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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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An Admin Tool option where you can auto-generate CREATE TABLE SQL Statements based on IMS DBD Source code input

This would significantly simplify IMS to Db2 conversions at a time when IMS talent is becoming more difficult to find. The idea would require an "IMS DBD to Db2 Table Converter" option in the db2 admin tool, where you can paste IMS DBD source code...
about 18 hours ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Submitted

Row command I should show LASTUSED info for plans

From Db2 FL V13R1M507 the column LASTUSED is populated for plans. This information should be show when you use row command in the catalog navigation for plans
about 22 hours ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Submitted

Need Better Control of Comparison Summary Report in Object Compare Tool

When specifying the reporting options for the Object Comparison tool on panels GOC5 and GOC5RO, there is currently no option to omit unchanged objects from the “Comparison Summary Report”. As a result, the Comparison Summary Report isn't really a ...
30 days ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

Revoke impact report generated regardless of dependencies

Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS has an option to generate revoke impact report. If there is a dependency on authorisation you are trying to revoke which prevents the revoke, it displays a message (since PH65207): Can't revoke EXECUTE on &...
10 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Drop Impact option

When dropping DB2 Objects using ADMIN Tool, it would be helpful to: Have a summary of all individual objects impacted by this drop, listed at the top with the total number of objects by type (tablespaces, tables, views, aliases, plans, packages…...
about 1 month ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

Compare objects between separated environments

We use Admin Tool and CM batch extensively when migrating object changes from one environment to another. In most cases it works well to do it using DDF or generating the DDL from source and compare that to target. We have one case though where it...
about 1 month ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

Modify Messaging to Clarify Why a Table Is Being Dropped and Recreated

When reading the output from the compare portion of Alter reports, it isn't always clear what part of a change requires a drop and recreate of objects. We are making a change to a column from NOT NULL to WITH DEFAULT NULL, and the wording isn't re...
9 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Enhance Db2 Object Comparison Tool with Common Use Cases

Provide pre-built and/or sample files for typical Object Comparison Tool use cases that customers can use to perform typical object comparison operations. A prime example of this would be when a user needs to simply compare the indexes defined on ...
about 1 month ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

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...
over 5 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
over 7 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists