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DB2 Backup with file(tablespace/container) section backups similar to Oracle RMAN

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On Busy OLTP systems one or few tables might grow in size over time and which contributes to a single tablespace size increase and it directly impacts your db2 backup duration due to the fact that 1 tablespace = 1 parallel only at that point and w...
over 1 year ago in Db2 1 Delivered

Custom attribute value doing a live lookup on the table, instead of predefined value

This functionality is for the Custom Attribute to be able to connect to a database and then read the data from a table and display as a drop down. Also it must be indexed (searchable) so that the user can search by typing visually. The other requi...
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Delivered

Making the real-time stats externalization optional

The Automation Tool issues the ACCESS DATABASE(*) SPACE(*) MODE(STATS) command whenever the REALTIMESTATS option is used in an exception profile. This default behavior causes some problems: Since the ACCESS command is issued to every DB and TS in ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Optim does not allow to start new ISPF screen when we use START command on command line.

Dear Sir, We are using InfoSphere Optim 11.7 tool and we are not able to open new session of ISPF using START command being on OPTIM tool. To open a new ISPF session we need to end the Optim tool. Our suggesting to have both Optim's and ISPF START...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Delivered

Include new virtual table for IFCID 0199

Banco do Brasil are using several SMF virtual tables available by IDAA LOADER but some reports that we desired need to of IFCID 0199 data. So we want new table(s) with these data to improve our DB2 environment analysis.
over 6 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add new column in Db2 catalog table

when IBM is planning to add a "LASTUSED" column on the DB2 for z/OS sysibm.systables table.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Index and index partition's DSSIZE

Information about indexes and index partitions should show DSSIZE. Today, the only way to see index DSSIZE and index partition's individually set DSSIZE is to type DDL as a line command before the index name, or type B on the command line when the...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Expand table visualizations on Dashboards when exporting to PDF

When exporting a Dashboard to a PDF users expect the option to have a table visualization to expand so all of the values are visible without a scrollbar, even if it expands on to additional pages.
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Delivered

Enhanced Widget Connections in Dashboards

The request behind this idea is to have additional control over how dashboard visualizations respond to each other via widget connections. It is understood that additional connections can be created to group respective visualizations together but ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

For CDC to support the BFILE datatype

Dear Team, As BFILE is unsupported datatype in CDC for Oracle Xstream. We are not able to MAP table with BFILE datatype at source. Even if a source table column is not mapped, the CDC source still needs to understand the datatype of the column to ...
over 1 year ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Delivered