Customizing Db2 Admin Tool with TCz

When you install Db2 Admin Tool for the first time or when you migrate to a new release of Db2 Admin Tool, you must customize your installation. After the initial customization, you might later need to recustomize Db2 Admin Tool for certain situations. For example, when applying maintenance, the instructions might direct you to recustomize Db2 Admin Tool.

About this task

To customize or recustomize Db2 Admin Tool, use IBM® Tools Customizer for z/OS 1.1 (5655-TC1), also known as TCz. TCz is a standard tool for customizing IBM tools that run on z/OS®. It provides a single, common, and consistent ISPF interface for post-installation customization of these tools. The instructions in this section are specific to Db2 Admin Tool. For detailed information about how to use TCz, see IBM Tools Customizer for z/OS 1.1.0 .

For every Db2 subsystem on which you want to use Db2 Admin Tool, you must run TCz to customize Db2 Admin Tool.

Tip: For help with IBM Tools Customizer for z/OS terminology, see Tools Customizer terminology and data sets (IBM Tools Customizer for z/OS 1.1).

Recommendation: Never modify the SMP/E target libraries or run jobs from the target libraries. Typically, you create run time libraries based on these target libraries. ADBL CLIST also has a mechanism to allow you to integrate modifications into a set of separate user libraries that are concatenated to the run time libraries. This mechanism ensures that you never lose your modifications.

Examine these members in your user libraries against the new run time libraries to determine if you need to redo your modifications. You can do this manually by looking for differences or by installing a USERMOD so that SMP/E tracks your changes and notifies you. Another advantage of using USERMOD is that you can examine the new member and integrate the new lines of code into your customized version.