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Update / Modify the logic for "Virtual Memory in use" alert in DMC.

Proposed Enhancement Description (DB2 DMC – Virtual Memory In Use Alert) DB2 DMC currently calculates VIRTUAL_MEM_IN_USE using the following query: SELECT MEMBER, MEMORY_SWAP_TOTAL, MEMORY_SWAP_FREE, MEMORY_TOTAL, MEMORY_FREE, CAST(( CASE WHEN (ME...
about 9 hours ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Add REVOKE... ON VIEW for views

Having a view I would like e.g. to remove SELECT privilege on view from MYGROUP. I have executed: REVOKE SELECT ON VIEW USER1.MYTABLE FROM GROUP MYGROUP And I get error:DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not aval...
about 21 hours ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Allow standard CSV file as input to zload

The current version of zload requires input files to be in blocked format. This is unnecessarily restrictive and cumbersome, and requires additional programs (whether it is the IBM-provided sample or custom) to place the file in RFC-959 compliant ...
1 day ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Stop, start and restart options for the db2 as a service instance

Stopping and starting instances can help optimize resource utilization and One of the primary advantages is cost savings. once the instance is stopped, cpu and memory can released back to the pool in the backend. and during the start operation, it...
1 day ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Submitted

Make EXPLAIN to work out of the box instead of manually maintaining EXPLAIN tables etc

In PostgreSQL I can just execute: EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM some_table and everything works out of the box, which is very convenient. In IBM Db2 it is required to create EXPLAIN tables, procedures etc basically execute EXPLAIN.DDL script from sqllib/m...
1 day ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Add database level privileges to SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES view

When ever I would like to quickly get privileges for some user I can quickly write simple SQL: SELECT * FROM SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES This system view is excellent, it displays schema privileges, table privileges etc. The only issue is that database l...
2 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Add USAGE for schema level security like USAGEIN schema

I would like to set to some database users to have INSERT on schema privilege. I have set: GRANT INSERTIN ON SCHEMA myschema TO GROUP myusergroup; Now inserts on some tables works just fine, but on some of them I get error: SQL Error [42501]: The ...
2 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Db2 Recovery Expert for LUW should support Db2 LUW databases that use a centralized KMIP keystore

This idea is for RE LUW, not RE z/OS. There does not appear to be an entry for RE LUW in the IBM Ideas portal. IBM L2 support suggested that I open the Idea under RE z/OS. Recently we converted our Db2 LUW database to use a centralized KMIP keysto...
29 days ago in Db2 1

Create TABLESPACE IF NOT EXISTS

Some objects in Db2 LUW can use the IF NOT EXISTS in a CREATE (or IF EXISTS in a DROP), e.g. for TABLE. But the option is not available for Tablespaces. I believe it is available in other RDMS products e.g. SQL Server. Could the option be extended...
about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 2 Under review
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Reorg Utility Progress data is missing in db2 list utilities and db2 list utilities show detail command

The db2 list utilties and db2 list utilities show detail command will not display the Reorg utility progress. 1) The command will display the Runstats progress details for the table 2) The command will display the Load progress details for the tab...
over 6 years ago in Db2 73 Not under consideration