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pureScale

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enable pureScale to support AD/VAS authentication and not require the presence of the instance owner id in /etc/password.

At Bank of America, we have strict standards and requirements for db2 authentication. We use Active Directory across the enterprise and use the vas tool from quest to access AD from the linux environment. We do not store passwords in /etc/password...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

db2stop re-confirmation command option

This is an enhancement request to incorporate a reconfirmation message before stopping a Db2 instance in standalone, HADR or in pureScale environments. The reason for the ask is to avoid DBA's or users typing db2stop instead of db2top by mistake. ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

remove the requirement of setting DB2INSTANCE before entering/exiting maintenance mode as root

Starting from v11.1.3.3, the user wants to enter / exist maintenance mode as root user, s/he has to export DB2INSTANCE before the db2cluster command: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.sd.doc/doc/t00...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Not under consideration

EC2U 25 GE PCIE3 adapter for db2 purescale cluster interconnect

Consider certifying the PCIe3 2-port 25/10 Gb NIC & RoCE SFP28 Adapter (FC EC2U) for use with db2 purescale cluster for cluster interconnect
about 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

db2luw purescale support for RoCE V2

Consider certifying and enhancing db2 purescale product with support for cisco ACI network fabric [ spine and leaf architecture ] environment for RoCE V2. We currently are not able to deploy purescale with our ACI network infrastructure and use Ro...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

pureScale: Allow to configure more than one instance

Its important to allow more than one instance in Purescale architecture. In the majority of our environments we have DB2 instances segregated by business needs so in case we need some maintenance and a instance restart we have no impact for others...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

Online index reorg for pureScale

Currently online index reorganization is not supported in Db2 pureScale environments and will fail with SQL1419N.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 2 Planned for future release

Online BAR from pureScale to non-purescale

There are many cases that a database on the purescale cluster is needed to move on non-purescale instance. for example,backup, development or DR system . However, oracle does support this.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

A way can backup and restore pureScale instance

Currently an user is running a pureScale cluster, when all of the SAN disks(including the disk where instance path is on) were corrupted, he has to do the following to recovery the cluster: 1) replacing the corrupted disks 2) re-install and setu...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 2 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW Allow Online (Mostly) Index Creation

Hello IBM, Currently whenever we create an index on a table we see significant number of lock timeouts for the applications. We are running a pureScale cluster and not able to create Indexes ONLINE. Pain points: We use DB2 LUW pureScale...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 3 Not under consideration