Administration Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS

With the acquisition of Candle Corporation IBM provides customers with an enhanced set of software solutions. Announcement Letters 905-032 (USA) and 905-060 (USA) have clarified the strategy in rebranding, enhancing, or withdrawing some of the previous Candle products. The following three heritage Candle Database tools are withdrawn from marketing as of June 17, 2005:
IBM DB2 DB/WORKBENCH V6.1
IBM DB2 DB/QUICKCHANGE V6.1
IBM DB2 DB/QUICKCOMPARE V6.1
Most of the functions provided by these tools, and some of those provided by DB2 DB/SMU V6.1, find equivalent functions in the following DB2 Tools:
IBM DB2 Administration Tool for z/OS, V5.1
IBM DB2 Object Restore Tool for z/OS V2.1
IBM DB2 Object Comparison Tool for z/OS V3.1
IBM DB2 Automation Tool for z/OS V2.1
The purpose of this IBM Redbook is twofold:
Help you understand the mapping of functions between the Candle DB2 DB/Tools products and DB2 Tools and facilitate the migration process to the relevant products
Point out the major advantages available with the new suite of DB2 administration tools when accessing DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8.