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No need to restart the OPTIM service for the server settings changes to take effect

Currently and according to IBM documentation " Note: If you make changes to the configuration of a Server while it is running, click Apply , then stop and start the Server to effect the changes." As we're having more customers using TDM we are try...
almost 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Not under consideration

Restart Individual Services with one click in Cognos

When stopping and starting individual services in Cognos Administration without restarting all services, there should be a "restart" option in addition to "stop" and "start". It would start the service as soon as the service successfully stops -- ...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

scheduling administrative tasks

Possibility to e.g. schedule restart of dispathers. schedule refresh report server connections
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

DB2MSTR could issue a message at startup when there is an APF library problem instead of making an abend S0C4 in DSNYASCP

Sometimes we are having changes in APF libraries and if one or more libraries are not authorized, the MSTR address space will fail with an abend S0C4 in module DSNYASCP An informative message providing the name(s) of APF libraries causing problem ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 z/OS LOAD utility fail in utilinit holds UTUT status

LOAD REPLACE LOG(YES) fails due to share locks/claims being held on tablespace but leaves tables in UTUT status which makes in inaccessible. Suggest that the UTUT is removed or changed to UTRW and can attempt UTUT again upon restart of the utility...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Automatic Collection of Performance Metrics at Started Task/Process startup

Today, in order to collect performance metrics about the execution of the CDC tasks/processes, it is necessary to start the subscription, and after starting the subscription you then need to specify which metrics you want to collect for EACH subsc...
almost 7 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Not under consideration

DB2 zOS LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE - provide # of rows processed

Enhancement request: When LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utility abended, DB2 should provide the number of input records processed. Justification: If a LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utility abended and then restarted successfully, the utility will skip the processed...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Initiated LOAD operation remove the "initial load pending status" and restart the replication after the batch window

Require the option that user's initiated LOAD operation remove the "initial load pending status" and restart the replication after the batch window
over 9 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Automatically retrive latest SSL certs from LDAP or Active Directory for LDAPS instead of manual updating them in SSL Cert Database

Current Scenario - Every time SSL cert is renewed/updated on LDAP server, Cognos administrator needs to manually update the CERT database on Cognos server and restart Cognos Services. Too much coordination is needed between multiple teams on this,...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

onbar should be able to restore logs from primary AND HDR RO SECONDARY

... to prevent full backup after HDR primary/secondary switch ! At the moment (Version 12.10.xC14) cold restore after HDR primary/secondary switch is only working if:- both nodes have the same DBSERVERNAME/INFORMIXSERVER set because the namespace ...
over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration