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Db2

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To relax DB2 primary group of instance naming restrictions

My organization has all the users and Groups on active directory. The groups on active directory always get prefixed by some characters which are in Upper case due to the type of group we are requesting. Also addition of this prefix add more chara...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

To relax DB2 primary group of instance naming restrictions

My organization has all the users and Groups on active directory. The groups on active directory always get prefixed by some characters which are in Upper case due to the type of group we are requesting. Also addition of this prefix add more chara...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Logical Backup

Create “loadable” files foe objects rather than table space dumps. Only base table contents, no indexes
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Migration from SMS/Raw to AS

How to move the thousands DBs which use a combination of SMS (syscatspace) and RAW to full automatic storage. Some DBs are 100+TB so unload/load is not an option. Need a date for elimination of SMS/RAW support to determine our priotiy!
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

RP Tables syntax

If the “INDEX IN” option is left off the index goes in the default TSP. There is no way to change this later
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Runstats report only

Add the option report to the runstats utility to display the up to date statistics without updating the catalog tables
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

terminate rollback

When database is rollback a long transaction , it may take a long time. User don't want to wait for rollback to finish. One scenario is that user has made a large change on a table that is not that important table so they are willing to drop it (...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Syntax diagrams in KnowledgeCenter with links for subsections

The syntax diagrams in 11.5 have been changed for good. They are easier to understand and to follow the lines. However, the navigation in the diagram is still difficult (no improvements yet). One has to use the Find option of the browser to look f...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Enhancements for SSV backup of a DPF database

This is a request from Wells Fargo Bank to enhance the SSV backup of DPF databases. 1. Throttle the execution of a SSV backup by specifying the number of database partitions to concurrently execute a backup on each physical server. 2. Being able t...
over 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Defaut DATA BUFFER value in LOAD.

Wells Fargo requested if it possible to come up with a lower default value for DATA BUFFER without specifying DATA BUFFER in the load command. For example a registry variable like LOAD_DEFAULT_DATA_BUFFER=1000 that would take effect whenever the l...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration