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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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In db2look, for mimic stats, option to include commit each X sentences

In order to mimic an environment, the stats are extracted via db2look, and then inserted a regular execution of the generate file. The problem is that the generated updates could be easily more than 15000 sentences and it has two issues: If execut...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

db2val should allow to receive credencial as parameters

The db2val command cannot check databases when using a external security plugin like Centrify. In this case, this command should allow to specify the user and password to connect to a database.
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Enhance CLPPlus to be more equivalent to CLP in terms of functionality

Would like to see CLPPlus enhanced to the equivalent of CLP for at least the following capabilities: - full create database support, including remote client support - update for DB and DBM configuration - CLP equivalency in terms of XSR maintenanc...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Add support for XML and LOB in the ingest utility

Add support for XML and LOB in the ingest utility
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Db2 Templates should support defered tape Mounts

We use a VTL for our Tape Environment. For a VTL it is recommended by IBM to use UNIT=(TAPE,,DEFER) in all Jobs. DB2 uses templates to generate JCL. In this templates it is not possible to code a DEFER parameter. Is there a way to solve this dilemma?
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

EXPORT to local (not server) using the ADMIN_CMD

The export calle from admin_cmd can only export to the server. There should be a way to export in the client when called the SP,
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW RFE for concurrent LOAD on the same table (vote for 68667)

DB2 LUW does not allow multiple concurrent LOAD on the same range partitioned table or any table. For example, if I have 100 partitions. I can not load all partitions using separate partition files concurrently. [Suggesting load and attaching part...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Incremental Runstats (modify existing statistics based on delta from previous statistics).(RIMS)

Customer requests an incremental runstats support. Specifically the ability for runstats to modify existing statistics based on the new data that came in or was modified after the previous runstats was invoked.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Export should have nocoldel or coldelx20

Db2 should allow an export without characters for columns not characters, or space as column delimiter. Something like: export to myfile.csv of del modified by nochardel nocoldel select * from mytable There is something to change the col...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

LOAD utility, which run towards to a partition table, should allow other query processing insert/update to other partitions.

The requests for the enhancement of DB2 LOAD utilities so as to run LOAD utility in a specific partition table during the other query processing like select/update/insert/delete on the other partitions in one partition table.
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration