Making changes by using Change Management (CM)

Using Change Management (CM) to make changes to your Db2 objects can help simplify the process of tracking and managing changes.

Before you begin

Complete all actions in Prerequisites for Change Management.

About this task

Restriction: The value of the character input fields on the Change Management panels cannot contain an apostrophe (or single quotation mark). For example, do not specify an apostrophe in the name of any change, version, mask, or ignore.

Procedure

To make a change by using Change Management:

  1. Define the change.
    For example, performing one of the following tasks can create a change:

    If Change Management is optional for your SQL ID, the specify YES when you are prompted whether to use Change Management on the Change Management Prompt (ADB2CMPR) panel.

    If the Pending Changes - Conflict Resolution panel is displayed with a list of pending changes for the affected objects, specify whether to apply the pending changes as virtual changes before you continue to define your change.

  2. Register the change by completing the steps in Registering a change.
  3. Analyze the change.

    To analyze the change by using panels, complete the steps in Analyzing a change.

    To analyze the change by using the Change Management batch interface, see Managing Changes by using the CM batch interface.

  4. Run the change.

    To run the change by using panels, complete the steps in Running a change.

    To run the change by using the Change Management batch interface, see Managing Changes by using the CM batch interface.