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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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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

help in the cleaning of package versions

We'd like to have a new ZPARM to limit the max number of version for packages. Once this number is reached a new version replaces the older one. Otherwise a COMMAND like MODIFY to facilitate DBA in housecleaning
about 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

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 ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 4 Planned for future release

Explain on Dynamic sql statement

Hello Team, We have installed DB2 ADMIN TOOL V13.1 in to our environment. We would not able to see the option available for explain on dynamic sql statement. We would like you to integrate explain on dynamic sql statement with ADMIN TOOL will help...
3 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Allow for Altering the Partitioning Columns Through Panels

When altering the columns involved in partitioning a table, several steps must be done which introduces complexity and potential for errors. This is the current provided solution: Do a GEN on the table and save the generated DDL. Adjust the partit...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Utility History Support

For the utility history support it will be a very nice feature to include a canned report option which gives the utilities that were running at a point in time for an object or a list of objects e.g. at a database level or currently in scope on th...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Modify the Revoke Impact program to support BY=ALL.

This modification should involve updating the program logic to handle scenarios where authorizations need to be revoked easily independent from the grantors (BY=ALL). Ensure that the program can work without issues with both panel-driven and batch...
11 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Require Change to Primary Index When Primary Constraint is Changed in Alter Session

Currently when an alter is performed on the primary constraint for a table, Admin Tool will warn that a corresponding change should also be performed on the primary index. However, you can back out of that warning and generate WSL which does not i...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support for Bind avoidance when using Enterprise Cobol with co-processor

The basic idea of Bind Avoidance is to exchange the consistency token in the executing code from the current version to the previous which means that no package bind will be necessary. Traditionally the Db2 pre-compiler has been used to pre-proces...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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