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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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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

ADBTEP2 - Provide an SQL ERROR LIMIT' parameter (similar to DSNTEP2/MAXERRORS)

We have recently started to use ADBTEP2 for its added benefits. When used as a dynamic SQL processor (i.e. in lieu of DSNTEP2, for instance), the names of 4 of the 5 instream parameter names and format are identical to those found in DSNTEP2. The ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Commands should apply to result set only when using filtering

When using a command or function on a set of filtered objects, we would like to apply the command or function on the resultset, not the initial set.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Change ddl of table with data capture changes on

Because we use in our env IDEP. IDEP needs datacapture on to get all U/I/D actions on table to be promoted to the anther env (where IDEP is connected to). Sometimes we hit issues that we forgot that datacapture is on the table , and in the change ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Alter of Table with Clone without outage (DROP/RECREATE) not allowed in Admin Tool

We have a Table with a clone table defined and want to change the base table! Scenario: Dropping columns A and B, dropping unique index on column A and define unique Index on Column C. This scenario is not possible with Admin Tool without an outag...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

When going through the ALTER path, Admin tool currently does not allow explicit changes to the history table, due to Db2 restrictions.

When going through the ALTER path, Admin tool currently does not allow explicit changes to the history table, due to Db2 restrictions. However, Db2 does allow a change to a column's default value on the temporal table without changing the same col...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Integrating DCLGEN with Db2 Admin tool

Hi Team, Our Customer was using BMC for Db2 tool and they wanted to move to IBM tools, specially Db2 Admin tool as a replacement for BMC. Earlier, with BMC, they had a interface of DCLGEN integrated with BMC. Currently, in IBM Admin tool (V12.1), ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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

when drop-create a unique index , start tablespace in RO to avoid duplicate keys

Sometimes our customers want to add an extra column/change order of colums in a unique index, which requires drop-create of index. To avoid duplicate keys, we often create a new unique index and then drop the old unique index - or drop-create ind...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Line command '?' does not work on all menus, should be made consistent

In the Db2 Administration Tool v12, under the “Db2 system catalog” option, on the “Application Plans” and the “Table Authorizations” menus, the “?” line command does not work like it does on other menus. It returns an “Invalid line cmd” message.
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release