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Db2

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Support of RUNSTATS of range-partitioned tables on single partition

RUNSTATS on range-partitioned tables always runs on allpartitions. If all indexes are partitioned, a RUNSTATS of a singlePartition would be helpful.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

Db2u without OpenShift

We have a cloud-native strategy that Db2u fits better than most other RDBMSes. We also have a fairly mature Kubernetes infrastructure. We would really like to run db2u on native Kubernetes, without OpenShift.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 2 Future consideration

Generating monitor report by schema name in Data Management Console

When creating monitor reports in DMC, the granularity for reports is the whole database, e.g. reports can be generated only at the database level. If there are several schemas in the same database, the abbility to generate reports at the schema le...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 2 Under review

dmctop for zLinux

We have several Db2 LUW running on zLinux. Because dmctop is not compatible with zLinux, we're still using db2top but would like to explore new functionalities/features offered in dmctop. Just to clarify: Currently, dmctop does not work on zLinux ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 7 Not under consideration

Table partitioning for column-organized tables

Column-organized tables are currently not supported for table partitioning (e.g. PARTITION BY RANGE)..At the same time, table partitioning is used by many data warehouse customers to speed up ETL activities - e.g.:(a) load new data into a separate...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Future consideration

Allow IAM access for server to S3 to work for Db2 backups

AWS allows a server or container to have an IAM role that allows access to S3 and other resources without authentication. However, cataloging a storage alias requires a key and secret key to work, regardless of whether the IAM role is set up for t...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 4 Future consideration

Breakdown of Estimated performance gain percent value for each Recommended Indexes (Used in Plan = "Y") in WhatIf Analysis

As per attached screenshot, there are 4 recommended indexes together provide 42.62% of Estimated Performance again if they are created. Its not possible to pick any one or two indexes instead of all the four indexes. If 1 of the 4 recommended inde...
5 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Optimizer does not use HIGH2KEY/LOW2KEY for columns with COLCARD 1

Optimization issue if a business_time_oriented table has only one row. In syscat.columns the content of the business_time columns are detected (high2key, low2key) but the value can not be found in the distribution statistics. This leads default fi...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 1 Future consideration

Additional Reminders - Leading to the work

It would be helpful if IBM can send 1-2 additional reminders to the client with relation to Scheduled Maintenance Notification.
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Submitted

Request to modify the default command for automatic statistics update to allow user customization

I have worked on case TS017430261. Please allow users to modify the default runstat syntax used for auto runstat at the database level or schema level, not the set profile per table.
about 1 month ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Submitted