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    Restricting access to Db2s within a single UMS install (multitenancy)

    We have multiple customers on the same LPAR with separate DB2 subsystems and they should not see other customer systems when using UMS/Admin Foundations/IDAA Admin Services/DevOps etc.
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 2

    Provide full system symbol support in yaml files and any 'captured' component locations

    For some of the yaml file uses, this would aid in deployment and backout where if we could put a system symbol in the 'instance' file names (those created outside SMP/E) so that when we apply a PTF we update the symbol, UMS/ADF (whichever) would t...
    4 months ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Provide for systems symbols in the various field (especially DNS names) on the subsytem registration panel/process

    We currently perform monthly BCP testing. in these test, the host name is prepended with information to contact these 'copies'. For everything else this is done by using a system symbol that is normally blank, but in the test environment has a val...
    4 months ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

    To resolve the backup failure issue caused by identical hostnames across IIAS appliances running in Docker containers.

    Assigning unique hostnames to each IIAS appliance (or container) is essential because backup tools like EMC NetWorker rely on hostnames to identify and manage client systems. When multiple appliances use the same hostname, EMC NetWorker cannot dif...
    5 months ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Replication for Availability (LUW, Db2 Warehouse) 0 Under review

    Permanent page display setting in Admin foundation

    Within the Admin foundation, there is a setting that allows user to see 10 objects per page by default. Although it is possible to change this setting to show more items, such as 50 objects per page, this preference resets after logging out. We wo...
    over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Watson Translate Support for Rich Text Fields

    Currently Watson does not support rich text fields. This is a substantial amount of text fields and would include most data stream integrations provided OOTB for OP. Not being able to auto-translate is extremely confusing for the users and is inco...
    about 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API 2 Future consideration

    Support Cert Based Authentication for ObjectManager

    Currently, ObjectManager does not allow for Liberty to use Cert based API authentication. To support cert based security requirements, ObjectManager needs to support calling a .crt or cert file as a parameter/password rather than only a simple str...
    over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API 3 Is a defect

    Granular security for IZP resources.

    We need more granular security for UMS resources in the IZP resource class. Today there is IZP.ADMIN* and IZP.SUPER* But we need to be able distinguish between access permissions for different environments. For example, for Production would like s...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Allow Db2 columnar table replication to watsonx.data

    Truist has obtained 3M+ of Data Replication entitlements in Q1 of 2025 to replicate data from Exadata and Db2 WH to Snowflake. Db2 WH table are all in columnar format and Truist would like for the tables to stay the same way. Our current proposed ...
    6 months ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Replication for Availability (LUW, Db2 Warehouse) 0 Submitted

    Call ALTERED NSP from IDz after ALTER PROCEDURE

    Viewing the DDL of a deployed Stored Procedure by right clicking on the DDL and then selecting Open statement in Editor. This process is meant for working with/editing the stored procedure. This method returns the stored procedure text that was us...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 2 Under review

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