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Db2

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export from a stored procedure result set

Allow to export the result set of a stored procedure
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow blu and row tables to be mixed when using shadow tables

Allow blu and row tables to be mixed when using shadow tables.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

TSA - Not scalable

TSA Does not Scale, with each database added it consumes 5 - 8% CPU. In our system ZLinux this is the only option we have for auto failover. When we have 10 Databases we are now consuming 50 - 80% CPU just to run TSA and having to pay extra licens...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Support REOPT within REBIND_ROUTINE_PACKAGE system procedure(RIMS)

Description as attachment
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Enhancement to support month granularity in MDC generated columns under oracle compat mode(RIMS)

Description as attachment
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 0 Not under consideration

Turn on reclaimable storage without dropping/recreating the tablespaces

After a migration from db2 9.5 to 10.1, several days passed, and we reached the maximum size of a DMS tablespace of 4K. We moved one table to a different tablespace, but still noticed that the free pages were equal to 0. We tried to execute the al...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Future consideration

Ability to archive standby - backup and restore(RIMS)

Jill,Please consider this email as a formal request for enhancement to DB2.Verizon needs the capability to do a DB2 online backup of an HADR standby database, along with a subsequent restore of the database that maintains the database as an HADR s...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Future 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...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

automatic maintenance backup -> more backup options(RIMS)

My customer asked how he can configure the automatic maintenance backup in detail (for example PARALLELISM or BUFFERS). It seems that this is NOT possible at the moment. You can only configure some simple options like the target path for example, ...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 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...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration