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Automate having 2 VIPs on the same server (Pacemaker)

scneario:Db2 HADR/PacemakerROS (reads on standby enabled)VIP set for PrimaryVIP set for Standby (ROS) If a maintenance on standby is needed, the VIP from the Standby needs to be manually moved from the standby to the Primary (having both VIPs in t...
1 day ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Prompt to confirm the Takeover

In certain scenarios a Tablespace wouldn't have a NORMAL state at the Standby database. Depending on how important is that Tablespace and if it would be easily get back to NORMAL state or not, the user could decide to decline the Takeover. A table...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 2 Needs more information

Clear presentation in section_actuals, which part of the plan is currently running

It should be clear in section_actuals which part of the plan has actually "run" Please mark non-accessed lolepops as "-1" , "NA" in the section_actuals column of the activity table (event monitor for activities). Then this can be distinguished fro...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Submitted

Remove the Privileges tab in IBM's Unified Management Server for z/OS

We use RACF as our external security manager for Db2 authorizations. Using the “Privileges” tab shows the internal Db2 permissions. We have two issues with this functionality : 1) We consider this a security exposure. We do not allow anyone that s...
2 months ago in Unified Management Server for z/OS 0 Under review

Document that Currently Committed semantics is always enabled on column-organized tables.

Product:Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows v11.5 & 12.1 Requirement:Currently Committed semantics is enabled on column-organized tables. This should be described in our Document.Here is a candidate. cur_commit - Currently committed configuration...
15 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Under review

Db2rest set a limit on the connection timeout.

With Db2Rest currently single user (without any permissions) can disable whole rest service for everyone for around 19 minutes. If user, by mistake, uses isSSLConnection:True and port 50000 when requesting for authentication token at v1/auth/ endp...
17 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

IDAA Admin Services : Unable to view Accelerator in separate tabs

In UMS, when we explore objects and bring up Accelerators list, we are able to view only one Accelerator at a time. when we right click on another accelerator and open in new tab, it does not work. In data studio we can open multiple Accelerators ...
about 2 months ago in Unified Management Server for z/OS 0 Under review

Enhance UMS to fully support AT-TLS.

From time to time we get audit findings for SSL vulnerabilities and so we prefer having that all centralized in AT-TLS to provide better visibility and management than having to tweak individual products.
2 months ago in Unified Management Server for z/OS 0 Under review

Provide mechanism to see 'logged in' users

This is really a Zowe and UMS Idea but I couldn't find Zowe and we use Zowe in support of UMS. It would be very helpful prior to performing any changes requiring a shutdown to know if anyone is currently logged into UMS (and Zowe but since our use...
2 months ago in Unified Management Server for z/OS 0 Under review

Command 'db2pd -reorgs index' does not show info about the progress of reorg index with 'cleanup all' or 'reclaim extents'

There is a limitation to show info with db2pd -reorgs index for command like reorg indexes all for table ... allow write access cleanup all reclaim extents. It is possibile to monitor progress of reorg offline and online but not for the above case...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration