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Request for bundling GPFS/Storage Scale 5.2 or later with Db2 pureScale v11.5

Overview We are requesting to bundle GPFS/Storage Scale version 5.2 or later with Db2 pureScale 11.5. Currently, GPFS/Storage Scale 5.1.x is bundled with Db2 pureScale v11.5 Mod9 CSB 58840 or later. However, GPFS/Storage Scale 5.1.x is scheduled t...
8 months ago in Db2 / pureScale Under review

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 ...
7 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools Under review

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...
5 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Db2 Encryption at Rest breaks backup deduplication

For the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Encryption at Rest is mandatory for many databases. Since we have turned on Encryption at Rest, data deduplication during backups is not working anymore. We always have to save the full 15+ TB...
10 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Enahncement to DB2_DEFER_MEMORY_COMMIT setting

Regarding the use of DB2_DEFER_MEMORY_COMMIT=ON. This env variable will defer memory commitment, asynchronously in the background, for faster completion of ACTIVATE DATABASE. This helps to improve the database activation for large memory systems w...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Under review

IBM Db2 Bridge support on AIX and SuSE Linux (SLES)

We use Db2 LUW exlusively on the AIX and SuSE Linux platforms. It would be very advantagous and a mandatory framework conditon in our company, if Db2 Bridge will also supported on this platforms.
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Bridge Under review

Ability to perform create indexes on a table in parallel

Typically we need to (re-)create multiple indexe’s on a table. Right now this process has to be performed sequentially - index after index - which can take a very considerable time. We would like to see a feature to able to CREATE multiple INDEXes...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 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.
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 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.
5 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Distribute Db2 Connect “unlimited” license artefacts in a huge environment via z/OS or Db2 for z/OS tooling instead of db2connectactivate.sh

The documented way to “install” a Db2 Connect unlimited license in a Db2 for z/OS system or data sharing group is db2connectactivate.sh. To activate Db2 Connect unlimited for a huge number of Db2 for z/OS systems, a central LUW (or USS) instance w...
3 months ago in Db2 Under review