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Db2

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Schema Transport in PureScale

Add Schema Transport Support in PureScale. Allow ESE to PS and PS to ESE across codepage transport at the schema level.
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Skip REORG evaluation if offline maintenance window equal 1 or 2 hours

Reorg table can be run twice during offline maintenance window. This is not acceptable behavior because it can exhaust the window time on the same table. Secondly, it is also possible to put in queue the same REORG TABLE that will be run the next ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

let db2adutl work cross-dbpartition on one LPAR, as it did before

Before DB2 11.5.8.0.1 db2adutl could work on different dbpartitions on the same LPAR.Now it throws an error that input database partition number/current database partition number are different, if DB2NODE is not explicitly set.db2adutl should be a...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 3 Is a defect

ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE Allow implicit PACKAGE BIND by the application

ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE change to allow an implicit PACKAGE BIND by the application. Currently Db2 marks the PACKAGE (SYSCAT.PACKAGES) as inoperative by marking VALID = 'X' which requires an explicit bind. This causes an outage in a 24x7 environment. S...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2Z-Allow for EXCHANGE DATA function on Clone table to NOT put packages in VALID status of 'A'

We have processes that use the clone table feature to allow for non disruptive load operations. When we do the exchange data the packages on the primary table move to a VALID STATUS of 'A' when they had a status of 'Y' previously. This creates iss...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Add an ooption to export column names in the csv file

Add an option to the export utility to include the column names in the del file.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 to incorporate a feature equivalent to Oracles Flashback(RIMS)

We have an official request from executive management ((John Mikkelsen) for DB2 to incorporate a feature equivalent to Oracles Flashback. Eric Egdorf DB2 LUW Support Verizon Business 719-535-4289 Verizon recently had an outage that they feel coul...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

Encryption at tablespace level

Allow to encrypt at the tablespace level. Add the encrypt keyword in the create tablespace command
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Can access federation object in the trigger body

The db2 instance have multiple database, and customer want to access a user table that locate in another database through Db2 trigger .
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Db2 autonomic computing daemon 5 minute polling window

Decrease (or make adjustable) the 5 minute polling time for the Db2 autonomic computing daemon to discover new tasks deployed through the Administrative Task Scheduler.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 1 Not under consideration