" until the lock holding session releases t...
    3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Submitted

    Revoke impact report generated regardless of dependencies

    Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS has an option to generate revoke impact report. If there is a dependency on authorisation you are trying to revoke which prevents the revoke, it displays a message (since PH65207): Can't revoke EXECUTE on &...
    6 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Option to exclude temporary tablespaces from Db2 Snapshot Backup

    It would be advantageous, if we could exclude temporary tablespaces from the Db2 Snapshot Backup (using IBM Storage Protect Snapshot)Because the temporary tablespaces have to be included its corresponding filesystems need to have “Mirror write con...
    9 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Future consideration

    Modify Messaging to Clarify Why a Table Is Being Dropped and Recreated

    When reading the output from the compare portion of Alter reports, it isn't always clear what part of a change requires a drop and recreate of objects. We are making a change to a column from NOT NULL to WITH DEFAULT NULL, and the wording isn't re...
    5 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

    Retain separate dataset names used for exporting changes and importing Multi-target changes

    The panel for exporting a change always defaults to dataset name EXPORTED.CHANGES. It should retain the dataset name used the last time, like most other panels do. Also, if you export a change, then import the change into a Multi-Target change (wi...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Allow Exclude criteria to be directly specified in ADB2GEN

    We are driving automation by dynamically building a list of objects to 'GEN' the DDL for. However we also need to dynamically build a list of objects to exclude. Currently ADB2GEN only allows reference to a pre existing exclude which has to be cre...
    about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

    help in the cleaning of package versions

    We'd like to have a new ZPARM to limit the max number of version for packages. Once this number is reached a new version replaces the older one. Otherwise a COMMAND like MODIFY to facilitate DBA in housecleaning
    about 7 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

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