Database Administration and Change Management

Database Administration and Change Management are the core responsibilities of the DBA. If not managed correctly, they can monopolize data center resources, waste valuable time, and can result in the generation of unwanted errors.

In managing the database administration and change management process database administrators are faced with many challenges like how do I:

• Quickly and easily navigate the DB2 catalog?
• Ensure that I complete all of the necessary steps when making a change?
• Manage and track the changes to the definitions of my database objects?
• Propagate changes to other database environments?
• Keep IMS software versions current?
• Manage a corrupt database?
• Efficiently convert IMS full-function databases to the new High Availability Large Database (HALDB) format?

These solutions can help reduce the negative impact data changes can have on your database.