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Hybrid Indexes(RIMS)

I recently inquired with IBM regarding what I am calling hybrid indexes, ie: indexes that reference normal columns as well as nodes within an XML column. This is not currently available, however, in the communications Melanie requested that I pa...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Oracle NUMBER being inserted as NULL(RIMS)

PMR extract: CUSTOMER REP : Tapio Vaattanen 905-413-3930 ENVIRONMENT : UDB/Linux v9.7.3 + special_26292 IBM Data movement Tool (IDMT) PROBLEM : SQL3140W loading Oracle data into DB2. Customer expects DB2 to round up the values to load when using D...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Enhance Granularity; Manageability; and Restartability of Redirected Restores(RIMS)

We need the ability to be able to restart a redirected restore from the point of any failed step rather than going back to the very beginning and rerunning the entire operation. Further we would like the ability to provide container paths without ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Injest Logging(RIMS)

Have ingest work just like a load but with logging. I know this is vague but wed like to be able to essentially change a load statement to an ingest with no other changes if at all possible? A load with shrlevel change like the mainframe? Lisa ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Ingest backwares compatibility with load/import(RIMS)

(high) Ingest backwards compatibility with load/import: Need the ability to handle all modifiers that load and import statements handle. Current example is delprioirtychar is not supported by ingest, but is by load and import. Jill Kastello
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 should check if there are any errors in the history file for(RIMS)

Headline cont... the relevant backup before the restore operation is started Description: Customer canceled/aborted a backup (kill against the vendor process) of his database after some hours (the reason is not relevant for this problem). The inco...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF) should be supported by (RIMS)

Headline cont... DB2 9.7 to stop/start the instances instead of using db2fmcd/db2fmd. Description- Following is a request I received a few months ago. I did than classify the request as one that would never happen, but it turned out customer insis...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

display warning message when db2iupdt changes instance type.(RIMS)

Currently, the -k option of db2iupdt can be used to retain the current instance type during instance update. However, since the '-k' option is not default behaviour, if customer forgets to specify it the instance will change to default ese type. (...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

db2haicu branches to maintenance mode.Also menu navigation can be heavy or lead to dead ends(RIMS)

From PMR 90884,077,649: Issue #2: db2haicu branches to maintenance mode when a partial config is in place. A complete db2 / TSA solution includes: 1. DBM CFG parm CLUSTER_MGR being set to TSA 2. the presence of file ~/sqllib/cfg/db2ha.sys Page 4 o...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Connect ACR message when ACR is not configured(RIMS)

This customer finds it is inappropriate for DB2 Connect to log the following ACR (Automatic Client Reroute) message: ADM2508I Client Reroute successful. Hostname/IP Address: hostname/IP address and Service name/Port number: service name/port numbe...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration