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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Generate rebind package commands for all packages selected with 'RB' and '=' sign on panel ADB21K

On panel ADB21K, I type 'RB' next to a package and '=' against another package. I hit Enter and am taken to panel ADB21KR for the 1st package. I make no changes so hit Enter. I am taken to panel ADB2PSTM, where I choose option 1 and hit Enter. The...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enable drop of more than one foreign key at a time

I want to drop 2 foreign keys on a table. I type the 'AL' line command next to the table and go to panel ADB21TA. I choose DROP FOREIGN KEY and go to panel ADB21TAH. I put a '?' in the Constraint field and go to panel ADB21TRI. In my example I hav...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Position the cursor on the command line on panel ADB2PST@

I want to rebind more than 20 packages, so I am directed to panel ADB2PST@. If the fields Work statement list dsn ===> Work statement list name ===> are empty, the cursor gets positioned in the first field. When those fields are populate...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Reflect the actual count of objects returned from using the SARG command

I have used panel ADB21K and the count as an example below, but the misleading count occurs on other panels when you have used the SARG panel to filter. On panel ADB21K, I have 117 packages listed against a table. The count is shown at the top rig...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Distribution key support for accelerator-only (AOTs) tables missing

Db2 PTF UI72862 introduced a new DDL feature to support distribution keys for AOTs. This doesn't work in the current Administration Tools Version. The DDL comments containing the distribution key definition for the AOT should to be passed to the a...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ADM - ADB21XAR - Redefine Index - scrolling area is so small, it is very difficult to work with

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about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ADM - ADB27CPV - Alter Partition Table - make changes to partition, changes are inserted. Revisit panel, changes are gone.

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about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add link to alter from panel showing constraints

Refer to case TS004736427 "Primary key maintenance enhancements" The panel ADB21TN is the "Constraints" panel off of normal catalog navigation. It should have a command added to alter the constraint (simply send user to ADBP7CTP "Alter Primary ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Display RTS values from the system catalog Table view

In the DB2 Admin tool we have to navigate to the tablespace to see the RTS values. What I would like to to be able to issue the RTS command against the table. All DBAs and a lot of application team members look at tables and want to RTS informatio...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Toggle between Capitalize object names YES and NO with a command.

Our shop have decided to use camel case notation for rest service objects. So the package names are in camel case as the collections they are places in and so on. We seldom user lower case in any other Db2 objects which means that we have “Capital...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration