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Search results: Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Move DISRT into primary command and remove 10 object foreground limit

There are various pain points: Here is a scenario. I wish to identify tablespaces that are in a restricted state and either repair them or start them access force. I get a list of tablespaces which are normally created by listing the tables in a s...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable drop of more than one foreign key at a time

I want to drop 2 foreign keys on a table. I type the 'AL' line command next to the table and go to panel ADB21TA. I choose DROP FOREIGN KEY and go to panel ADB21TAH. I put a '?' in the Constraint field and go to panel ADB21TRI. In my example I hav...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Reflect the actual count of objects returned from using the SARG command

I have used panel ADB21K and the count as an example below, but the misleading count occurs on other panels when you have used the SARG panel to filter. On panel ADB21K, I have 117 packages listed against a table. The count is shown at the top rig...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Generate a reorg for the history table when doing an add column on the base table (STT)

I’m going to add a column to two tables that are “connected” through versioning (STT).This is what I (or the tool) should do: ALTER TABLE MY.BASETAB ADD NEW_COLUMN DECIMAL(5, 3) NOT NULL; REORG TABLESPACE MYDB.BASETS REORG TABLESPACE MYDB.HISTTS T...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Recover statements partitioned tablespace

If there are image copies for a tablespace partition you cannot use DSNUM ALL in the recover statement. You have to name every single partition in the revocer statement. Admin Tool Always generates RECOVER DSNUM ALL. We have to edit that ourselves...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

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...
over 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...
about 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered
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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...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Future consideration

add “RB” line command to all possible package types (Triggers, STPs, Rest Services...) when remote connected

If we are remote connected to another Db2 (ADB2DDF - CO(nnect) ) we are missing the ability to rebind some types of packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DB2 Admin DRDA Triggers Row 1 to 3 of 3 C...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration