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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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GEN function with Db2 table as input

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

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about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 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 ...
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

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...
over 4 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

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

MOVETB feature (FL 508) with DROP tablespace option enabled

The MOVETB option(with FL 508) has a shortcoming of not providing an option of DROP tablespace for the one which has moved ALL the tables from the source tablespace. Currently, we are forced to DROP the source TS separately outside of the generate...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Recover statements to LOGPOINT based in the base Image Copy type (Tablespace or partition level)

There was a request to recover all Tablespaces in a DB to an specific LRSN.In the Admin tool, at Database level the DBAs generated the Recover TOLOGPOINT statements by typing UTIL in the command line, then in the panel ADB2US selected option VP an...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Admin Tool - MIG: do not allocate COL DD dataset for ADB2GEN in generate job.

When generating MIG DATA for objects in BATCH the program ADB28M allocates a COL DD dataset which is used in the generated unload JCL. This causes a security violation for unloads that are destined to run in production. Example: 1. In Panel ADB2...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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