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My votes: Db2

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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...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Online SSL certificate renewal for Encryption at rest

SSL_KMIP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_LABEL change requires instance restart. Can we do this parameter as dynamic online update parameter without any outage to db2 instance.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0

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...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0

db_backup multi path option

In netezza we have ability to backup with multiple paths and need same functionality on DB2 warehouse.
over 5 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Store auditing information directly in a table ( this option does not require files )

Allow DB2 to configure auditing to store auditing information in a table. Information could be retrieved using SELECT commands and there is no need to use system procedures or utilities like db2audit to extract information from files. The purpose ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Not under consideration

IBM Data Studio needs to show and manage ALL GRANTS on SCHEMA level

Currently Data Studio 4.1.4 does not correctly show or allow you to manage all GRANTS to SCHEMA via the GUI interface. If you view properties of a User, Group or Role, under Privileges the SCHEMA tab only shows ALTERIN, CREATEIN, DROPIN, but not a...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Federation Support for Microsoft Access Database

Most of the retail customers use MS Access for maitaining small to medium databases and would like us to consider them while developing solutions. Unfortunately DB2 LUW 11.5.7 does not have any federation support for MS Access. We have to do a rou...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Federation 2 Functionality already exists

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

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...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Add REORG LONGLOBDATA for columnar tables

Currently we can create columnar tables with CLOB/LOB columns in it. What we can't do is reclaim the allocated diskspace of the CLOB/LOB columns (LOB_OBJECT_P_SIZE) in columnar tables To get an idea about how many diskspace is allocated: db2 "...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Future consideration