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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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Allow customers ability to limit number LOAD utility errors(RIMS)

Customer has situations where LOAD utilities attempt to insert large numbers of duplicate records. This results in the log files filling up and stopping all DB2 requests until the entire LOAD is rolled back. In this customer's case the rollback(s)...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DPF IXF Format(RIMS)

On DPF only, you can't Load a multi-partition table from an exported file with an IXF format. We've run into this a couple of times when we had to save off data before dropping/recreating a table. I can understand that there may be something in th...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Parallel Runstats collection on a partitioned-table(RIMS)

[JPMC EDW] Currently, when a Runstats is performed on a partitioned-table, each partition is processed sequentially. This can prolong the duration of Runstats operation, especially for very large tables where Runstats duration is concerning. Ideal...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Incremental Runstats (modify existing statistics based on delta from previous statistics).(RIMS)

Customer requests an incremental runstats support. Specifically the ability for runstats to modify existing statistics based on the new data that came in or was modified after the previous runstats was invoked.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

RUNSTATS should collect stats on all nodes in DPF.(RIMS)

Make runstats DPF aware.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Redesign of cleanup on remote cursor load of LOB data

Customer migrated from DB2 9.1 on Solaris to DB2 9.7 onLinux. As restore is not supported between different endianarchitecture, load by remote cursor was used for datamovement. There was one single table storing about 400 GB ofLOB data (BLOB), tot...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration
119 VOTE

Support of RUNSTATS of range-partitioned tables on single partition

RUNSTATS on range-partitioned tables always runs on allpartitions. If all indexes are partitioned, a RUNSTATS of a singlePartition would be helpful.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

Codepage option for db2move

Andrew Adams from DB2 Support suggested us to submit an RFE as we are looking for options to specify explicit codepage setting for export/import operation. Please refer PMR 36186,7TD for more information or contact adamsand@us.ibm.com or myself (V...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 to add support for alter table without going on need for reorg immediately and allow full access (read,write,alter...etc)

After setting compatibility vector to ORA, we expect alter table to not affect read/write access. In our test, we see that after dropping even a single column, table goes in reorg_pending = Y status and we can not use reorg inplace to continue ins...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

built in or external audit utility for Referential TSs

Many problems attempt recovery due to MRT issues with referential table and/or table with parts in multiple table spaces. Need tool to state which table spaces must be recovered together due to relationships. This should be done at backup time aut...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration