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Db2

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When using SSL to connect to DB2 on z/OS. Add the OCSP feature in the SSL handshake.

One of the new audit requirements in our organization is that OCSP or CRL should be used when SSL is used for communication. If i'm good informed currently this option isn't available in the SSL communication between DB2 on z/OS and it's DB2 conne...
12 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Enhance JCC exception message

Within an application, the failure scenarios are being stored in the database, along with the exception messages. This helps in a meaningful report generation, and determination of the cause of the failure. In this particular case, when we try to ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Work identification based on number of subsections in a statement.

Work identification can currently be done based on Estimated cost, Estimated cardinality, Estimated data accessed. Ref: "Work identification by type, cost, or data accessed with work classes - IBM Documentation" This allows for identification of c...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

DBA needs control over Jobs from Automatic Maintenance

This is the follow-up to the other RFE we submitted last year #108059. We are currently in the process of upgrading our databases to V11.1. As part of our pre-check process we have contacted SAP to understand the problem described in RFE#108059 is...
over 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Provide a way to refresh db/node directory cache to an active instance

When an instance is active, it reads the db directory and node directory information and the instance keeps it in a cache. This catalog is used for federation, to connect to remote databases. If for some reason, it is necessary to modify the direc...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

AD custom group traversing

When configuring custom AD groups in Db2wh, it seems like the product is not traversing the OU entirely. For example, we use a custom group for the BLUADMINGRP group which is in OU=global,ou=groups,ou=admingroup and we use a custom group for BLUUS...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

2G limitation in Db2 utility heap size allocation

If the number of buffers and buffer size are not user specified in the BACKUP DB command then Db2 limits the utility heap size allocation to 2G. Please remove this cap to allow for higher default allocation of the utility heap size which in turn s...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Support synchronous detachment of a table partition

Starting with DB2 9.7(?) the detachment of table partitions is handled asynchonously. To simulate synchronous behaviour a complicated work around has to be put in place. Such a behavior could be triggered by a new DML keyword such as ASYNC.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Db2 HADR PEER status enhancement

We would like IBM to look into adding an additional HADR state once the database comes into PEER. In Db2 10.5, there is an additional parameter, STANDBY_RECV_REPLAY_GAP that can hold large amounts of transactions that need to be replayed due to th...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 3 Not under consideration

default tablespace for a user

in DB2 there is no way to fix a default tablespace of user.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration