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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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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...
8 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Recover statements partitioned tablespace

If there are image copies for a tablespace partition you cannot use DSNUM ALL in the recover statement. You have to name every single partition in the revocer statement. Admin Tool Always generates RECOVER DSNUM ALL. We have to edit that ourselves...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Run REORG only for ALTERs that placed in AREOR (exclude AREO*) and needed for newly deployed modules (Bind/Rebind) eg DROP COLUMN

Currently, the RUN_REORG_REBUILD option has the following characteristics M = Mandatory. Generate REORG utility statements to remove REORG pending conditions. (only Reorg Pending)A = All relevant. Generate all needed REORG utility statements to fu...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Save sql output from ADM Tool exec sql.

Sometimes, DBA need to save the sql output to PDS from ADM Tool after executing a select.
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Enable DSN line command on panel ADB21T

In order to view the data set name(s) for a tablespace, you type line command DSN next to a tablespace on panel ADB21S. If you want to know the data set name(s) holding a table, you cannot type the DSN command next to the table. You have to go t...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 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...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

GOC - when WSL is being created and ALTER of object requires a reorg but not put into AREO*, GOC should create the REORG.

Manual effort needs to be done to do a REORG after the WSL is completed. Either another job or step. This is for any alter that does not put the object in AREO*. In the case that occurred, the PCTFREE was changed. Since REORG was not generated, an...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Create online hierarchical DDL command

Currently, we have either the DDL or GEN commands to view the object definition. We would like GEN to be online (currently batch only) or have a new command. The action should produce the data in an online format (temporary dataset) for viewing or...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Functionality already exists

DIAGNOSE MEPL FOR EACH PRODUCT TO FIND RSU/PUT LEVEL

We have a DAIGNOSE MEPL to list all the PTF and to identify the required PTF and it's RSU/PUT level only for DB2 system level. I'm proposing such a Utility or JCL for RFE/idea which helps us to find similar kind of LEVEL of code which applied to ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Change DSNHDECP from being hard coded

Db2 Admin has the name DSNHDECP hard coded into the product and this may cause problems for MetLife – they had the same problem with Optim products and had to get it changed. So the change need is to make the naming of DSNHDECP a variable at insta...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists