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Title: How to Be a DBA with Visual DBA


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How to Be a DBA with Visual DBA
  • Or
  • What to do without a Green Screen

Steve Rundle UKIUA 2004- Ditton Manor
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Abstract
  • Visual DBA is a GUI based tool provides a windows
    environment for IDMS database administration.
  • This session will show how it is possible to do
    (some of the) DBA functions without touching a
    Terminal Emulator.
  • This session will examine what benefits and
    problems amy be encountered by using the Visual
    DBA tool.
  • Functions which will be discussed will include
  • Adding and Modifying IDD elements/records
  • Adding and Changing Schemas
  • Modifying DMCLs and DBTABLEs
  • Managing Security
  • Administering Userids
  • Monitoring an IDMS CV.
  • And more...

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Topics
  • Introduction
  • What does a DBA do?
  • What is VDBA?
  • Setting up VDBA
  • What can it do? / what CANT it do?
  • What about future VDBA?
  • Questions?
  • Demo

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Introduction
  • Who am I?
  • Steve Rundle
  • Why VDBA for BT?
  • Many IDMS systems
  • Smaller Support Teams
  • MVS operations.
  • DBAs
  • Need an easy-to-use tool.
  • VDBA was examined.

5
What does a DBA do?
  • Development
  • Schemas
  • Database design
  • ADS Modules
  • General Admin
  • Dictionary Admin
  • Security Admin
  • Operational Support for IDMS
  • Monitoring IDMS
  • Performance
  • etc etc etc.

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What is VDBA?
  • Windows Graphical interface for IDMS
  • SQL Inteface with IDMS
  • Uses Server and SQL
  • New!! From 15.0 Sp5/14.1 SP7 Not required.
  • (See http//esupport.ca.com/ )
  • Free with IDMS/DB

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Setting Up VDBA
  • CV
  • SQL Option Server
  • lite version
  • CCI Line
  • IDD entries SQL Tables Table procedures
  • Windows PC Client
  • ODBC
  • CCI Line
  • IDMS Server
  • VDBA program

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Topics
  • Introduction
  • What does a DBA do?
  • What is VDBA?
  • Setting up VDBA
  • What can it do? / what CANT it do?
  • What about future VDBA?
  • Questions?
  • Demo

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What Can It DO?
  • Multiple CVs
  • IDD
  • Records etc.
  • Drag And Drop
  • Schema Subschemas
  • DMCLs DB Tables
  • CV System
  • Security
  • Monitoring activity
  • Online Admin Commands

10
Multiple CVs
11
IDD
  • IDD Records
  • Drag And Drop

12
Schema Subschemas
13
DMCLs DBTables (dict)
14
DMCLs DBTables (CV)
15
CV System
CV Pterm
Alter...
16
Security
17
Monitoring Activity
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Monitoring Activity-2
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What Can It DO?
  • Multiple CVs
  • IDD
  • Records etc.
  • Drag And Drop
  • Schema Subschemas
  • DMCLs DB Tables
  • CV System
  • Security
  • Monitoring activity
  • Online Admin Commands

20
Online Admin Commands
  • DCMT
  • DCUF
  • OCF
  • DMCL
  • Sysgen
  • Buffers
  • Program/Storage Pools
  • Shutdown

21
DCMT
22
DCUF
23
OCF
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DMCL
Alter...
25
SYSGEN Dict
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SYSGEN commands
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Buffers
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Program stg pools
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Shutdown
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What Cant it do?
  • Batch stuff
  • CV Startup Shutdown
  • Reorg
  • Unload/Reload
  • Future?

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Useful Stuff for DBAs
  • Log off Users
  • Increase Buffers
  • Storage Pools
  • Security
  • Dictionay security and IDMS Security

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Topics
  • Introduction
  • What does a DBA do?
  • What is VDBA
  • Setting up VDBA
  • What can it do? / what CANT it do?
  • What about future VDBA?
  • Questions?
  • Demos

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Future for VDBA
  • OLP ?
  • Print Space ?
  • Print Page ?
  • Fix Page ?
  • Reorg/Unload/Reload?
  • TCP-IP enabled ?
  • VDBA on a Web Page
  • Easy Cancel User
  • See Areas Offline
  • IE5/WinXP look/feel
  • VDBA User Profiles
  • Dynamic Prog/Task
  • Audit on ALL changes,
  • If you want it then submit a suggestion

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Topics
  • Introduction
  • What does a DBA do?
  • What is VDBA
  • Setting up VDBA
  • What can it do? / what CANT it do?
  • What about future VDBA?
  • Questions?
  • Demos

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Questions
  • ?

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Demo
  • Ill dial up and perform a demo.
  • Any suggestions?

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Topics
  • Introduction
  • What does a DBA do?
  • What is VDBA
  • Setting up VDBA
  • What can it do? / what CANT it do?
  • What about future VDBA?
  • Questions?
  • Demos

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