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    INPLACE REORG should always be interruptible

    Under certain circumstances it is not possible to stop/pause or force an INPLACE REORG that waits for a lock (TS019866410). Because the INPLACE REORG does not respect lock timeouts, it hangs in "lock wait" until the lock holding session releases t...
    4 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Tools 0 Submitted

    The basic commands should have an option to output machine processable format like JSON

    Using automation tools like Ansible would benefit greatly if commands like db2cm, db2ls, db2 li node/db directory, db2 db/dbm cfg and so on would be able output in JSON format.
    about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review
    206 VOTE

    Reduce Time Required for Online(Inplace) Reorg for huge tables

    1) Inplace reorg will take time more for the tables with huge data say for example 1 TB 2) To Reduce the time for this we want to avoid full table scan hence we need to look in portions of the data in a table where it is getting fragmented 3) Henc...
    about 6 years ago in Db2 21 Not under consideration

    Azure Blob storage on SUSE Linux for Db2 12.1.3

    We would like to configure our backup to use Microsoft Azure Blob. Do you have step by steps how to configure CATALOG STORAGE ACCESS and use DB2REMOTE ? It seems it work for S3 storage on Linux SUSE, but it doesn't work with Microsoft Azure Blob o...
    13 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

    Add a way to wait for bufferpool creation when creating tablespaces

    What we do when creating tablespaces as part of migration files (think flyway, but any similar utility will be relevant) is to create a bufferpool and then create the tablespace. Example: create bufferpool dummy size 5000 pagesize 8k; create table...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Under review

    Ability to flush or clean up catalog cache

    Larger catalog-related changes, like revoking privileges from many users at the same time, are also updating the catalog cache. The cache may hold invalidated or "orphaned" entries. Those entries are only removed in an asynchronous fashion. Until ...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 3 Not under consideration

    Since customers' environment needs to stay updated please make the Db2 11.5.9.0 pureScale for AIX 7.3 TL01 and TL02 certified for Power System 10. We just certified the "AIX 7.3 TL00 SP1 or higher".

    It is useful to avoid security breach and avoid OS known bugs.
    about 2 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration
    111 VOTE

    NONBLOCKED option for event monitors to prevent them from blocking user services

    Db2 locking event monitor may block deadlocked applications from proceeding for a purpose of making event monitors work under some circumstances. (Reported on case TS007885986) Since it could damage user's business services severely, user should b...
    almost 4 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

    Enahncement to DB2_DEFER_MEMORY_COMMIT setting

    Regarding the use of DB2_DEFER_MEMORY_COMMIT=ON. This env variable will defer memory commitment, asynchronously in the background, for faster completion of ACTIVATE DATABASE. This helps to improve the database activation for large memory systems w...
    12 months ago in Db2 1 Under review

    Db2 Encryption at Rest breaks backup deduplication

    For the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Encryption at Rest is mandatory for many databases. Since we have turned on Encryption at Rest, data deduplication during backups is not working anymore. We always have to save the full 15+ TB...
    6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Under review

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