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REST API authentication via LDAP

MDM uses LDAP authentication for users. REST API and Web Services accept only local MDM user authenication. We request the option to use LDAP user to authenticate in REST API and Web Services.
over 7 years ago in Product Master 1 Delivered

Multiple cross invalidation (XI) connections in RDMA networks on pureScale

High concurrent inserts & selects result in very high CF CPU usage, and CF wait time is lengthened.
over 7 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered

metadata enrichment filter

The metadata enrichment screens in WKC 4.5 do not have a sort option for the business term column. The stated reason is that more than one term can be assigned. The filter option can filter on business terms and data classes but not for blank. Add...
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Delivered

Purger takes 7 hours to clean task_attributes table

It takes as long as 8 hours to clean task_attributes table with 14 days data, around 22M records. Please either add primary key or drop/truncate partition instead of deleting rows which is an expensive operation.
about 5 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.1 1 Delivered

Support of ICF-catalogs on target vols when source of subsystem cloning is SLB RFE 83425

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=83425 To use SLBs for backup/recovery it's neccessary to place the ICF-catalogs on the same volumes as DB2-data. But so far cloning-tool doesn't support handling of ICF-cata...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

DB2_GENERATED_ROWID not treated correctly RFE 45902

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=45902 in tables with LOBs DB2 generates an additional column DB2_GENERATED_ROWID which is placed at the end of the table. If you add some columns by ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN t...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Always generate ALTER TABLE SQL for Identity Columns RFE 71287

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=71287 Could you please add a new parameter to Cloning Tool where it will always generate the ALTER TABLE Restart even if restart-valuie is not set in catalog. If a table wit...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

To report Total & reserved & used memory graph through rpt_hardware_raw table

We would like to report graphically reserved, used, total memory by LSF cluster from rpt_hardware_raw table. There is MEM_REQ field in rpt_jobmart_raw table & is related to job but that doesn't give picture by LSF cluster.
over 10 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Delivered

CTAS (Create Table As)

Implement "CTAS", i.e. the ability to create and populate a table based on another existing table. Common in other DBMSes (even Netezza!). CREATE TABLE dba1.item_new AS SELECT * FROM dba1.itemandCREATE TABLE dba1.item_new AS SELECT * FROM dba1.ite...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Slowness in Hostfactory return of large number of hosts

Hostfactory is currently stopping hosts one by one due to the egosh logic. This in return slows down the return of the hosts. We need to have a batch close/reclaim egosh command.
over 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.2.1 1 Delivered