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Db2

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Dependency on systemd added in DB2 11.1.1.1 prevents installation in RHEL 7.3 docker container

Idea created for the RFE closed wrongly - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=103478 21 vote(s) as of Mar 13, 2019 We use Docker containers to perform automated testing of our products on various prerequisite s...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Make TSA start DB2 under system.slice, in order to gracefully stop/takeover databases on shutdowns/reboots.

Since init was replaced by systemd as the linux main process (in 2014 !), it makes huge difference the way DB2 is started. At server shutdown or reboot, the user processes are all killed, and only then systemd starts to stop the services. This beh...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 1 Delivered

Single source for User access details

The SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES view should be enhanced to include all privileges that a user has on the database. currently it reports most of them but does not include data about a user's access on Columns & SurrogateIDs . i.e from syscat.colauth &...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 2 Delivered

32k System Temporary Tablespace Should be Created by Default

If Administrativ Views, e.g SYSIBMADM.DB_HISTORY used with ORDER BY, a 32k system temporary tablespace must exist, otherwise the following error occurs: db2palg@axvxx1190:/db2/PROD/db2palg> db2 "select * from SYSIBMADM.DB_HISTORY order by Star...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 2 Delivered

Db2 GDPC pS missing RsCT condition

In pureScale GDPC environment, RsCT condition for bond0 missing after enter/exit maintenance mode. PMR suggested details:"1) when "db2cluster -cm -enter -maintenance" was run, it ran the script condrespV111_setup.ksh to delete all conditions/respo...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered

Provide Federation Server support for Greenplum

Morgan Stanley would like to use Federation Server with Greenplum. They have the ODBC driver working but are concerned about performance with no pushdown. They would like IBM to provide a certified Greenplum Driver
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 1 Delivered

SAP HANA support in Federation Server

Enable aeration between DB2 and SAP HANA DB with ODBC and JDBC
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Delivered

Allow Read Only Sharing on HADR while Catalog updates

We are trying to use HADR Read only Sharing to allow ad-hoc query against a 4Tb transactional database. The standby should allow us to reduce the impact of ah-hoc business queries. The application is a vendor supplied document storage and retrieva...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 1 Delivered

pureScale to support Mellanox ConectX-4 IB & RoCE adapters

pureScale can only support Mellanox ConnectX-3 and lower version. More and more customer are using ConnectX-4 and higher version of IB and RoCE adapters, for higher throughput and lower latency, which greatly improves pureScale performance.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 2 Delivered

Multiple cross invalidation (XI) connections in RDMA networks on pureScale

High concurrent inserts & selects result in very high CF CPU usage, and CF wait time is lengthened.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered