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DB2 HADR with Pacemaker: use systemd to gracefully takeover to standby before server shutdown

Using DB2 HADR with Pacemaker. Before a shutdown/boot of the primary server in a cluster (for planned OS maintenance or otherwise), a takeover of the databases should be executed on the standby server. This avoids a forced takeover. We would like ...
27 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Not under consideration

Support OpenSSL

Problem Statement Currently, GSKit is the only supported way of setting up TLS and cryptography in Db2 LUW. Because only IBM products rely on GSKit (as far as I know) it poses a higher barrier to entry when starting with Db2. While GSKit supports ...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Not under consideration

Alonside existing GRANT and REVOKE privilege add DENY privilage

Microsoft SQL Server has three options: a) GRANT privilege, b) REVOKE privilege and c) DENY privilege. But IBM Db2 only has two: a) GRANT privilege and b) REVOKE privilege. How it should work? When ever there are two privileges specified GRANT and...
2 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Not under consideration

pacemaker Quorum - pingable IP

This is related to AHA DB24LUW-I-2236. Pingable quorum is easy to manage and require less hardware / support.
2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Not under consideration

Schema Security-Administrator

We use the concept of virtual databases. There is one physical database which contains more virtual databases (we call it schema-database) So a virtual database is a schema in an physical database. The concept of schemaadm is used to create db-obj...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Not under consideration

Pacemaker Quorum - Container support

Quorum for pacemaker to be supported on Azure container environment. Also possibility of network ping as quorum in pacemaker.
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Not under consideration

Add database level privileges to SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES view

When ever I would like to quickly get privileges for some user I can quickly write simple SQL: SELECT * FROM SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES This system view is excellent, it displays schema privileges, table privileges etc. The only issue is that database l...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Not under consideration

Prevent backend business rule code from displaying in SAP SuccessFactors UI; show only processed user-friendly data.

Why is it useful? Currently, users see raw backend rule code (Java logic) instead of their benefit details. This creates confusion, reduces trust, and impacts usability. Who would benefit? Employees: They will see clear benefit enrollment details ...
4 months ago in Db2 / Db2 for SAP applications Not under consideration

Improve the HADR commands for pureScale setups

Make it easier and more intuitive to operate HADR in a pureScale environment by adding "AT MEMBER X" to the START HADR command. For example: START HADR FOR DATABASE SAMPLE AS STANDBY AT MEMBER 1 That could have two functions: If there is current...
4 months ago in Db2 / pureScale Not under consideration

Document that Currently Committed semantics is always enabled on column-organized tables.

Product:Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows v11.5 & 12.1 Requirement:Currently Committed semantics is enabled on column-organized tables. This should be described in our Document.Here is a candidate. cur_commit - Currently committed configuration...
5 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Not under consideration