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Optimization profile mimic

add a new option to the explain tool to create an xml document containing the optimization guidelines matching the access path
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

DB2 trace capture diagnostics on configured error

For IBM DSDriver we need a SLIP TRAP that triggers on a specific SQLCODE like DB2/ZOS. It needs to trap errors that occur either at the client/server. Currently we need to take a client trace and server trace and try to match the timestamps. The c...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Create a default user temporary tablespace at the database creation

Create a default user temporary tablespace (user_tempspace1 ??) at the database creation.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

db2stop quiecse for single partition

Be able to issue db2stop quiesce for a single partition server. Currently its for a single partition server only.... Rob Lemeiux
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Enahnce db2pd -dbptnmem command for clarity

In command db2pd -dbptnmem result Real Memory on the system is not displayed, and Memory Limit is meant to represent Instance Memory. Please enhance the command as follows for clarity: 1 - the Real Memory on the system should also be displayed in ...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

DB2 should allow offloaded backup of SMS tablespace to Tivoli FlashCopy Manager

I have an AVP customer who has a 3TB database upgraded from DB2 v8.x. Most user data tables are in SMS tablespaces. They wish to use Tivoli FlashCopy Manager to take database backup and reduce the time for database restore. However, for SMS tables...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Bufferpool Purge without database deactivation

Ability to purge the bufferpools (perhaps specified by bufferpool name) without deactivating the entire database. While dirty pages can be flushed from bufferpools with the flush bufferpools command, the bufferpools cannot be entirely purged witho...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

DB2 is not able to force a LOAD application which is hung due to file lock issue on NFS file system

A LOAD operation hung due to not able to acquire lock on file on NFS file system, the LOAD operation stuck at "Setup phase" in the database, however we tried below commands, but either of them can terminate/force the hung LOAD operation off1. LOAD...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Ipaddress similar to how we have distributed dynamic vipa on z/OS

Here's the scenarioState Farm has a client server where they catalog a single node of the purescale cluster 10.5/FP5 then then connect successfully from a 10.5/FP4 client, they then run a statement, then kill a member, the connection gets rerouted...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Turn on reclaimable storage without dropping/recreating the tablespaces

After a migration from db2 9.5 to 10.1, several days passed, and we reached the maximum size of a DMS tablespace of 4K. We moved one table to a different tablespace, but still noticed that the free pages were equal to 0. We tried to execute the al...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Future consideration