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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

Display RTS data for a list of tables/tablespaces

Development DBA performs design/delivery of scripts to modify production environment. Dev DBA does not have access to any tables in production environment other than Db2 catalog. As statistics are not necessarily current in catalog, most reliable ...
4 days ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Submitted

An Admin Tool option where you can auto-generate CREATE TABLE SQL Statements based on IMS DBD Source code input

This would significantly simplify IMS to Db2 conversions at a time when IMS talent is becoming more difficult to find. The idea would require an "IMS DBD to Db2 Table Converter" option in the db2 admin tool, where you can paste IMS DBD source code...
3 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Not under consideration

Revoke impact report generated regardless of dependencies

Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS has an option to generate revoke impact report. If there is a dependency on authorisation you are trying to revoke which prevents the revoke, it displays a message (since PH65207): Can't revoke EXECUTE on &...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Not under consideration

Modify Messaging to Clarify Why a Table Is Being Dropped and Recreated

When reading the output from the compare portion of Alter reports, it isn't always clear what part of a change requires a drop and recreate of objects. We are making a change to a column from NOT NULL to WITH DEFAULT NULL, and the wording isn't re...
12 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Functionality already exists

Allow Exclude criteria to be directly specified in ADB2GEN

We are driving automation by dynamically building a list of objects to 'GEN' the DDL for. However we also need to dynamically build a list of objects to exclude. Currently ADB2GEN only allows reference to a pre existing exclude which has to be cre...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Functionality already exists

Row command I should show LASTUSED info for plans

From Db2 FL V13R1M507 the column LASTUSED is populated for plans. This information should be show when you use row command in the catalog navigation for plans
3 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Planned for future release

help in the cleaning of package versions

We'd like to have a new ZPARM to limit the max number of version for packages. Once this number is reached a new version replaces the older one. Otherwise a COMMAND like MODIFY to facilitate DBA in housecleaning
over 7 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Functionality already exists

Remove default grants to PUBLIC on SYSIBM tables

An IBM Db2 Security Health Check audit will identify a SELECT privilege held by PUBLIC on the SYSIBM tables as an issue, with specific concern when the privilege is held on the authorization tables (i.e. SYSIBM.SYS%AUTH%). The IBM Db2 Administrati...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Functionality already exists

Need Better Control of Comparison Summary Report in Object Compare Tool

When specifying the reporting options for the Object Comparison tool on panels GOC5 and GOC5RO, there is currently no option to omit unchanged objects from the “Comparison Summary Report”. As a result, the Comparison Summary Report isn't really a ...
4 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Planned for future release

Add capability of using GEN parameters in change management batch interface procedure (GOCCM)

We had below requirement from the user: We have an existing column in an existing table that we are adding a new RI to a new domain table. If we issue the compare normally using object comparison tool, we get both the table create DDL and the new ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Planned for future release

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