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Db2

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DB2 LUW should support 1GB pages on Linux x64 platform

When using VMWare as Host System for (RH) Linux we are able to configure 1GB Pages like: sched.mem.lpage.enable1GPage = "TRUE" On the other hand DB2 on Linux Redhat Guest System right now does only support huge (2MB) pages per IBM DB2 documentatio...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

JDBC driver parameter to compress LOB/XMLs to reduce network overhead

We have a JDBC application INSERT or UPDATING a LOB/XML column. Currently this can cause transaction slowness as the INSERT or UPDATE has to wait for the uncompressed LOB to travel across network.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Display server uptime in db2start summary written to db2diag.log

In addition to details about CPU and RAM that are currently reported in db2diag.log during db2start, include the server uptime duration.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

Enable consistent export - implement MVCC

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about 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

WLM should support IDLE timeout threshold for activity.

WLM supports connection IDLE timeout threshold with CONNECTIONIDLETIME. Our customer would like to have IDLE timeout threshold for SQL statement activity within a connection with fine granularity. They periodically issue mon_get_activity and mon_g...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

QIDCA (Quantum Integrated Distributed Computing Architecture) is a revolutionary framework that integrates quantum computing and classical distributed systems to enhance computational power, security, and efficiency in data processing and problem-solving tasks.

Why is QIDCA useful? QIDCA is useful because it leverages the unique strengths of both quantum and classical computing to tackle complex problems more efficiently than traditional methods alone. By integrating quantum computing's ability to handle...
7 months ago in Db2 / Compression 0 Not under consideration

Remote DB2 connections via Universal Diver T4 not well balanced.

Sysplex workload balancing does not guarantee that executions are distributed among the available systems. It depends on the capacity of the systems (WLM choose systems with more CPs/ZIIPs), performance index of enclaves, and DB2 system health (fr...
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

DMC stats event monitoring needs to consider built-in wlm_collect_int

DMC WLM Statistics collection is completely independent of wlm_connect_int built-in functionality. This behavior is not ideal, as the database could have been configured for that already, and the final result is that you end up with 2 independent ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

db2start of a running instance should reload/restart configuration without interruption of current sessions

Sometimes dbm configuration changes are not active immediately and require a full instance restart. E.g. adding an SSL port and config updates of the db catalog changes in SYS*_GROUP ... It would be great, if a db2start command is issued while the...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 2 Not under consideration

IBM Data Server Runtime Client support on Red Hat OpenShift

We are using Red Hat OpenShift to access "external" Db2 databases. We have a "IBM Data Server Runtime Client" in each container in a OpenShift POD, one or more containers per POD. OpenShift uses overlayFS with overlay2-driver where the the client ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration