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Db2

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Allow DROP db in QUIESCE mode

In a shared instance, (multiple DBs serving different applications) its almost impossible to DROP a database, without having to shutdown the entire Instance. In order to drop the database, it must be deactivated, otherwise it fails. So, if you...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Do some more checking when Db2 fixpack is installed - like will fixpack be working after instance upgrade

On my test computer Linux x86_64, Db2 v11.5.8.0 is installed and I decided to upgrade to v11.5.9.0. 1. I checked prerequisite and everything was successful. ./db2prereqcheck -i -s -v 11.5.9.0 2. I installed Db2 server and installation was s...
almost 1 year ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Please add feature to have log buffer encrypted on HADR setup of purescale clusters

Please add the log buffer encryption on the HADR setup of purescale clusters Currently Db2 single node cluster provides log buffer encryption using HADR_SSL_LABEL. This feature is missing on HADR setup of purescale clusters Request to kindly add t...
about 3 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0

Improve ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE REORG Process to not Invalidate Application Packages

24x7 Application in DB2 LUW using packages. REORG of a large table is an issue. The best approach would be to use AMT but the rename causes all application packages to be mark invalid. This does not work for a 24x7 application. Online REORGE proce...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Enhance ALTER INDEX to have MINPCTUSED option (Online)

Allow online ALTER INDEX ... MINPCTUSED %;
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add the ability to manually tune DB2_HADR_HANG_DETECTION

Currently DB2_HADR_HANG_DETECTION is set internally and can't be configured. Customer's environments may involve slower responding components and may result in Db2 triggering the hang detection even though the system isn't hung. It would be useful...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Control/Force RTS Fabrication

There exists a fundamental issue whereby if a query predicate is > HIGH2KEY then the optimiser always estimates cardinality of 1.For date/time related columns this is an issue as there may always be data beyond HIGH2KEY even immediately after r...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Future Function (eg EFA) Availability about Db2 pS on AWS

Escalation for future function availability by Aug-2024: 1. Support AWS EFA as pureScale private networking (CF communication) 2. Support AWS io2be(Block Express) as Storage device
about 1 year ago in Db2 / pureScale 0

Incorporate Trace suspend option into Quiesce command

We want to remove the suspending of the incoming connections via db2trc command and make "quiesce command with force connections" do the same thing as db2trc is doing currently.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Silent uninstall of ibm data server runtime client renders in error with db2lswtch

We are having problem when uninstalling IBM Data Server Runtime Client 11.5.7.0 from a script. Install works fine but when uninstalling I use this command from a command window as administrator MSIEXEC /X {9915B73E-D89B-4D1C-89B3-5FEF7978024C} /le...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration