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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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built in or external audit utility for Referential TSs

Many problems attempt recovery due to MRT issues with referential table and/or table with parts in multiple table spaces. Need tool to state which table spaces must be recovered together due to relationships. This should be done at backup time aut...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Automate life cycle management of data

For the most OLTP system, some table only keep data for a period of time. We are looking for support to automate the management of this by DB2, ie. auto-prune older data.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

db2move copy option for partitioned tablespaces

Please implement tablespace map for db2move copy option for partitioned tables, the above pmr has more details on the issue. db2move accepts a tablespace map, but if the souce database has a partitioned table it just fails with a syntax error when...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF) should be supported by (RIMS)

Headline cont... DB2 9.7 to stop/start the instances instead of using db2fmcd/db2fmd. Description- Following is a request I received a few months ago. I did than classify the request as one that would never happen, but it turned out customer insis...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 should check if there are any errors in the history file for(RIMS)

Headline cont... the relevant backup before the restore operation is started Description: Customer canceled/aborted a backup (kill against the vendor process) of his database after some hours (the reason is not relevant for this problem). The inco...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Ingest backwares compatibility with load/import(RIMS)

(high) Ingest backwards compatibility with load/import: Need the ability to handle all modifiers that load and import statements handle. Current example is delprioirtychar is not supported by ingest, but is by load and import. Jill Kastello
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Injest Logging(RIMS)

Have ingest work just like a load but with logging. I know this is vague but wed like to be able to essentially change a load statement to an ingest with no other changes if at all possible? A load with shrlevel change like the mainframe? Lisa Lagrow
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Oracle NUMBER being inserted as NULL(RIMS)

PMR extract: CUSTOMER REP : Tapio Vaattanen 905-413-3930 ENVIRONMENT : UDB/Linux v9.7.3 + special_26292 IBM Data movement Tool (IDMT) PROBLEM : SQL3140W loading Oracle data into DB2. Customer expects DB2 to round up the values to load when using D...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

A REBALANCE utility that rebalances container maps (rather then filling in gaps)(RIMS)

The current REBALANCE utility actually moves extents around from higher stripes to lower stripes to fill in gaps of empty extents. This means that containers are not necessarily 'balanced' (ie. contain the same number of extents) at the end of the...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Ability to limit tablespace objects to specified schema-qualified names(RIMS)

As described in the 'transportable tablespaces' requirement, customer uses � a 1:1 mapping between a schema and it's tablespaces. � They want an option that will allow them to enforce this 1:1 mapping. For example, only objects with schema mys...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration