Starting in Version 9.7, the Control Center tools have been deprecated and might be removed in a future release.
You can use instead IBM® Data Studio and the IBM InfoSphere® Optim™ tools for managing DB2® for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases and developing data-centric applications. For more information about these recommended tools, see Resolution.
The Replication Center has not been deprecated. It is still available as part of the Replication tools.
Start using the AUTOCONFIGURE command to get recommendations from the configuration advisor. Although the wizard interface for the configuration advisor is still supported, this wizard is deprecated and might be removed in a future release.
Start using the db2advis command to get recommendations from the design advisor. Although the wizard interface for the design advisor is still supported, this wizard is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. The design advisor is not deprecated.
The deprecated Control Center tools and related features are still supported in Version 9.7. Only Version 9.7 DB2 servers or earlier releases are supported. However, you should consider becoming familiar with the IBM Data Studio and IBM InfoSphere Optim tools and start using them in place of the Control Center tools. For more information, see Data management and application development tools.
IBM Data Studio and IBM InfoSphere Optim tools are available to perform similar tasks that you used to perform with the Control Center tools. These recommended tools provide enhanced features for those tasks.
The following table provides details about IBM tools included in DB2 database and IBM InfoSphere Warehouse product editions:
IBM tool | IBM product editions that include the tool |
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IBM Data Studio | All DB2 database products, excluding DB2 Express-C, and all IBM InfoSphere Warehouse product editions |
IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager Enterprise Edition | DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition, DB2 Database Enterprise Developer Edition, IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Departmental Edition, and IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Advanced Departmental Edition |
IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager Extended Edition | IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Enterprise Edition and IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Advanced Enterprise Edition |
IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner | IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Advanced Enterprise Edition |