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Db2

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CPD Backup with Storage Fusion for Db2 in HADR mode

Right now it is not possible to use Storage Fusion Software to backup Db2 on CPD, when Db2 is operating in HADR mode. We need to be able to backup Db2 on CPD with Storage Fusion, even when Db2 is running in HADR mode
4 months ago in Db2 2 Planned for future release

Restrict World Readable permission on Instance home directories for DB2 on Linux

/home/<intance directory> is with world readable permission amd it is considered as major risk on security. Instance home directory defaults to /home and any directory with world readable permissions on /home is tagged with highest security ...
9 months ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Db2 warehouse on RHEL 8

Currently Db2 warehouse isn't supported on RHEL 8. Our enterprise is upgrading all RHEL servers to version 8 and Db2wh is not compatible. So need IBM's help to provide us with DB2wh build that supports RHEL 8
12 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 0 Planned for future release

DMC for P10 systems (pLinux)

Provide ability to administer, monitor, manage and optimize the performance of IBM Db2 on the P10 systems.
12 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Make RESYNC port secured

Why is it useful?Making the DB2 resync port secure will protect it from getting hacked or allowing unsecured connections to a port that could be used to serve data from the mainframe for nefarious purposes beyond two-phase commit work. Who would b...
12 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Planned for future release

DMC - Encryption of the AES128 key at rest

In IBM Db2 DMC, For the AES128 encryption key that is used to encrypt all the keystore pwd, DB2 and Service Account credentials, there is a security finding on the Insecure storage of data encryption keys – i.e. the AES128 DEK is stored unencrypte...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Planned for future release

DMC requirement for improved reporting of metric data for PureScale members

In the current DMC release, DMC aggregates resource usage (for example, CPU) for all members of PureScale connections. The request is to improve DMC to show monitoring metrics values per member with the ability to drill down per database connectio...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 3 Planned for future release

Full Entity Framework Support through DB2 Connect (Code First / Migrations)

In another RFE/Idea (IBMI-I-1135) asked for EF support to be delivered and the response was to use DB2 Connect. We do use db2 connect to get what support there is for EF but one of the critical pieces missing is code first and migrations. https://...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Planned for future release

Pause and Resume compute resources

Ability to pause and resume compute resources per the needs of the application.
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 2 Planned for future release

SSL encryption enablement with data direct ODBC driver for DB2 Federation Server to SAP HANA

We need SSL encryption enabled with data direct ODBC driver for DB2 Federation Server to SAP HANA. This is the response from IBM Support team. Federation server doesn't support SSL with SAP HANA ODBC drivers. To connect to SAP HANA, customer has t...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release