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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...
17 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Submitted

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...
16 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Container Submitted

Support DB2 DPF with Pacemaker

Problem Statement / Real-Life Scenario We are using IBM Db2 DPF in a high-availability environment with Pacemaker. In our environment, each DPF member uses a dedicated 10Gb network for inter-member communication. However, when configuring netname ...
3 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

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

Publish GPG signing key for RPM packages on ibm.com

With Db2 12.1.5 RPM-based installation was introduced. RPM tries to verify the integrity of an RPM based on a GPG signing key. Currently, this key is distributed through the .tar.gz file which also contains the RPM files. The suggestion is to prov...
4 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Submitted

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 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted
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Reorg Utility Progress data is missing in db2 list utilities and db2 list utilities show detail command

The db2 list utilties and db2 list utilities show detail command will not display the Reorg utility progress. 1) The command will display the Runstats progress details for the table 2) The command will display the Load progress details for the tab...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 Not under consideration

Exclude SELECT from DB2 Audit Policy

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } I recommend voting to exclude the SELECT option from the DB2 audit policy based on the following technical considerations...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Under review

Provide a dedicated metric to monitor the exact physical/logical size of individual indexes separately

Problem Statement & Real-life Scenario: In large-scale enterprise environments (e.g., SAP on Db2 and etc), tables often have dozens of indexes. Currently, built-in routines such as ADMIN_GET_INDEX_INFO only return the aggregated size of ALL in...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Db2 should retransmit data to IBM Storage Protect, in case of tapedrive errors

Db2 should e.g. try to retransmit the failed part of I/O, when only a single stream of a multiple stream backup fails, rather than marking the complete backup as failed.(f.e with SQL2033N). AHA idea is related to Db2 Case TS021697999.
4 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Future consideration