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Db2

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Make db2ilist more informative

Since db2ilist lost its ability to display the bitness of instances it was just capable to name all users, who have linked the sqllib directories. db2ilist would be much more useful, if it could show the instance type (server, client, ...) and e.g...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Delivered

Online SSL_SVR_LABEL SSL label change for encryption in transit

Currently to change SSL_SVR_LABEL we have to db2stop/db2start to enact new SSL label. We request that this be done online without the need for db2stop.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Delivered

DB2 PureScale for Linux on z

On behalf of several customers, we need to see a PureScale version of DB2 running on Linux on z. Whilst these customers run large DB2 for z/OS estates, they also require HA services for the distributed version used by IBM Products MDM and BPM, oth...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Delivered

Support of data type "NUMBER" for JDBC wrapper

SQL1823N No data type mapping exists for data type "NUMBER" from Server "xxx" Case TS000096160
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 2 Delivered

Power9 zlib accelerator for backup and log file compression

Db2 supports NX842 accelerator on AIX. This has some limitation like restoring of such an backup image is only possible on AIX and cannot be combined with AME and AMS and also requires a license key to enable it.Compression and decompression in so...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 2 Delivered

Release one restriction of pureScale

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.perf.doc/doc/c0009677.html In a pureScale environment, space that is freed up by a delete transaction on one member may not be reused by an insert transaction on a ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Delivered

DB2 ALSM support for HADR environment

From 11.5.4 ,we have ALSM feature for production deployment however it has restriction for HADR environments. If we have that feature to HADR too then all oldest application handle can be forced off .
about 3 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 2 Delivered

Feature enhancement request for caching of password for LDAP plug-ins.

Currently Fiducia GAD is experiencing a bottleneck for the authenfication of DB2 connections against LDAP using the LDAP Plugin. This results in an overload of the LDAP server and in delays for creating new DB2 connections. Fiducia GAD need to cr...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Delivered

pureScale load completion stage is very slow with range partitioned table

pureScale load of partition table is very slow at load completion stage, because db2 will purge local bufferpool for every partition of the table being loaded. ESE improved performance by purging once for all partitions. we wish this improvement i...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Delivered

Faster startup for large BP's

Make DB2 startup with large BP's (500GB+) faster.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Delivered