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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Allow execution of revoke impact in batch mode

During migration of security from native DB2 to RACF, there is cleanup activity after creation of all profiles and permits completed in order to remove grants in DB2 for a clean picture. Also, for any other security configuration change, clean up ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

ADB2GEN: generate DDL for hidden ROWID columns

We have several tables that contain LOB columns and thus also a generated rowid column. If an extra column is added, it will be placed at the end. If we now generate DDL for a table with a LOB column via ADB2GEN, then the generated rowid column is...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Generic Ignore for New v12 Columns on SYSTABLESPACE and SYSINDEX

v12 introduced additional columns on SYSTABLESPACE and SYSINDEX which match attributes that were previously present on SYSTABLEPART and SYSINDEXPART, respectively. When a source object has been created in v12 is compared to a target object which w...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Acceleration information missing for packages

In Admin Tool we list a package that is bound with QUERYACCELERATION(ALL). The information regarding acceleration that is kept in SYSACCELERATEDPACKAGES and is the result of setting some BIND parameter is not visible in Admin Tool. We suggest that...
5 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide wider coverage for Db2 catalogue generated utilities.

The Db2 catalogue allows users to use the U.R line command, for example, beside a tablespace to automatically generate a runstats batch job for that tablespace. However, it would also be nice if users had the option to use the U.R line command bes...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Delivered

Specify a Check Constraint Through Alter Panels

There is currently no option to be able to specify a list of accepted values for a column on a table through the Alter panels.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Delivered

Non-disruptive add column not null with no default

Currently, the conversion of a new NOT NULL column without default at the end of a table is done via an UNLOAD / DROP / CREATE / LOAD A content (default) is generated for the column during the unload in order to be able to load this column afterwa...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Delivered

Generate drop of foreignkeys if foreignkey-statement is not provided

We generate DDL on the basis of an external tool and compare the newly generated DDL for each changed DB2 object against the catalog and let Admintool generate the conversion strategy as a workstatement list. Whether an object has changed or not r...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Embed IFF-File into WSL

We run the Compare on an integration test system and transport the created workstatement list in Converted format (action_convert_to_read_wsl = 'Y' ) to each target system. There, we make any necessary adjustments, e.g. to the schema or the databa...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Allow generated utilities to operate on a listdef rather than individual steps

If we generate a utility such as copy against a list of objects then the resulting job, or jobs, are generated with one step per object. This makes the JCL unwieldly and serialises the run.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Delivered

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