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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Modify the Revoke Impact program to support BY=ALL.

This modification should involve updating the program logic to handle scenarios where authorizations need to be revoked easily independent from the grantors (BY=ALL). Ensure that the program can work without issues with both panel-driven and batch...
9 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Require Change to Primary Index When Primary Constraint is Changed in Alter Session

Currently when an alter is performed on the primary constraint for a table, Admin Tool will warn that a corresponding change should also be performed on the primary index. However, you can back out of that warning and generate WSL which does not i...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ADB21TC Dropping more than 1 column gets Select only one

ADM only allows dropping one column at a time. You must complete the drop, the revisit the panel again and again to drop all the columns. ADM should allow multiple D entries and one press Enter to handle this.
9 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ADM - PANELID ADB1S - DROP at COMMAND line does not provide process to DROP RESTRICT ON DROP

Dropping at the command line does not allow the capability to have DROP ON RESTRICT ALTERS be generated. When entering DROP in the SELECT field, panels are displayed to accomplish this. This should also be done for DROP at the command line. This s...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add parameter to the TCz Db2 Parameters panel CCQPDB2

Adding the following parameter to the TCz Db2 Parameters panel CCQPDB2: Customized Table lib . . . ______________________________________
8 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SEL Prototype to include HIDDEN columns

Contents of Hidden columns can only be viewed by explcitly naming them in a SELECT statement. There is no problem with this but there are times when I want to a) know that a column is hidden from the column panel ADB21TC b) issue a SELECT that wil...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

When Base and LOB are being reorged in parallel, STACK should be NO

Currently, GOC is taking the value of STACK from the TEMPLATE. If it is YES, the REORG abends. This needs to be changed to NO when BASE and LOB are being reorged in parallel
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

"Move" option for devices

Requesting a better functionality to move devices to/from different groups. A "move" option would greatly benefit admins with promptly moving devices. As of right now, in order to move a device, if placed in an incorrect group, device must be remo...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

GOCCM compare/import process: verification mask messages are missing in the ADBMSGS-file

The ADBMSGS-file should be the consolidated source for all messages of the GOCCM import/compare process. This is not the case for messages that are issued due to verification mask entries. These messages are only available in the VALOUT file but t...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Templates for AUTO REORG functionality in ADBTEP2 program

We are executing a worklist and with following options in the input stream, we can change 2 templates (ADBREORG and ADBCOPY) but not others (ADBPUNCH and ADBDISC) : ADMIN REORG TEMPLATE ADBREORG ... ADMIN COPY TEMPLATE ADBCOPY ... But we would lik...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration