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Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Allow execution of revoke impact in batch mode

During migration of security from native DB2 to RACF, there is cleanup activity after creation of all profiles and permits completed in order to remove grants in DB2 for a clean picture. Also, for any other security configuration change, clean up ...
12 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Admin tool MASK for KEY LABEL

Admin Tool Masking feature can benefit from a process where in the KEY LABEL can be removed from a table definition. It is quite likely that test versions of production tables will not have a requirement for encryption at rest. SO when creating DD...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide an interface to manage System Profiles

System profiles were introduced as long ago as DB2 9, and have been successively enhanced in every release since then. They provide a range of capabilities, including setting ZPARMs at a more granular level, production modelling in test systems, m...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Allow for BIND with APREUSE(ERROR) in Changes

Allow for BIND with APREUSE(ERROR) in Changes
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Out of date rebind listings in admin tool implementation and backout jobs

We request a new feature that would ensure the rebind listings were up to date at the point of execution e.g. dynamically check at run time for relevant packages with a bind date AFTER the analysis timestamp, generating a "missing binds" step to run.
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Compare generates an unnecessary number of REORG statements

Comparing table spaces that results in changes on the table space level generates 4 REORG TABLESPACE statements when only 1 is necessary. This can cause REORGs to run over several hours and causes the table space to be unavailable.
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Generic Ignore for New v12 Columns on SYSTABLESPACE and SYSINDEX

v12 introduced additional columns on SYSTABLESPACE and SYSINDEX which match attributes that were previously present on SYSTABLEPART and SYSINDEXPART, respectively. When a source object has been created in v12 is compared to a target object which w...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Embed IFF-File into WSL

We run the Compare on an integration test system and transport the created workstatement list in Converted format (action_convert_to_read_wsl = 'Y' ) to each target system. There, we make any necessary adjustments, e.g. to the schema or the databa...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve MAKEPBR functionality

When using the MAKEPBR command to convert a classic partitioned tablespace to a UTS Partition by Range tablespace, the generated job may not actually materialize the new PBR tablespace because the Admin Tool does not force the generated REORG util...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

add location name to ADB2 panel

We would like Db2 Admin to display the connected remote Db2 in at least the Primary Panel ADB2. When working with remote connected systems after using CO(nnect) in ADB2DDF it would be very helpfull and less confusing if the current location would ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered