Next Generation Technology Database Performance 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
05-Oct-2020 (ID 1065) User Interface Middleware: A loop or abend might occur in the User Interface Middleware (UIM) Server PDF
24-Jun-2020 (ID 981) Maintenance: A RECEIVE ORDER job failure connecting to the BMC server occurs PDF
15-May-2020 (ID 945) NGT Reorg: Data loss might occur when you reorganize a table space and the NGT subsystem buffer pool is fully depleted PDF
04-Jul-2019 UPDATED (ID 714) NGT Reorg: Reorganizing empty partitions with dictionary pages updates the header with invalid system page information PDF
27-Jun-2019 (ID 696) Flash — A DB2 error might occur after you reorganize a LOB table space 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
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
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
13-Apr-2017 Updated, fix now available: DB2 Utilities products might fail if you are also running XBM version 6.2.01 or XBM version 6.2.00 with PTF BPE0456 applied 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
09-Dec-2016 QM002162361 CDB/Auto-Online Reorg and NGT Reorg: Reorganizing a partition-by-growth table space might result in invalid data when no unique index exists on the table space or an update during the reorganization changes the key of a unique index PDF
Technical Bulletin
01-Apr-2024 (ID 330620) Maintenance: RSL2404 is available HTM
02-Jan-2024 (ID 322301) Maintenance: RSL2401 is available HTM
19-Oct-2023 UPDATED (ID 312644) Maintenance: RSL2310 is 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
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
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
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
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
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 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
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 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
31-Aug-2020 (ID 1011) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: Submit ideas for enhancements via BMC Communities PDF
31-Aug-2020 (ID 741) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
31-Jul-2020 (ID 1005) Maintenance: An outage is scheduled for RECEIVE ORDER and BMC ISR PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 942) Maintenance: RSL2007 and RSL2007C are available PDF
11-Jun-2020 (ID 953) Installation and maintenance: New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 16, 2020 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
27-May-2020 (ID 952) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on June 20, 2020 PDF
21-May-2020 (ID 922) Maintenance: Change in the PTF publication process PDF
16-Apr-2020 (ID 930) Maintenance: Change in GA dates for quarterly RSLs PDF
02-Apr-2020 (ID 879) Maintenance: RSL2004 is 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
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 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
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
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
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is 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
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
03-Jan-2018 Maintenance: RSL1801 and RSL1801C are available PDF
16-Nov-2017 BMC is announcing licensing permission for running BMC products and solutions for IBM z/OS in the IBM zD&T and zPDT environments but will not extend BMC Customer Support services to the virtual environments PDF
02-Oct-2017 Maintenance: RSL1710 is available 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
31-Jul-2017 QM002294104, QM002246034 You can now stop the compression dictionary from changing during a reorganization to prevent a break in mirroring PDF
06-Jul-2017 Maintenance: RSL1707 and RSL1707C are available PDF
14-Jun-2017 New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2017 PDF
10-May-2017 UIM: Announcing support for versions 1.1 and 1.2 of TLS PDF
27-Apr-2017 Quicker and easier access to BMC mainframe product documentation is now available PDF
04-Apr-2017 Maintenance: RSL1704 is available PDF
10-Feb-2017 RTCS: The OSZHTML hypertext document library in the RTCS subsystem start-up procedure is no longer required PDF
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available 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
16-Jul-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.13.00 PDF
30-Apr-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.12.00 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
14-Dec-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.5.00 PDF
22-Jun-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.3.00 PDF
22-Mar-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.2.00 PDF
09-Dec-2016 NGT Database Performance: Announces changes and new features in version 12.1.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.1.00 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
BMC Next Generation Technology Automation Reference Manual 09-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology General User Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Reorg for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 09-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Stats for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Subsystem Reference Manual 09-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Next Generation Technology Utility Manager for DB2 for z/OS Reference Manual 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Products and Solutions for DB2 Customization Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER and SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE User Guide 09-Dec-2016 PDF
Locating and generating PDFs of documentation 20-Mar-2020 PDF