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Re-Allow Post-Deployment Updates to db cfg / dbm cfg / Registry (db2set) Settings Through the Db2uInstance CR to Support GitOps and ArgoCD Workflows

Problem Statement Starting with Db2 12.1.5, the Db2uInstance admission webhook enforces a restriction whereby dbConfig, dbmConfig, and registry (db2set) settings can only be specified during initial Db2uInstance creation. Subsequent updates to the...
9 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Container Submitted

Request for REST API Documentation Coverage and Consistency Improvements

Request we would like to raise the level of detail and documentation coverage of the REST APIs to be comparable to that of the Java SDK documentation, which is relatively comprehensive within the same API documentation set. Why useful The current ...
9 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Submitted

Create a db2cm maintenance mode for HADR + Pacemaker

Db2 v12.1.xHADR + PacemakerLinux Problem: Db2 PureScale has an easy way to put a host from the cluster in maintenance mode that is: db2cm -enter -maintenance Db2 HADR + Pacemaker has the : db2cm -DISABLE -instance <instance_name> -host <h...
11 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Submitted

Provide published documentation that describes how DB2 can be configured to use Open Telemetry

Open Telemetry is a widely adopted open source standard. Where customers are mandated to use Open Telemetry, they require guidance from IBM to ensure they can configure it effectively. Customers are keen to use Open Telemetry to allow flexibility ...
19 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Simplify DB2REMOTE log archive path name

When configuring LOGARCHMETH1|2 for a DB2REMOTE Db2 always appends two forward slashes "//" to end of the path even though specifying the slashes isn't required. This makes it more difficult to automate Db2 configuration because while it's possibl...
26 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Db2u (oltp) Containerized deployments: Enable PIT recovery with snapshot backups

In a Db2u (oltp) deployment on OpenShift, the current snapshot-based backup and restore process (e.g., via OADP/Fusion recipes) exhibits a critical limitation regarding point-in-time recovery (PITR). Db2u startup scripts automatically resume datab...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 Container Planned for future release

Provide more granularity writing to the db2opstats.log

Currently the db2opstats log is either ON or OFF via the registry variable DB2_OPTSTATS_LOG. The suggestion is to add granularity options 1-4 similar to the same options for the db2diag.log . This would allow users some level of control on the amo...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Request to add password policy expiration date and policy NAME to console API metadata, as well as ability to generate automated notification ahead of password expiration.

In the Db2 Warehouse on Cloud console, under the Administration -> User Management -> Password Policies, a custom password policy can be configured with a defined expiration date. However, the "users" console API operation does not currently...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Submitted

Db2 Pacemaker - HADR - Adding move option in db2cm utility for HADR

Currently, move option in db2cm utility is only applicable for mutufailover configuration and lookinng for the same option for HADR as well. This helps to avoid login to standby instance and issuing takeover manually to trigger the move option. Pa...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Needs more information

Db2 Pacemaker Mutualfaiover -add all Filesysystems releated to db2 instance & database as part of configuration

Mutual failover meant for Db2 shared storage between primary and secondary servers and all FS related to instance/db would be up and running on primary. Current Mutual failover configuration consists of ./db2cm -create -dbmount option but it is no...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Future consideration