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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...
over 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...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Display port# in db2diag.log startup msg.(RIMS)

------=Customer Information=------ Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag, Finanz-Informatik heribert.gausmann@f-i.de +49 251 288 33436 ---------------------------------- During db2start a set of environment info is written into db2diag.log, e.g. installed m...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

SQL0659N message should identify object and limit reached(RIMS)

'SQL0659N Maximum size of a table reached' In above message SQL0659N the customer would like the object identified with it's name or Object ID and Tablespace ID as well a what was the limit reached (64GB, 256GB...). This is in order to identify th...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

de-cluttering of db2diag.log(RIMS)

[This requirement originates from JPMC EDW/RTC group] The db2diag.log is an extremely useful reference for both customers and db2support persons. We are able to identify milestones events, find errors, and gather clues to their issues, all before ...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

LOCK ESCALATION: Ability to specify table-level lock-escalation criteria.(RIMS)

Customer wants more granularity on lock-escalation semantics. currently, lock escalation occurs either when an application hit's the MAXLOCKS constraint, or when the database LOCKLIST becomes full. Since lock-escalation is more detrimental on tabl...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Allow a DBA connection even if maximum connections has been exceeded.(RIMS)

Note from customer: Jill, We need a feature enhancement, where there is a way for a DBA to always be able to connect to the DB (at least one connection), even if maxappls, maxagents, maxwhatever has been hit. DBAs shouldnt have to force off appli...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

New access path for faster first fetch with a good global time

Firstly, I don't know if it is possible. We can encounter this following performance issue : select on a big table with an order by. Depending on the statistics, we can have list prefetchs on an index. If the index is very big, we have to wait a l...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Automatic propagation of a significant application name

When a java program connects to the database, the application name is usually db2jcc_application. This behavior can be overridden by setting the appropriate properties in the DB2 driver. Unfortunately, it is rarely done (from my experience). It co...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Session level LOCK TIMEOUT should apply to all lock types.(RIMS)

Currently, the session-level lock timeout only applies to SQLP_TABLE, SQLP_RECORD, SQLP_KEYVALUE, and SQLP_MDCBLOCK. Customer would like this to apply to all locks acquired by the application that set the session-level timeout value.[Michael Snowb...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration