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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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Migration from SMS/Raw to AS

How to move the thousands DBs which use a combination of SMS (syscatspace) and RAW to full automatic storage. Some DBs are 100+TB so unload/load is not an option. Need a date for elimination of SMS/RAW support to determine our priotiy!
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Runstats report only

Add the option report to the runstats utility to display the up to date statistics without updating the catalog tables
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Defaut DATA BUFFER value in LOAD.

Wells Fargo requested if it possible to come up with a lower default value for DATA BUFFER without specifying DATA BUFFER in the load command. For example a registry variable like LOAD_DEFAULT_DATA_BUFFER=1000 that would take effect whenever the l...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

New privilege for IMPORT into a restrictive database

Granting DATAACCESS authority works but is not a desirable option as the user would get access to all tables. Granting CONTROL or INSERT/SELECT, without DATAACCESS, returns SQL0551N. As a result customers are left on their own to pursue and figure...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Security / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Ability to append to a file when performing an export

When exporting data to files, every export should be in a different file. And it the business requirement is to have all data in the same file, then it is necessary to do that manually with something external to db2.
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Reorg: Improve Lock Contention

Enhance Reorg:--> Reorg ... allow read access with range partitioned tables--> Options to avoid lock timeouts ---> specify max time for swap phase, restart delay for non-succeeding swap phase, deadline for reorg completion ---> allow i...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow public alias in export/import command

Db2 11.1 says that Public aliases can be used only in SQL statements and with the LOAD utility. (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0000910.html) Please support export and import utilities...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Support for old system date

Db2 v11.1 can't start when system date is old(ex.2013/06/18).The error message is that the license has expierd. Even if Db2 is evaluation version.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2DCLGEN needed for PLI for AIX

DB2DCLGEN needed for PLI for AIX
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Supress ALLOW WRITE ACCESS REBUILD for ATM if offline window available

As described in PMR (I will upload all material in PMR), the REORG INDEXES ALL FOR TABLE ... ALLOW WRITE ACCESS REBUILD can cause a deadlock with the application. This behavior is not acceptable and we request a change in this design to avoid such...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

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