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Data Management Console

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STANDBY_RECV_REPLAY_GAP to be monitored in DMC which is not available at present

We have Standby log receiving enabled for 30 GB. But we are looking for additional parameter as STANDBY_RECV_REPLAY_GAP which is not getting monitored in DMC . Kindly help to get it enabled.
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Functionality already exists

User management auditing

Our auditor is asking questions like 'Can we see that user X is locked or removed from DB2 when he left the company'. There is no way to see a lock date or create or remove dates on account that are created through the web console.
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

Editing a job: showing job name on all "Edit job" screens

It would be nice to show the job name on every "Edit job" screen. Currently, the job name is shown on the 1st and 3rd screens (Define and Finish) but not on the 2nd screen (Select databases).
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

Connection Monitor Percentage VS Numeric Static Value

In Monitoring Profiles>Alerts Monitoring>Connections , you can only set a static value for Critical and Warning Thresholds. I would like the ability to be able to set a percentage of a certain total. Those totals could come from the database...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Close Email notifications subject line should match open email notification subject line

We sort our emails by subject to easily see notifications for alerts and if they were closed. For critical alerts DMC uses this format for the email subject when an alert opens: <ConnectionName>: Critical Alert <AlertNumber> <AlertT...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

Send alert in case no connection to database could be performed

We have several times the situation that DSM is not able to connect to a database.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

Allow a single SMTPE to be used for multiple DIREs

We have a need for IT administrative staff to have 2 profiles. One with lesser permissions for everyday tasks and one with additional monitoring and security. Both profiles need the ability to run the SNDSMTPEMM command form within various applica...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

Test Shell Button for access by shell

In the Connection Profiles you have to add username and password for accessing Db2. As well there's a button 'Test connection' to test the connection. When you define user defined alerts in your monitoring profile you're able to define sql and she...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

Add possibility to create dashboards over several databases

I would really to be able to create a dashboard, containing the activity response time of my top-10 databases. Or to be able to look at the graphs of some databases in 1 glance.
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

DB2 DMC AVAILABILITY METRIC FOR DPF INSTANCES

DB2 DMC currently does not monitor the availability of DPF instances (with multiple db2 partitions). it only supports single partition databases. we want DMC to report the DB as DOWN when any of the partition in the instance goes down rather than ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration