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DB size status and monitoring via Console

Hi Team, We can see DB size in Report section, but when we generate report it generates multiple .html files which can be tough for management to review it. We are looking for DB size report in one excel sheet as below for multiple databases and a...
11 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

Change the backup name from ONLINE to semi-ONLINE as the onlines backups are not supported. Please see TS014902228

Online backup has many issues for db2 (TS014902228)
6 months ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Not under consideration

Enable EXPORT to use a Storage Access Alias

Enabling EXPORT to use a Storage Access Alias will be very useful for DBA's using both on Prem and Cloud environments. It can only be used by LOAD/INGEST/BACKUP/RESTORE at the moment. Adding the capability to store data on object storage in the cl...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Provide better hang information

In the case of a hang, we only have the material for root-cause analysis if we were able to collect db2fodc information before the system became fully unusable. A small moving window of such information written out to disk on a regular basis would...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

"delete cascade" does not work with "not enforced"

The option "not enforced" on a foreign key invalidates an already set "on delete cascade" option, although this is not visible anywhere within the data model or documentation. In my opinion, setting one of these options should prohibit the other o...
11 months ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Extension to Temporal (TimeTravel) SQL

Avoid error SQL20524 RC 3 which is returned once you try specifying a column name instead of a explicit value like in following SQL:SELECT * FROM FACT INNER JOIN TA_DIM_BITEMP FOR BUSINESS_TIME AS OF colts ON fact.id = TA_DIM_BITEMP.id Just to cla...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 0 Not under consideration

Add Runstats Check functionality for DB2 LUW objects (similar to Reorgchk) to determine if a table really needs runstats or not

No description provided
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Db2 LUW Automatic maintenance window setting

Current automatic maintenance does not allow to have multiple offline or online maintenance windows, only one of each. For example, we have automatic online maintenance window for 4 hours at night daily but need to have another definition for 24 h...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Personal credentials update

Bulk update of all database connections 'Personal Credentials' similar to 'Data Collection and Shared Credentials'
6 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

JDBC driver parameter to compress LOB/XMLs to reduce network overhead

We have a JDBC application INSERT or UPDATING a LOB/XML column. Currently this can cause transaction slowness as the INSERT or UPDATE has to wait for the uncompressed LOB to travel across network.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration