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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Non-disruptive add column not null with no default

Currently, the conversion of a new NOT NULL column without default at the end of a table is done via an UNLOAD / DROP / CREATE / LOAD A content (default) is generated for the column during the unload in order to be able to load this column afterwa...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Display index partitions like Tablespace partitions because of RPN conversion

We have converted Tablespaces to RPN with also the possibility to alter the DSSIZE of indexes per partition. So it would be nice to see those DSSIZE per partition within ADBL as you see by Tablespaces (see attachment) instead of take a look in all...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DDL and pending DDL

In admin Tool - Gen command lets the user control the DDL scope as well as the pending DDL scope. So the user can control if the DDL generated includes the pending change or presents the DDL excluding the pending change. The DDL command against an...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Provide wider coverage for Db2 catalogue generated utilities.

The Db2 catalogue allows users to use the U.R line command, for example, beside a tablespace to automatically generate a runstats batch job for that tablespace. However, it would also be nice if users had the option to use the U.R line command bes...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Indication of the reason for conversion by drop/create

In our environment, we try to execute all changes to DB2 tables online via Alter commands if possible. However, there are a lot of reasons why in some cases the Alter is not possible and as a consequence Admintool correctly chooses the conversion ...
12 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Index and index partition's DSSIZE

Information about indexes and index partitions should show DSSIZE. Today, the only way to see index DSSIZE and index partition's individually set DSSIZE is to type DDL as a line command before the index name, or type B on the command line when the...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

PAGENUM option for Admin Tool Mask

I will like an option to change or enforce PAGENUM attribute using the MASK(ing) feature available in Admin Tool. This will be useful to control PAGENUM attribute for PBR tablespaces for our site.
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Different Utility options for Implementation and Backout

A-HA is raised for the tool to provide the choice for different utility options for implementation and Recovery. At the moment the utility options apply to BOTH implementation and recovery job stream. There may be a need for choosing a Reorg when ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future 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 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ADB2GEN: generate DDL for hidden ROWID columns

We have several tables that contain LOB columns and thus also a generated rowid column. If an extra column is added, it will be placed at the end. If we now generate DDL for a table with a LOB column via ADB2GEN, then the generated rowid column is...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration