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Db2 Recovery Expert for LUW should support Db2 LUW databases that use a centralized KMIP keystore

This idea is for RE LUW, not RE z/OS. There does not appear to be an entry for RE LUW in the IBM Ideas portal. IBM L2 support suggested that I open the Idea under RE z/OS. Recently we converted our Db2 LUW database to use a centralized KMIP keysto...
about 17 hours ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Submitted

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

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

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

Enhance Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS to be able to reload accelerated AND replicated tables and re-enable the acceleration post-recovery.

We end up after a recover with Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS with accelerated and replicated tables coming in to ERROR state which we need to load afterwards before we can re use them causing impact .
4 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Db2 Recovery Expert for LUW should respect privileges granted to Roles/Groups and not require privileges to be granted explicitly to Users

This idea is for RE LUW, not RE z/OS. There does not appear to be an entry for RE LUW in the IBM Ideas portal. IBM L2 support suggested that I open the Idea under RE z/OS. While installing Db2 Recovery Expert for LUW, we received the following err...
10 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0

Implement usage of DS8000 TCT feature to offload disk copies to TS7700 without CPU usage

Hello, We have seen in an IBM présentation that it's possible to make copie of flashcopy disk to TS7700 without using CPU on the mainframe using the TCT feature of DS8000 and TS7700 Is it possible to have this feature in Recovery Expert to offload...
about 2 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Under review

Ability to select objects by package

Add the ability to add all the objects for a package instead of having to add each one. Current process is very inefficient.
over 1 year ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Ability to exclude PBR partitions/TS PBG that had no activity before JCL generation

No description provided
over 1 year ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 3 Not under consideration