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Db2

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DB2 Database Server/Container for arm64 linux

Currently the db2 database provided by the community edition only supports the following operating systems/architectures:* Microsoft Windows (x64)* Linux (x64)* Linux (IBM Z)* Linux (Power PC)* IBM AIX This means that running the database on any a...
1 day ago in Db2 / Db2 Container 1 Under review

Offset for entity framework

I’m currently using Entity Framework to fetch data from DB2. Due to limitations in how paging works, I’ve had to enable UseRowNumberForPaging in the connection string, otherwise the Skip() functionality doesn’t generate valid SQL for DB2. Without ...
4 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

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...
9 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Enhance Data Management Console monitoring for Db2 PureScale system

This item aims to provide a more reliable monitoring function specifically for Db2 PureScale system. Currently DMC can monitor Db2 PureScale system, but treat each member as a separate connection. Some of the monitoring metrics are confusing, not ...
18 days ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Enhance DMC install process to prevent port confliction

There are several components in DMC and each of them use different port. Sometimes, these ports may conflict with each other, or has conflict with other applications running on the same server. In this idea, we want DMC to implement a mechanism to...
18 days ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

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...
22 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Submitted

Enhancement for LSN mismatch at startup

Database when activated does basic sanity testing and file structural integrity testing so the time taken to bring up the database is kept to a minimum. Currently, it cannot possibly check all the objects for sequence number mismatch. This is true...
23 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Submitted

Make Db2 compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux CIS benchmarks

The CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Benchmark v2.0.0 has the following entry: "1.1.2.4.3 Ensure nosuid option set on /var partition (Automated)" Since the db2sshid is installed in /var/db2/db2ssh and especially file db2remssh, which requires setuid...
30 days ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Submitted

Possibility to influence the naming of NSDs in a Db2-managed pureScale installation

We run a regular cloning of a Db2 pureScale to provide a time consistent copy which is used for BI/DWH purposes.This is done via storage features, in our case with HDS (Hitachi) Shadow Image (similar to IBMs FlashCopy). We don't have any issues to...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Submitted

Db2 should be able to run in OpenShift within the limits of the restricted-v2 SCC

As of today, Db2 requires certain privileged SCC capabilities for running in OpenShift as described in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/12.1?topic=security-manually-creating-scc-service-account-role-role-binding Basically the customer can choose be...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Container 0 Submitted