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Db2

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Ability to change an attribute on a cluster index(RIMS)

Verizon would like the ability to change an attribute on a cluster index without having to drop and recreate the inex. They need to avoid a rebind. IDS has this functionality. Ref PMR07542,442,000 Benefit: Verizon needs to avoid having to bring do...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Parallel I/O work on indexes for SQL Inserts.(RIMS)

it would be wonderful to have parallel I/O work on indexes for SQL Inserts. For instance, a table with 6 indexes, A SQL insert is sent to DB2 from an app program,,, The Insert takes place on the data page, now the RID is known and can be used in p...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

QReplication - ability to add columns with default values without having to Reorg(RIMS)

When adding a column with a default value, currently one must Reorg the table before replication of that column can begin: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r7/topic/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.repl.qrepl.doc/topics/iiyrqsubtchgadc1.html JPMC asks...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Replication 0 Not under consideration

MOD function FF Optimizer PMR 26759;122;000(RIMS)

Calisto suggested if the MOD function FF issue is pervasive in the customer's environment, we could do an enhancement(under regvar maybe), so please ask for it. I will ask Satya to collect the stats across the partitions. The current stats shows a...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

new optimizer guideline to break CSE for a specific query or as a global guideline(RIMS)

Customer encountered scenario where use of CSE resulted in degradation in query performance (details below). This requirement is to implement a new optimizer guideline that will allow customer to break CSE for a specific query or as a global guide...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Larger CLP output limit.(RIMS)

� CLP output is currently limited to 2GB.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

de-cluttering of db2diag.log(RIMS)

[This requirement originates from JPMC EDW/RTC group] The db2diag.log is an extremely useful reference for both customers and db2support persons. We are able to identify milestones events, find errors, and gather clues to their issues, all before ...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Redirect Restore + RF with a user defined MIRRORLOGPATH in the backup image succeeds(RIMS)

Headline cont... nevertheless target MIRRORLOGPATH does not exist. Description-Redirect Restore + RF with a user defined MIRRORLOGPATH in the backup image succeeds nevertheless target MIRRORLOGPATH does not exist. DB2 does not throw an error at Re...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

BACKUP/RESTORE should support parallelcompression of backupstripes when using native compress option(RIMS)

Headline Cont...(thisiscurrentlysingle-threadpertablespace).Description -currently, Backup will fetch from multiple tablespaces using multiple concurrent prefetcher sub-agents. However when Backup Compression is enabled, data is forced through Bac...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Write-suspend should never hang the engine and disallow connections(RIMS)

Write-suspend should never hang the engine and require it to be restarted. Connections should be allowed and be able to issue a write-resume. Please see PMR18252,442,000
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration