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Request for a plugin to address the lockout issue. To be implemented included in FP3 Patch delivery

This new RFE has been requested by the IBM Dev Team. Reference https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/SPCS-I-1113__;!!Jkho33Y!jDQwS2syU1P26kiq9Pqd2MGED4qxhSXCiN4gZsyyO2Z-zpfFnTNMScAaj75qeJFe4dspTQVNgkf4mZJ0D2L83g$ "For plugin lock...
1 day ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Customizable ManagementHosts Resource group

I would like to request that IBM consider adding enhanced flexibility to the Multicluster SMC software by allowing the Management resource group to be customizable. Specifically, to have the ability to add a new resource group in addition to the s...
3 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 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...
29 days 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

Implement Task Response limit in Spectrum Symphony

I would like to request a feature enhancement for Spectrum Symphony which would allow to implement a Task Response limit. If the Task Response is above the defined limit then either Symphony should fail the task OR not return the Task response rat...
11 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 2 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

Enable Symphony to automatically recover Master and SSM pod states even when their IP addresses change after failure recovery

IBM Platform Symphony currently supports automatic failure recovery of the Master and SSM instances when they rejoin the cluster with the same IP address. However, in environments where Master and SSM pods are orchestrated (e.g., Kubernetes), reco...
17 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Symphony Host Factory leverages OpenShift/Kubernetes capacities

Requesting support for a Symphony cluster deployed on-premise (existing standalone hosts) to use Host Factory to scale out to OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters (on-prem or in public cloud). It is our understanding that this is not supported by the cur...
about 1 month ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Future 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...
8 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Future consideration

Add AMI name regexe Option into Symphony HostFactory AWS template

Currently, Our AMI name alias remain constant for successive iterations such as symphony-worker-ami-<time stamp> as AMI version control. We request IBM can add option by providing AMI name instead of static imageID. Symphony HostFactory can ...
about 2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted