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Create TABLESPACE IF NOT EXISTS

Some objects in Db2 LUW can use the IF NOT EXISTS in a CREATE (or IF EXISTS in a DROP), e.g. for TABLE. But the option is not available for Tablespaces. I believe it is available in other RDMS products e.g. SQL Server. Could the option be extended...
10 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 2 Under review

Simplify DB2REMOTE log archive path name

When configuring LOGARCHMETH1|2 for a DB2REMOTE Db2 always appends two forward slashes "//" to end of the path even though specifying the slashes isn't required. This makes it more difficult to automate Db2 configuration because while it's possibl...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 2 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...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Under review

DB2 Upgrades in rolling fashion

Problem Statement: At present we are following IBM process to upgrade db2 hadr servers: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=udhadrhe-upgrading-db2-servers-in-hadr-environments-without-standby-reinitialization Current IBM process involves an...
over 3 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...
over 1 year ago in Db2 1 Under review
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export data from tables out of a backup image

Introduce a new parameter to the export utility to be able to export data from a table that is in a backup image.This functionality is especially useful for data extraction without touching/impacting the source system
over 9 years ago in Db2 2 Future consideration

Automate having 2 VIPs on the same server (Pacemaker)

scneario:Db2 HADR/PacemakerROS (reads on standby enabled)VIP set for PrimaryVIP set for Standby (ROS) If a maintenance on standby is needed, the VIP from the Standby needs to be manually moved from the standby to the Primary (having both VIPs in t...
9 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 2

Advanced JSON functionality

It would be great if the JSON functionality could be expanded. Currently, we have the problem that Db2 doesn't support the 'nested path' JSON expression. For example, create table msct.json_test (id integer not null, json_data CLOB(10485760 OCTETS...
9 months ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Submitted

Support ARM64 Linux

We frequently use ARM64 Linux Docker Containers when we develop python applications on MacOS. The fact that the db2 drivers and subsequently the python packages do not support this makes our development workflow much harder.
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 10 Submitted

REORG on Table with Vectorindex (SQL0270N Reason Code 137)

Vector functionality is intended to extend an existing table. To ensure queries remain fast, the new vector index should also be utilized. However, it is currently impossible to perform a REORG on the table as long as the index exists. Please impl...
28 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted