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Db2

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DB2 performance - Hash partition table

On the VLDB - Very Large Database environment.DB2 should support hash partition table to improve performance especially pureScale environment.
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

DB2 database kill

A database may hang and must be killed and this is currently only possible with db2_kill
about 8 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

db2move with copy yes option

using db2move to load data in ab HADR enabled database breack the hadr cluster as this command don't support any option to force the use of COPY YES option during load operation., that without any warning or confirmation message.As a consequence, ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Add REORG LONGLOBDATA for columnar tables

Currently we can create columnar tables with CLOB/LOB columns in it. What we can't do is reclaim the allocated diskspace of the CLOB/LOB columns (LOB_OBJECT_P_SIZE) in columnar tables To get an idea about how many diskspace is allocated: db2 "...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Future consideration

Encrypted backup information in DB_HISTORY table

Currently there is no information on backup file is encrypted or not in DB_HISTORY table. Would like to see column indicating db backup entry is of encrypted db and backup file is indeed encrypted.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0

Db2 LUW 11.1 needs to be certified with RedHat 8

Db2 11.1 needs to be certified with RedHat 8 to allow customers to install on RedHat 8.
about 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

An environmental variable that sets the database to use "Enforced" as a default for constraints.

For some shops, constraints are always created as "Enforced". This used to be the default behavior, but the default behavior was changed to "Not Enforced" in Db2 V11.Creating an environmental variable would allow the teams to choose the default be...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 2 Functionality already exists

Optimizer should ignore RTRIM when calculation filter factor

When the optimizer calculates the filter factor for a predicate which uses RTRIM, it just returns the default value. (0.04)It should ignore the RTRIM and use the COLCARD of the column stats instead. Refer to Case: TS001114316
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Enhance IBM My Notifications with Affected DB2 Version Information

Currently we subscribe to the IBM 'My Notifications' email (see: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.trb.doc/doc/t0060379.html or https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686621) so we rece...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

DSMTOP should use the same color schema as DB2TOP

DSMTOP should use the same color schema as DB2TOP. Currently, DSMTOP uses a grey background which makes viewing of the metrics difficult.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration