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Online index rebuild

We need command tool in Informix >>-ALTER INDEX--index--REBUILD------------>< | | '-ONLINE-' working like: REBUILD INDEX online utility in DB2 or ALTER INDEX index REBUILD ONLINE in Oracle or REINDEX [INDEX|TABLE] in PostgreSQL
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

For Dynamic SQL that is stabilized, Add the SDQ_STMT_ID

For Dynamic SQL statements listed in Query Monitor, it is important to know if the SQL statement is/was Stabilized. Listing the SDQ_STMT_ID that is assigned to the Query in both the online monitor and downloaded into CQM_SUMM_METRICS can help with...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support PostgreSQL for PERF Database

Need this in Symphony 7.3.1 Currently Symphony PERF DB can be configured to use MS SQL Server, Oracle and DB2. PostgreSQL is a powerful open source object-relational database that uses and extends SQL combined with many features that safely store ...
12 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Future consideration

Optim zOS: Support for IMS DB (Insert) where segments have exit routines with DB2 statements

Opitm zOS - We have IMS DBs of which some segments have exit routines that have DB2 statements - Purpose of these exit routines is to keep IMS segment data in sync with DB2 tables (when a Insert / Update / Delete happens on a record in the IMS seg...
almost 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration

Add support for native Aziure Databases - Cosmos

Many companies have slowly implemented a hybrid cloud architecture. I am the lead TDM engineer at GM and we have no solution for native azure db's - Cosmo
almost 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

FLEXlm supports 'uncounted node locked' Feature Types Report the Checkouts for Them

By default RTM always report 0 max license and 0 in use. However, if you look at the checkouts, there are several in use. Can we get RTM to at least report the number of checked out licenses for this feature class?
12 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 0 Future consideration

Sequence Object "end of range" Alert

We recently had a Production application fail because a Db2 sequence object reached the end of its range unexpectedly. This caused our web users to be unable to logon for a short period of time. DBAs are implementing external tooling to monitor se...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future 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

DMC Backup Restore

It would be great if database administrators could manage and schedule backups and restores from the DMC in Cloud Pak.
almost 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

Provide an Option to break out of 'bsub' if a job will not submit due to a user hitting their pending job limit

This is a major problem when using a web service to control jobs, you would much rather have the binary end with an exit code than continually block in a loop saying you have reached your pending jobs limit. It's really bad design behavior IMHO.
12 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration