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Please add Firstlsn to the MON_GET_CONNECTION table function

The firstLSN is only available using db2pd. It is the ninth column reported from: db2pd -transactions It does not appear to be anywhere else. I would like to be able to query it using the MON_GET* table functions.
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Ability to use DataStage parameters in Teradata Logon mechanism

Client POC migrating to Cp4D DataStage from Information Server DataStage 11.7 Import of isx failed when Teradata Connector contained parameters in the logon mechanism.
over 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Analytics connectivity to Informatica Data Vault

We are looking to connect to Informatica Data Vault to build some reports in Cognos Analytics
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

refresh fedration cache withouht the need to bounce instance once port number is changed from x to y

We have fedration defined from db2 to db2 v1 11 servers. once we update the port number of the fedration server we started getting errors like below SQL30080N A communication error "111" occurred sending or receiving data from the remote database....
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Allow for LISTDEF Processing and Template when specifying TOCOPY on a RECOVER

Details: 1) Site has multiple tablespaces that use a consistent naming scheme for image copies.2) Manual does not mention use of "TOCOPY" in the "list-options-spec" section of the "RECOVER" page.3) Receive following error when attempting to use a ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CDC support for replication to SQL Server 2017 on Linux

We use IBM Data Replication (CDC) to replicate data to SQL Server. We would like to move SQL Server to Linux but CDC only supports SQL Server on Windows. CDC should support replicating data to SQL Server 2017 on Linux.
about 5 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Not under consideration

Update statistics profile from SYSIBM.SYSFEEDBACK by demand.

We are running under DB2 v12 level 501 Data Sharing 17-way and he is using statistics feedback with profile, but since it is an autonomic process for all objects there are some package access path becoming worst after run utilities with RUNSTATS U...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Encrypted column support being deprecated, what else is available?

With DB2 LUW 11.1 the encrypt and decrypt, decrypt_char, decrypt_bin, etc functions are being deprecated. We already have all of the data encrypted on the disk with the disk subsystem so using an encrypted database does me no good. I need to be ab...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Need for multiple database schemas

PMR TS000125312 Starting with MDM v11.0 the installation process does not support different database schema's anymore, which would isolate the MDM Configuration and Management Database tables from the MDM Server database tables.This was supported ...
over 6 years ago in Master Data Management 1 Not under consideration

Removing must-have field specification list in case of UNLOAD SPANNED YES restriction

We propose to remove the Db2 UNLOAD Utility restriction, that the UNLOAD statement must include a field specification list thatspecifies all LOB and XML data at the end of the record, if SPANNED YES is specified.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration