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Proving IBM Managed Db2 Genius Hub server without incurring additional resources for customer

For customers that already invested in purchasing/modernization of IBM Db2 AI licenses, it will require additional infrastructure resources/costs to install IBM Db2 Genius Hub (and its Genius Hub repository). While there is IBM Managed for AI Infe...
3 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Submitted

Tenant support for SQL/QReplication as source and target

The Db2 tenant concept is introduced in IBM Db2 12.1 and define an isolated, unique namespace for user-defined objects within a single database. It sits between the database instance and schema levels, allowing multiple independent groups or appli...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Replication Submitted

JWT-based authentication for on-prem Db2 LUW using Microsoft Entra ID, with the Db2 Data Server Client retrieving the token from the Microsoft IDP.

Provide native JWT/OIDC token-based authentication support for Db2 LUW on-premises, including modern Authorization Code Flow with PKCE and token validation. Extend the Full OIDC Flow capability by enabling the Db2 Data Server Client to natively in...
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Expose column-level CCSID metadata in DbDataReader and support automatic/configurable CCSID 65535 conversion in the IBM .NET provider for Db2 on i.

Why is it useful? In modern enterprise architectures, applications are often deployed as multi-tenant or multi-company systems connecting to IBM i. In these environments, identical tables and columns across different company schemas/libraries may ...
3 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers Submitted

Dominik Baer

Operator V2 doesn't support changing volume size for DB2 containers. We have storage scale and changing the PV works, but DB2 doesn't acknowledge the resizing (enlarging) of the volume.This is one of many meaningful infrastructure related config p...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Container 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...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Container Planned for future release

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...
2 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 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...
about 7 years ago in Db2 Not under consideration

Do not slow down database implementation for system admininstrator to configure soft ulimit when hard ulimit is unlimited

db2 runs into ulimit error when it encounters the soft limit, while there is plenty of room to go before the hard limit. Adjust the limit to the hard limit at process start or dynamically during run and continue without error and having to stop th...
8 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...
2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Container Submitted