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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Rebuild indexes from index or table panel

We would like to be able to generate JCL for rebuilding one or more indexes from the index or table panel.
almost 4 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.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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 ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use of SYSTEMPL instead of templates in Db2 tables/ISPF profile

We would like to be able to use the SYSTEMPL data set in Admin instead of having to create entries in Db2 tables/ISPF profile. We use templates and would like be sure that the same templates are used everywhere. This is supported in AOC but not in...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

AOC should support template switching

We use templates that allocate image copy to disk when the size is below 300 MB and then switch to another template allocating to tape when larger. AOC does not support this.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Package listing should show contoken, last_used and package name on the same screen

Package listing should show contoken, last_used and package name on the same screen for useability
almost 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.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

LKEY and TT for other table types

Please update the LKEY and TT commands to work with all table types (not aliases and views but should include regular tables like archive, history, and MQT, etc.) Also, TT should be displayed on first search screen. Refer to case TS003373784
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

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...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add function to do a mass LIKE command

Instead of modeling a single table space or table, for example, we want to use an entire hierarchy of objects to start building a new sets of objects. For example, we do MASSLIKE (example command name only) on a table space and it would pull into ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration