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Installation & Upgrade

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Restore of online backup taken with older Db2 version

Current product limitation don't allow to restore an online database backup that were taken with a older Db2 level than the on of the Db2 instance . Our production environement must be available on a 24x7 basis and this limitation is a serious lim...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

we need a DB2-Client for Windows to install in a Environment in which Shortnames deactivate

We install the DB2-Client in a Windows Enterprise Environment in which the Shortname is disabled. This generate a error and the DB2 Client was not install. Now we need a Client which install in that environment (Shortname disabled).
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Incompatible platform variation of Db2 software

Our mission-critical system on the IBM i 7.1 has been in operation. But we are promoting the project that upgrades our IBM i 7.1 to i 7.3, because of software withdrawal and support discontinuance.So that also DBMS become upgrade to Db2 for i V7R3...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration
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Method for downgrading FixPack level of Db2 pureScale

In order to downgrade FP level of pureScale, uninstall the product, re-install and recovery from backup are needed.This is time consuming and cannot be done online.Customer want some easy FP fallback method.Most customer plan to FP upgrade with so...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Removing the need for local OS users for installing and using DB2

DB2 Database needs 2 local OS users, db2inst1 and db2fenc1. Can this dependency be removed?
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Modify uninstallSAM to allow for forced removal

Unsuccessful use of uninstallSAM to remove TSAMP component RPMs after disk storage loss/corruption of path /usr/sbin/rsct
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW: Db2 utility to back up and restore the permissions and ownership values of Db2 files/directories

Requesting Rproduct improvement for Db2 Linux, Unix and Windows. Problem description: This RFE solves a problem or deficiency within an IBM database product, Db2 Linux, Unix and Windows. The problem is that users (with authority) mistakenly change...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

/tmp space requirement

We've run into stuff like this before. I think a lot of these requirements are from the purescale side, but they are being applied to all systems We address the /tmp space requirement a while back so that it is a warning now (although it still cau...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Generate SW ID Tag for Trial Installs

Activating a license with db2licm generates a SW ID Tag, which can then be recognized by an ILMT software scan for license reporting.Currently a trial edition is not generating a SW ID Tag, so they cannot be discovered by LMT.As it is important fo...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Provide checksums for Fixpacks

From a security perspective it would be very helpful to be able to validate that the code downloaded from FixCentral is correct and has not been tampered with (or corrupted during download). Please publish md5 or sha2 checksums for Fixpack downloa...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration