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Make Db2 compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux CIS benchmarks

The CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Benchmark v2.0.0 has the following entry: "1.1.2.4.3 Ensure nosuid option set on /var partition (Automated)" Since the db2sshid is installed in /var/db2/db2ssh and especially file db2remssh, which requires setuid...
8 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Submitted

Possibility to influence the naming of NSDs in a Db2-managed pureScale installation

We run a regular cloning of a Db2 pureScale to provide a time consistent copy which is used for BI/DWH purposes.This is done via storage features, in our case with HDS (Hitachi) Shadow Image (similar to IBMs FlashCopy). We don't have any issues to...
8 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 1

External Table USING Options

Need to be able to create external table objects using all the "USING" options when writing to the file. The best example is that (VAR)CHAR type objects need to be written with "quoted" values (e.g., 'ABC",'DEF' written to the file instead of ABC,...
9 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Under review

Db2 PureScale Spectrum Scale Package (GPFS) should include performance sensor and collector package

Dear IBM, in the Spectrum Scale distribution bundled with DB2 pureScale, the binary of mmperfmon is included but the packages for the required sensors and collectors are missing. mmperfmon is needed to identify possible performance bottlenecks wit...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Future 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 setup ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 2 Not under consideration

Change PureScale GPFS NSD Name at installation time

The Network Shared Disk (NSD) default names are created using the db2icrt command can't be changed at installation time. There is no stanza file to change the NSD default nomenclature.Our payment for our customers refers to unique "vgnames". This ...
about 11 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

DB2 to support multiple network interfaces of a system in a HACMP/PowerHA cluster(RIMS)

Background of this requirement is the issue with db2nodes.cfg having IP/hostname defined different from the systems hostname, which is common definition for many customers in HACMP or PowerHA cluster. Db2nodes.cfg for the database instance gets it...
over 10 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

db2haicu branches to maintenance mode.Also menu navigation can be heavy or lead to dead ends(RIMS)

From PMR 90884,077,649: Issue #2: db2haicu branches to maintenance mode when a partial config is in place. A complete db2 / TSA solution includes: 1. DBM CFG parm CLUSTER_MGR being set to TSA 2. the presence of file ~/sqllib/cfg/db2ha.sys Page 4 o...
over 10 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration