Next Generation Technology Database Administration for DB2 (Version 12.1.00)

Version Support Status : FULL SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 31-May-2024
End Of Support Date : 31-May-2026

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 12.1.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
22-Dec-2021 UPDATED (ID1518) BMC AMI Ops products: Log4Shell security vulnerability affects a subset of BMC AMI Ops products and components HTM
06-May-2021 UPDATED (ID 1218) BMC AMI Copy: Image copy of a partition-by-range table space using PAGENUM RELATIVE might be missing pages PDF
10-Jul-2020 UPDATED (ID 996) NGT Copy: A recovery that uses a SHRLEVEL CHANGE image copy might end in an error or data loss PDF
30-Jun-2020 (ID 985) NGT Copy for DB2: A recovery that uses a SHRLEVEL CHANGE image copy might end in an error or data loss PDF
14-Nov-2019 (ID 812) ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: Multiple restarts of a worklist might skip the current command if a global authorization ID (GLID) is used PDF
04-Jul-2019 UPDATED (ID 714) NGT Reorg: Reorganizing empty partitions with dictionary pages updates the header with invalid system page information PDF
10-Jun-2019 UPDATED (ID 686) NGT Reorg: Reorganizing empty partitions with dictionary pages updates the header with invalid system page information PDF
05-Jun-2019 (ID 679) NGT Reorg: Reorganizing empty partitions with dictionary pages updates the header with invalid system page information PDF
28-Mar-2019 ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: Executing an ALTER or CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 worklist might fail or have unexpected results PDF
22-Mar-2019 BMC products do not support IBM Huffman compression on DB2 V12 FL504 subsystems PDF
07-Nov-2018 NGT Reorg: UPDATED After a reorganization, adding a row to a PBR Member Cluster table space might cause an S04E abend 00C90105 PDF
19-Oct-2018 UNLOAD PLUS for DB2: An UNLOAD PLUS job might fail when you use a SELECT statement to unload a subset of table columns PDF
28-Sep-2018 NGT Reorg: After a reorganization, adding a row to a PBR Member Cluster table space might cause an S04E abend 00C90105 PDF
02-Jul-2018 Using XBM or SUF for a snapshot of an encrypted data set might result in an IBM DB2 system abend after you apply PTFs BPE0480 and BPE0488, and a DB2 page-size attribute issue might cause you to receive message BMC47410E PDF
31-May-2018 CHANGE MANAGER: Changing only the scale of a decimal column may result in the data being loaded incorrectly PDF
10-Apr-2018 Application contention might occur after executing BMC utilities in an IBM DB2 Version 12 subsystem in a data-sharing environment PDF
23-Jun-2017 BMCSORT: Final Reminder: BMC products for IBM DB2 that use BMCSORT 2.4.01 will stop working on July 1, 2017 without corrective action PDF
01-Jun-2017 BMCSORT: Jobs on some BMC products for IBM DB2 might end in RC=04 due to a BMCSORT component license that will soon expire PDF
30-Mar-2017 ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: The products might delete all clone data when performing a data-only migration PDF
19-Jan-2017 QM002201796 BMC Next Generation Technology products: You might experience unpredictable results when running NGT products in an IBM DB2 Version 12 data-sharing environment PDF
15-Sep-2016 QM002032651 LOADPLUS: With PTF BPU8719 or BPU8720 applied, running LOADPLUS with an empty SYSREC might result in a corrupted space map page PDF
18-Jun-2015 QM001879934 LOADPLUS and REORG PLUS: When running in DB2 Version 11 conversion modes, the utility writes incorrect values to or retrieves incorrect values from the START_RBA column of SYSIBM.SYSCOPY PDF
Technical Bulletin
01-Apr-2024 (ID 330169) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2404 enhancements and fixes to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available HTM
01-Apr-2024 (ID 330620) Maintenance: RSL2404 is available HTM
03-Jan-2024 (ID 321367) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2401 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
02-Jan-2024 (ID 322301) Maintenance: RSL2401 is available HTM
19-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 312644) Maintenance: RSL2310 is available HTM
03-Oct-2023 (ID 311702) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2310 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
03-Oct-2023 (ID 311703) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2310 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available HTM
02-Oct-2023 (ID 309513) Technical bulletin: The BMC Mainframe Security and Integrity portal is available HTM
30-Sep-2023 (ID 315602) Day-one support for z/OS 3.1 HTM
06-Jul-2023 (ID 300435) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2307 enhancement to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 is available HTM
03-Jul-2023 (ID 302060) Maintenance: RSL2307 is available HTM
15-Jun-2023 (ID 304017) Installation System: A new password to access the ESD file servers takes effect on July 6, 2023 HTM
08-May-2023 (ID 298984) Technical bulletin: New EV SSL certificates for FTPS services take effect on May 27, 2023 HTM
20-Apr-2023 (ID 296716) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for epddownload.bmc.com and changes to file server HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 291446) Maintenance: RSL2304 is available HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 292807) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2304 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
03-Apr-2023 (ID 292808) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2304 enhancements and fixes to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available HTM
31-Mar-2023 (ID 295335) Technical bulletin: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com and SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER services and changes to file server HTM
29-Mar-2023 (ID 294714) ALL BMC Mainframe customers: Our SFT service will no longer support the TLS 1.1 and 1.0 protocols beginning on April 19, 2023 HTM
05-Jan-2023 (ID 283140) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2301 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
02-Jan-2023 (ID 281951) Maintenance: RSL2301 is available HTM
08-Dec-2022 (ID 283121) Installation System: Reminder of upcoming changes to the eFix PTF distribution services for BMC AMI products HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 272071) Maintenance: RSL2210 is available HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 274187) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2210 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available HTM
03-Oct-2022 (ID 274188) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2210 enhancements to versions 13.1 and 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
18-Aug-2022 (ID 270072) Installation System: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services HTM
01-Jul-2022 (ID 262813) Maintenance: RSL2207 is available HTM
16-Jun-2022 (ID 264371) Installation System: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2022 HTM
11-May-2022 (ID 261440) New EV SSL certificate for FTPS services takes effect on May 21, 2022 HTM
12-Apr-2022 UPDATED (ID 1545) SPE2204 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
01-Apr-2022 (ID 253278) Maintenance: RSL2204 is available HTM
04-Jan-2022 (ID 1466) Maintenance: RSL2201 and RSL2201C are available HTM
13-Oct-2021 (ID 1446) Maintenance: Reminder of upcoming changes to the maintenance delivery services for BMC AMI products HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1233) SPE2110 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1358) Maintenance: RSL2110 is available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1367) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2110 enhancements to version 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1368) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2110 enhancements to version 12.1 of ALTER for DB2 and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available HTM
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 HTM
23-Sep-2021 UPDATED (ID 1335) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: Recommendation to convert BMC non-UTS product table spaces to UTS HTM
09-Aug-2021 (ID 1355) Technical bulletin: Product Alert emails will soon link to a notice webpage instead of to a PDF PDF
30-Jul-2021 (ID 1341) Installation and maintenance: We are discontinuing production of the cumulative RSL maintenance by December 31, 2021 PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1208) BMC AMI Data for Db2 products: SPE2107 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1247) Maintenance: RSL2107 and RSL2107C are available PDF
07-Jun-2021 (ID 1278) Installation and maintenance: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2021 PDF
04-Jun-2021 (ID 1256) Maintenance: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services (eFix) on December 31, 2021 PDF
29-Apr-2021 (ID 1240) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2021 PDF
22-Apr-2021 (ID 1222) SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
22-Apr-2021 UPDATED (ID 1094) Technical bulletin: SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1145) Maintenance: RSL2104 is available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1157) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1158) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2104 enhancements to version 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available PDF
03-Mar-2021 (ID 1172) All BMC mainframe customers: New SHA-2 Global Root Certificate to access mft.bmc.com PDF
25-Jan-2021 (ID 1023) All BMC Mainframe customers: BMC is announcing the transformation of the BMC Mainframe product lines to BMC AMI PDF
21-Jan-2021 (ID 1087) Maintenance: RSL2101 and RSL2101C are available PDF
18-Nov-2020 (ID 1091) Maintenance: We are withdrawing BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) on December 31, 2020 PDF
04-Nov-2020 (ID 1083) Installation and maintenance: An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, and web-based RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1002) Maintenance: RSL2010 is available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1014) ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2: SPE2010 enhancements for version 12.1 of ALTER and BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 are available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1015) BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2: SPE2010 enhancements for version 12.1 of BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 are available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1061) Maintenance: Announcing a web-based maintenance request service for RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 979) SPE2010 enhancements to version 12.1.00 of the BMC AMI Utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS Utilities are available PDF
15-Sep-2020 (ID 741) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 1011) Technical bulletin: Submit ideas for enhancements via BMC Communities PDF
20-Aug-2020 (ID 741) Technical bulletin: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
28-May-2020 (ID 887) ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: May 2020 enhancements for version 12.1 of the ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 products are available PDF
28-May-2020 (ID 889) CATALOG MANAGER: May 2020 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
28-May-2020 (ID885) DB2 Utilities: May 2020 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT utilities and version 11.2.00 of the PLUS utilities are available PDF
09-Mar-2020 (ID 909) NGT Unload: NGT Unload does not support unloading from INLINE image copies PDF
08-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 862) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending files to Customer Support PDF
03-Jan-2020 (ID 834) Maintenance: RSL2001 and RSL2001C are available PDF
18-Dec-2019 (ID 856) Installation: Failure to apply the November update for the Installation System results in incorrect installation jobs PDF
17-Dec-2019 (ID 786) Maintenance: BMC now supports IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for BMC mainframe products PDF
28-Nov-2019 (ID 730) Technical bulletin: November 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
21-Nov-2019 (ID 731) ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: November 2019 enhancements for version 12.1 of the ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 products are available PDF
21-Nov-2019 (ID 732) CATALOG MANAGER: November 2019 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
06-Nov-2019 (ID 801) An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, and EPD PDF
24-Oct-2019 (ID 754) Technical bulletin: Enhancements add two new parameters to the NGT utilities PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 766) Technical bulletin: A new parameter enables terminating jobs that run with duplicate consistency points PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available PDF
12-Sep-2019 (ID 729) NGT utilities: September 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
04-Sep-2019 (ID 736) Installation and maintenance: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com services and BMC ISR, server changes, and new EV SSL certificate PDF
30-Aug-2019 (ID 752) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending information to Customer Support PDF
07-Aug-2019 (ID 735) All supported BMC mainframe products: You can now use your favorite search engine to find information in BMC product documentation PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 635) Technical bulletin: July 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 701) CATALOG MANAGER: July 2019 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
03-Jul-2019 (ID 710) Maintenance: RSL1907 and RSL1907C are available PDF
05-Jun-2019 (ID 681) New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 3, 2019 PDF
09-May-2019 (ID 569) NGT: May 2019 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products are available PDF
25-Apr-2019 (ID 600) CATALOG MANAGER: April 2019 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
03-Apr-2019 (ID 642) Maintenance — RSL1904 is available PDF
03-Jan-2019 RSL1901 and RSL1901C are available PDF
24-Dec-2018 BMC ISR extract job $E05XTRT and retrieve job $J05RETV are missing the COPYSTEP and SFTP steps PDF
29-Nov-2018 CATALOG MANAGER: November 2018 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is available PDF
30-Aug-2018 ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: Packages associated with a table might be invalidated when converting a table space PDF
26-Jul-2018 CATALOG MANAGER: July 2018 enhancements for version 12.1 of the CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 product are available PDF
03-Jul-2018 Maintenance: RSL1807 and RSL1807C are available PDF
15-Jun-2018 Using legacy CDB/Auto-Online Copy parameters (CPYPARMS) to pass copies to NGT Copy might cause errors PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
13-Apr-2018 NGT products: April 2018 enhancements for version 12.1.00 for the NGT products are available PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
07-Feb-2018 BMC products for DB2: An SQL error occurs when running products bound with APPLCOMPAT of previous IBM DB2 Versions PDF
03-Aug-2017 QM002326265 An incremental copy of a LOB table space that extends to multiple data sets might not include all of the updated pages PDF
31-Jul-2017 BMC is announcing enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the NGT products PDF
19-Jul-2017 BMCSORT: BMC is announcing removal of BMCSORT component license validation PDF
06-Jul-2017 ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER: Announces new features for version 12.1.00 PDF
23-Mar-2017 QM002239233 BMCSORT: PTF BPJ1724 extends BMCSORT support for BMC products for IBM DB2 PDF
25-Mar-2014 QM001815946 BMCSORT - PTF BPJ0718 extends BMCSORT support for BMC products for IBM DB2 PDF
Release Notes
03-Apr-2024 Release notes: Version 4.06.00 of the Installation System HTM
21-Nov-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.05.00 HTM
03-Oct-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.04.00 HTM
06-Jul-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.03.00 HTM
11-Apr-2023 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.02.00 HTM
09-Feb-2023 UPDATED Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.01.00 HTM
17-Jun-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 4.00.00 HTM
31-May-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.18.00 HTM
04-Apr-2022 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.17.00 HTM
01-Apr-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.16.00 PDF
21-Jan-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.15.00 PDF
15-Oct-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.14.00 PDF
13-Jun-2019 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.11.00 PDF
13-Dec-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.9.00 PDF
03-May-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.6.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Next Generation Technology Database Administration for DB2: Announces changes and new features in version 12.1.00 PDF
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
31-Jan-2023 Online documentation for BMC Next Generation Technology products and solutions HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 Reference Manual 08-Dec-2016 PDF
ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 User Guide, Volume 1 08-Dec-2016 PDF
ALTER and CHANGE MANAGER for DB2 User Guide, Volume 2 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Copy for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology General User Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Load for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 09-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Unload for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 09-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Products and Solutions for DB2 Customization Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
CATALOG MANAGER for DB2 User Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
Locating and generating PDFs of documentation 20-Mar-2020 PDF
 
Additional Documents Available on the Following Support Pages
Support PageVersion
BMC AMI Catalog Manager for Db2 12.1.00
BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 12.1.00
BMC AMI Copy for Db2 12.1.00
BMC AMI Load for Db2 12.1.00
BMC AMI Unload for Db2 12.1.00
SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE for DB2 6.2.01