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Db2

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Do some more checking when Db2 fixpack is installed - like will fixpack be working after instance upgrade

On my test computer Linux x86_64, Db2 v11.5.8.0 is installed and I decided to upgrade to v11.5.9.0. 1. I checked prerequisite and everything was successful. ./db2prereqcheck -i -s -v 11.5.9.0 2. I installed Db2 server and installation was s...
12 months ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Online SSL certificate renewal for Encryption at rest

SSL_KMIP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_LABEL change requires instance restart. Can we do this parameter as dynamic online update parameter without any outage to db2 instance.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0

DB2 LUW : Trusted contexts over IPC

There are many applications where application and DB is co-located in the same server. User impersonation via trusted contexts helps control the access of the database for individual users even though a common technical ID is seeded in application...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Future consideration

Protect against DOS when user has password expired

Hi team, recently we had open a support case TS004670019 on https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/case/5003p00002TrWNRAA3/1222wd-db2-taking-too-long-to-login We had a situation with an automatic process that got it's password expired and begun failing t...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

db_backup multi path option

In netezza we have ability to backup with multiple paths and need same functionality on DB2 warehouse.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Planned for future release

Add the ability to manually tune DB2_HADR_HANG_DETECTION

Currently DB2_HADR_HANG_DETECTION is set internally and can't be configured. Customer's environments may involve slower responding components and may result in Db2 triggering the hang detection even though the system isn't hung. It would be useful...
12 months ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Future Function (eg EFA) Availability about Db2 pS on AWS

Escalation for future function availability by Aug-2024: 1. Support AWS EFA as pureScale private networking (CF communication) 2. Support AWS io2be(Block Express) as Storage device
12 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 0

Suitable Replacement for SNAP_GET_APPL_V95

SNAP_GET_APPL_V95 got introduced with Db2 9.5 but is deprecated in actual versions/releases. MON_GET_CONNECTION is declared as the replacement for this ‘old’ procedure, but the scope of the replacement procedure is different! Thus MON_GET_CONNECTI...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 1 Future consideration

Store auditing information directly in a table ( this option does not require files )

Allow DB2 to configure auditing to store auditing information in a table. Information could be retrieved using SELECT commands and there is no need to use system procedures or utilities like db2audit to extract information from files. The purpose ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Not under consideration

Allow DROP db in QUIESCE mode

In a shared instance, (multiple DBs serving different applications) its almost impossible to DROP a database, without having to shutdown the entire Instance. In order to drop the database, it must be deactivated, otherwise it fails. So, if you...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration