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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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SEL Prototype to include HIDDEN columns

Contents of Hidden columns can only be viewed by explcitly naming them in a SELECT statement. There is no problem with this but there are times when I want to a) know that a column is hidden from the column panel ADB21TC b) issue a SELECT that wil...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add ability to edit and copy/paste in ignores and excludes as there is for masks.

The compare masks screen has functionality to edit (panelid ADB2C21 and option E goes to ADB2EDIT). Within edit session, I can copy and then swap to another screen which has another environment mask open then paste, make changes, and save. All sav...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Control DEFER YES/NO based on type of index

Provide mask to control the DEFER setting based on the UNIQUERULE(SYSINDEXES) of the index (either via REXX or standalone). Currently the REXX won’t handle this because the Db2 catalog row sent to masking is the SYSINDEXPART row which doesn’t cont...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

When Base and LOB are being reorged in parallel, STACK should be NO

Currently, GOC is taking the value of STACK from the TEMPLATE. If it is YES, the REORG abends. This needs to be changed to NO when BASE and LOB are being reorged in parallel
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Generate rebind package commands for all packages selected with 'RB' and '=' sign on panel ADB21K

On panel ADB21K, I type 'RB' next to a package and '=' against another package. I hit Enter and am taken to panel ADB21KR for the 1st package. I make no changes so hit Enter. I am taken to panel ADB2PSTM, where I choose option 1 and hit Enter. The...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide user the ability to suppress generation of DISCARDDN, PUNCHDDN, UNLDDN for reorg TS

These are not needed in most reorgs, tool should allow the user to determine if these should be generated.
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Change to 'Active DB2 Systems' panel

When viewing the DB2 Tools Launchpad and the list of tools installed, enter '?' for a list of active SSIDs. The list that returns includes all DB2 Systems by name, but only the descriptions of the subsystems that match entries in the currently a...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 4 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...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Prevent entry of duplicate line in MASK and EXCLUDE

Currently MASK and EXCLUDE allows for duplicate lines to be added. ADM only uses the first line and ignores any duplicate lines even though some non-key data can be different. This can introduce errors for the user if it is not noticed there is du...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

GOCCM compare/import process: verification mask messages are missing in the ADBMSGS-file

The ADBMSGS-file should be the consolidated source for all messages of the GOCCM import/compare process. This is not the case for messages that are issued due to verification mask entries. These messages are only available in the VALOUT file but t...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration