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Db2

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Provide a documented and supported procedure to generate ddl (db2look as SP - like db2lk_generate_ddl)

db2lk_generate_ddl is a stored procedure that provides functionality to generate DDL via SQL (similar to db2look which is a tool as db2llok cannot be executed througha SQL client tool. This function already exists but is not documented and I am no...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 2 Not under consideration

Please create current training material for Db2 administration

Please create basic training material for database administrators on Db2 that is easily consumable and free. A platform like EDx, Udemy, etc, would be ideal, but even on a proprietary platform would be acceptable.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Official documentation of FMP enhancement variables DB2_AGENT_CACHING_FMP and DB2_MAX_THREADS_PER_FMP

Valuable enhancements for db2fmp processing have been added back in Db2 V8 and V9 already via APAR (e.g. IZ08425), but they are still NOT documented for Db2 V10 and V11, although they are valid and available. Concerning Java stored procedure handl...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Future consideration

DMC for P10 systems (pLinux)

Provide ability to administer, monitor, manage and optimize the performance of IBM Db2 on the P10 systems.
7 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Decouple archive log purging from BACKUP utility

For databases using AUTO_DEL_REC_OBJ, at the end of the BACKUP utility there is a synchronous process which purges any history records and their associated archive logs. This can take a very long time on busy systems. It is necessary to decouple t...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Not under consideration

Make Db2 Connect ready for the future (which is already here)

Hi IBM Community, hi IBM Support, as part of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux version change, at the moment we have to set up many new server systems for the application software we support.Our application software relies heavily on DB2 and so the IBM D...
8 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Allow CREATE/REPLACE for users other than owner

Currently on Db2 LUW CREATE OR REPLACE is only allowed for the owner of a database object. CREATE OR REPLACE authorization should be opened up to allow create/replace by anyone who has the ability to drop the object and to create the object with a...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 3 Not under consideration

Need a utility to defragment large tables in a timely fashion when REORG is unable to reclaim space

Large, highly volatile, tables can become heavily fragmented when there is a significant amount of daily delete and insert activity. In some cases, the rows deleted don't leave enough empty space on a page for a REORG to clean up or reclaim that s...
8 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Future consideration

Enable 'SYSADM' authority to end users in Db2 on Cloud

In the db2 database configuration for IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager, the 'CREATE_EXTERNAL_ROUTINE' authority is required as part of setup. This is not supported on DB2 Cloud since granting it requires the 'SYSADM' authority which...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW: Intra-tablespace parallelism

Db2 V9.7 FP2: Intra-tablespace parallelism can reduce elapsed time for backups Starting in Version 9.7 Fix Pack 2, intra-tablespace parallelism was introduced and can be used during backups other than delta and incremental backups. Intra-tablespac...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 2

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