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Db2

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Are sparse files supported by Db2

During a Restore of sparse files - where a large file is allocated, but is not fully created physically (preparation and population of many of the underlying blocks is deferred until they are needed)
over 4 years ago in Db2 2 Not under consideration

Can we get timestamp, DBNAME from archive log

Usually our Db2 backs up to storage server or natively. Occasionally we restore a Db2 system in another operating center from where we have to access to the storage server for Restore/rollforward. In the target environment the Db2 archive logs are...
over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Functionality already exists

Federation Issue on DB2 ORACLE COMPATIBLE databases when remote is NOT ORACLE COMPATIBLE

When a DB2 Oracle compatible (ORA) is federated against another DB2 DB that is NOT-ORAcle compatible, any select involving char columns results in not pushing down the request to the remote server and transmit the huge amount of records across the...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

load privilages should not affect runstants

RS should not require load authority Authorization For a table, you require one of the following authorities: •SYSADM•SYSCTRL•SYSMAINT•DBADM•SQLADM•CONTROL privilege on the table•LOAD authority
over 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

SP monitoring

Make monitoring/control of SP via WLM easier.
over 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Enhance the processing of large db2dsdriver.cfg files with a large number of entries.

Larger customers with a significant number of database servers and databases have created db2dsdriver.cfg files with 1000's of database entries. The current method for processing these to make a connection is not very efficient and can significant...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Provide support in Db2 native encryption for KMIP 1.2 or higher

DB2 native encryption currently supports KMIP 1.1 where the master key flows (in a secure communication channel) from the centralized keystore to Db2 in order to decrypt the data encryption key. Later versions of KMIP support an alternate approach...
over 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Lock data partition

Currently it is merely possible to lock a complete table by means of the "lock table" statement. However, for range partitioned tables, it would be beneficial to be able to lock a specific data partition. That is, a statement like: “lock data pa...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Allow table compression to be disabled for DGTTs and CGTTs

In short: OLTP applications frequently encounter performance issues because DB2 enables table compression by default for all DGTTs / CGTTs. Details from a real-time example: When inserting 40K rows to a DGTT, it takes 2 seconds. When we immediatel...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Add db2mq support to db2u

As an aside the categories for ideas should include db2u or containers etc. You should add db2mq support to the db2u operator and db2 shift.
about 2 years ago in Db2 0 Needs more information