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Db2

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Faster startup for large BP's

Make DB2 startup with large BP's (500GB+) faster.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Delivered

Make logprimary and logfilsiz online configurable

If workload increases on system, it might be necessary to adjust (typically increase) the available active log space. System downtime is not acceptable in our days. It is sufficient if the log files get resized before re-use and the amount of log ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 2 Delivered

Allow usage of NX842 hardware compressed backup together with backup encryption

NX842 allow backup compression without CPU overhead, but cannot be used in conjunction with encryption feature.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Delivered

Reduce likelihood of log disk full without increasing log primary

LOAD and CREATE INDEX and idle transactions with log volume can easily cause log disk full situation when other concurrent frequently committing transactions fill up active log space.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 2 Delivered

Externalize dictionary information using ADMIN_GET_TAB_DICTIONARY_INFO for BLU tables

BUILDER,BUILD_TIMESTAMP,SIZE,ROWS_SAMPLED and are important information to be able to determine how good a dictionary might be.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 1 Delivered

Db2 GDPC pS missing RsCT condition

In pureScale GDPC environment, RsCT condition for bond0 missing after enter/exit maintenance mode. PMR suggested details:"1) when "db2cluster -cm -enter -maintenance" was run, it ran the script condrespV111_setup.ksh to delete all conditions/respo...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered

Enable hostname validation in Db2 using TLS/SSL

When connecting to a Db2 database via TLS/SSL, the client must compare the hostname it used to open the connection against the server name in the server certificate. This is currently not an option in Db2. It's required to prevent man-in-the-middl...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Delivered

Support of btrfs on Db2 11.1.3.3 is required

Daimler needs support of btrfs on Db2 11.1 on SLES 12 SP3.result of IBM PMR (Case TS000138704):“Although the DB2 documentation only lists recommended file systems, support for unlisted file system might be limited and there is no guarantee that ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Delivered

Request for SKIP LOCKED DATA for DB2 LUW

Our products are implemented in all 3 relational databases. We are converting the current application level lock handling into database level locks. In one scenario, the application looks to fail when it is not able to get the required lock in the...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Delivered

Db2 V11.1 .x.x pureScale for support of Power 9

TOSHIBA MEMORY is a biggest customer of Db2 V10.5 pureScale on Power8 for their MES system named SIView in Japan. They are running 5 pureScale instances for each 5 current plants.In 2019, They will launch their new plant and have to build another ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered