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Db2

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IBM Verify Device Deletion (QR/FIDO) Reason Capture

This idea is for ISVA 10.0.7 , the IAM solution does not provide the feasibility of capturing the reasons for deletion of details . This function is important form an audit and security .
6 months ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Allow to exclude index pages from backup - recreate after restore

Db2 backup is saving all database objects regardless if the objects (especially indexes) could be re-created, because the objects contain just redundant data. Db2 already provides the DBM CFG parameter INDEXREC which configures when an invalid ind...
over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

DB2_BAR_STATS table view

Add a table view for the bar stats output
about 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Need the ability to fix corrupted synopsis tables

Once DB24LUW-I-841 is implemented (ability to detect corrupted synopsis tables online), then we need the ability to fix them online.
over 5 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

db2adutl parallelism

Usually our Db2 backups to TSM are performed using parallelism, sometimes up to parallelism 10. Occasionally we restore a Db2 system in another operating center from where we have no access to the TSM server. In the source environment the Db2 ba...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Incremental backup of LOBS

Incremental backup of db2 should do INCREMENTAL backup of Large Objects (Blobs, Clobs etc). I am referencing this two limitations: 1. If a table space contains long field or large object data and an incremental backup is taken, all of the long fie...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Better JDBC 4.3 support in the JDBC/JCC driver of Db2 11.5.5

As the knowledgecenter states in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_11.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.wn.doc/doc/c_ds_clients_drivers_11-5-5.html "JCC supports new APIs from JDBC 4.3 specification with this release. ... JDBC 4.3 specification...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Reorg on criteria

Add new option to allow the reorg utility to discard / keep rows during the reorganization
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Removing defunct Delta Backup images after automatic database backup image removal

We have automated backup options enabled (num_db_backups and rec_his_retentn both set). Our backup schedule takes a full backup on Sunday and a Delta every other day of the week. When a full backup image qualifies for removal, with reference to th...
about 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

REST API call from stored procedure

Calling Watson APIs directly from DB through stored procedures like in DB2 with DB2XML.HTTPGETCLOB function.This feature would allow to build more integrated and more simple workflow for our Clients. Watson NLU, NLC, Translator are in use at this ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration