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Status Not under consideration
Categories General DB
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 19, 2020

DB2 Backup Object Size to Reflect in Metadata

Currently DB2 doesn't provide backup object size in Admin_Hist or any metadata tables. It writes to diag but that's very challenging to read and interpret . If backup object size info added to metadata it will help for planning our backup storage capacity at enterprise level

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Nov 30, 2020

    Db2 related RFEs should be submitted via Aha. Please see following link to submit your idea : https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/

    There appears to be a recently submitted idea that matches this submitted RFE: https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/DB2ZADMTL-I-59