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New ARCHIVE LAG TARGET parameter request.

DB2 doesn't have the parameter which will ensure that each archived log file contains no more than n seconds of changes (like Oracle's ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET), for example, 1800 seconds. So, if DB2 will fill up the log file before the expiration of 18...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DBM parameter just for DB2diag file

Currently we have db2diag files as part of dbm parameter (DIAGPATH) and all the files (db2diag.log, events,nfy,bin,stack,stmm,dump) going into the same directory. The challenge is in case of issues, we see huge dump files produced (sometimes 40gb ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

improve exception logging for connection strings in .NET connector for DB2

While we were attempting to setup SSL connectivity from a .NET app to a DB2 server, we were getting the following error:CLI0157E Error opening a file. SQLSTATE=HY507 a vast majority of the documentation available online (and IBM support) indicated...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Logical Backup

Create “loadable” files foe objects rather than table space dumps. Only base table contents, no indexes
almost 11 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Create a storage group in a specific database partition group.

After discussing with Pavel Sustr & Quentin Presley there is current no plans to for this hence the request. I'm copied the initial e-mail request. Is there any plan to allow storage group definition, in DPF, to apply to a particular dbpart gr...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 0 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

Enable DB2 instances on AUFS (Docker)

DB2 can be installed on AUFS, but database instances cannot be created (see https://github.com/jeffbonhag/db2-docker/issues/2#issuecomment-52920986). DB2 express (and every other edition) uses O_DIRECT to access the file system, which is not avail...
about 11 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Ability to append to a file when performing an export

When exporting data to files, every export should be in a different file. And it the business requirement is to have all data in the same file, then it is necessary to do that manually with something external to db2.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Allow BACKUP on a split mirror system to include log files

This request is about the following scenario: production database is running on HOST1 split mirror is taken on HOST1 (with SET WRITE SUSPEND) and image is taken to HOST2 we want to offload the BACKUP operation to HOST2 (to avoid the overhead of b...
about 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Remove serialization when using DB2 Federation to access a delimited file

If you define multiple nicknames in DB2 federation server that access a delimited file, they are serialized thru a common 'channel' that accesses the file resulting is long elapse times event through there are system resources available. Please re...
over 6 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

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