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Make logprimary and logfilsiz online configurable

If workload increases on system, it might be necessary to adjust (typically increase) the available active log space. System downtime is not acceptable in our days. It is sufficient if the log files get resized before re-use and the amount of log ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 2 Delivered
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Grant insert, select, update and delete on a schema

Ability to grant insert, select, update and delete on a schema
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Delivered

Multifactor Authentication Support for db2connectactivate utility execution on z/OS Db2

We have a large amount of z/OS Db2 workload initiated from remote connections. Initially we used Db2 Connect servers to facilitate those connections but have recently moved to direct connections whicWackage. We use the db2connectactivate utility t...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Delivered

Avoid Single point of failure for Db2's critical files

If the critical files of Db2 damage, e.g. by erroneously deletion, file system corruption Db2 will no longer be available (#usable). Since some of the critical files are permanently updated a restore of the critical files does solve the problem. A...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Delivered

Reorg pending after three ALTER TABLE statements is not useful in 24x7 environment

After three ALTER TABLE statements (depending on the clause, but an error can be forced by changing type from VARCHAR to CHAR ) table switches into reorg pending state. This state can only be resolved by an offline reorg.Additional problem is that...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 2 Delivered

Provide DROP ... IF EXISTS functionality

Submitted on behalf of Gregor Hack (ghack@zeb.de). Customer would like to see DROP ... IF EXISTS functionality supported, similar to the way it is currently supported by SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 2 Delivered

Allow configuration to abort Db2 restore if tablespace errors occur

Today, Db2 Restore can continue with a subset of tablespaces if e.g. same tablespaces fail to acquire containers. In the end of roll forward completes, but some tablespaces did not complete and remain in 'storage definition pending' and need to ha...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 5 Delivered

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes)

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes) We are running in our online production environment thousands external db2 routines per minute. Because of its performance we are forced to cache these r...
9 months ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Delivered

Reduce likelihood of log disk full without increasing log primary

LOAD and CREATE INDEX and idle transactions with log volume can easily cause log disk full situation when other concurrent frequently committing transactions fill up active log space.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 2 Delivered

Enable SSL on restservice wrapper

We are configuring federation setup to Mongo DB using rest service, However authentication is failing as Mongo authentication is enabled with SSL , we couldn't able to configure from Db2 end , due to which connections are failing .
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Delivered