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My ideas: Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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ADBPCRR - Saved Compare Results missing numerous information that is on GOC2CMP Report

Not all objects on the Compare Report are on the Saved Compare Results. Don't know who uses the Saved Compare Results but if that is there, it should have all objects that are on the report.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under 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...
11 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Remove ISPF restriction preventing the actual count of objects returned from using the SARG command

Please remove the ISPF restriction that is preventing the following in Db2 Admin Tool (rejected in DB2ZADMTL-I-85) - 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...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unload from full image copy

We would like to be able generate an unload job from the ICS panel.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Move DISRT into primary command and remove 10 object foreground limit

There are various pain points: Here is a scenario. I wish to identify tablespaces that are in a restricted state and either repair them or start them access force. I get a list of tablespaces which are normally created by listing the tables in a s...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 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...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 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...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under 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

DDL command doesn't generate comment

Table comments not displayed. The workaround is to query the catalog directly. The / command to show sysibm.systables does show a portion of the comment but not in it's entirety. Affected users are anyone using DDL command in Db2 Adminstrati...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Object search screen - lengthen space for object names

Currently, the length of a table name or similar object is limited to 18 characters. This is an outdated standard since Db2 can accept much longer names. The pain point is that it's difficult to view or search for tables and impossible to copy/pas...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Planned for future release