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Db2

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AD custom group traversing

When configuring custom AD groups in Db2wh, it seems like the product is not traversing the OU entirely. For example, we use a custom group for the BLUADMINGRP group which is in OU=global,ou=groups,ou=admingroup and we use a custom group for BLU...
about 5 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Call REST API triggered from DB

Currently we use external script to call APIs on data in DB and write back the result. Instead of using external script (Python, R, Node JS) to take data from the DB and call REST API and then write back the result to DB, it would be a great impro...
about 5 years ago in Db2 2 Planned for future release

Add option :statement rollback is able to release the locks for the failed statement.

When -803 ( violating unique key constrain ) happen on a statement, there are two things happen1) db2 still hold the lock on the row accessed by the statement that cause -803 , no matter the statement had fail.2) The transaction was not rollbacked...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Planned for future release

db_backup multi path option

In netezza we have ability to backup with multiple paths and need same functionality on DB2 warehouse.
over 5 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Support mixed row/column environments without requiring CUR_COMMIT=ON

We have recently run into a problem when we enable Cur_commit because of the locking behavior expected by some applications (they expect blocking). Therefore, we have to disable CC, but then that app cannot use blu. We want to give our plant the a...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Planned for future release

Need easy to use backup/restore solution for text search indexes

Rollforward recovery, PIT recovery with text search indexes is a manual and error prone process. It often means recreating the text indexes to match the data in the tables. This is extremely time consuming.The Db2 for z/OS solution for text indexe...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Text Search 0 Planned for future release

ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN for BLU tables

ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN is not yet supported on BLU tables.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 1 Planned for future release

CDs are referenced frequently in the installer

When installing Db2 with the db2_install command, one has to accept the license, which is normal. However, it refers to a file in a "CD" as distribution media. But I ask myself, how many fixpacks as distributed via CD in these days? I know there a...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Need DB2 LUW to support NUMA processor technology on Windows

The NUMA processor group technology is currently not supported by DB2 v10.5 and up for Windows. I would like IBM to add support for this feature in DB2 v10.5 and up as soon as possible in order to take full advantage of my server. (Currently runni...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 0 Planned for future release

BigSQL installation using nonroot user needs /bin/bash permissions

For BigSQL v4.2 installation using a non root user such as ambariUser (for example), sudo /bin/bash is needed for this user. Clients is claiming s a security risk for them. They are requesting to remove this permission on installation process or a...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / BigSQL 0 Planned for future release