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Newton, Massachusetts—December 2, 2003—Four enhanced versions of DB2� and IMS� Tools offer many innovative features to assist database administrators (DBAs) and system programmers in managing all aspects of DB2 and IMS database environments.
Enhanced Products
The DB2 and IMS Tools business is a unique model in the industry. IBM continues to increase its investment in tools to deliver comprehensive solutions that meet requirements faster than ever before. Increased focus is on common interfaces, cross-tool integration, and testing with the same criteria used for the databases.
DB2 Test Database Generator for z/OS, V2 allows you to create test data for databases. You can specify database tables or text files that can be used to supply seed data for test data creation. Sets of generation rules or actions are defined that are applied to the source data when the test data is generated. Test data can also be created from scratch using these generation rules. Generation rules specify how the data will be changed in order to make seed data non-sensitive or how the data will be created from scratch so that it mimics real data. DB2 Test Database Generator can access DB2 database locations on z/OS, AIX�, Solaris, and Microsoft� Windows� platforms.
A table grouping component called DB2 Grouper is also provided that discovers relationships between tables from definitional as well as access sources, making it easy to view related tables in the test environment for inclusion.
The name of Version 1 of this product was DB2 Data Export Facility for z/OS. The name of the product was changed to better describe the capabilities of the new version.
For more information on this product and it’s enhancements please visit our DB2 Test Database Generator page in our portfolio section.
DB2 Change Accumulation Tool for z/OS, V1.3 helps DB2 administrators minimize data recovery time by efficiently keeping current and consistent data images more readily available. DB2 Change Accumulation Tool enables you to set the scope and specificity of image copy creation, create mini logs that hold backup information about objects of interest, and quickly restore specific database objects with precision and minimal disruption.
For more information on this product and it’s enhancements please visit our DB2 Change Accumulation Tool page in our portfolio section.
DB2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS, V2 provides you with a powerful tool to ensure high availability and complete control over data integrity. It allows you to monitor data changes by automatically building reports of changes that are made to database tables.
For more information on this product and it’s enhancements please visit our DB2 Log Analysis Tool page in our portfolio section.
DB2 Object Restore for z/OS, V2 is an affordable and robust tool that enables you to recover valuable data assets on demand by quickly restoring dropped DB2 objects and their attributes without downtime, even if they no longer exist in the DB2 catalog. Such dropped objects may include databases, table spaces, tables, indexes, and data, as well as table authorizations. Version 2 exploits DB2 V8 enhancements, improves the administration of the tool’s Versioning Repository, and provides increased functionality to improve your efficiency.
For more information on this product and it’s enhancements please visit our DB2 Object Restore page in our portfolio section.
About Rocket Software�
Founded in 1990, Rocket Software, Inc. is an independent software development organization providing a broad spectrum of integrated, value-added software development and support services to leading software original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and directly to corporate customers worldwide. The company’s current lines of business complement and extend strategic OEM offerings in the areas of business intelligence, relational databases, mobile and wireless computing, and operating system support. Rocket’s current OEM relationships include IBM, RSA Security, Microsoft, NEC, and Toshiba. Rocket Software is based in Newton, Mass., and employs more than 200 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.rocketsoftware.com.