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Figure 5.4 - The DB2 Control Center
The Control Center is a centralized administration tool that allows you to:
• View your systems, instances, databases and database objects;
• Create, modify and manage databases and database objects;
• Launch other DB2 graphical tools
The pane on the left side provides a visual hierarchy for the database objects on your
system(s), providing a “folder” for Tables, Views, etc. When you double-click a folder (for
example, the Tables folder, as shown in Figure 5.4), the pane on the top right will list all the
related objects, in this case, all the tables associated with the SAMPLE database. If you
select a given table in the top right pane, the bottom right pane provides more specific
information about that table.
Right clicking on the different folders or objects in the Object tree brings up menus
applicable to the given folder or object. For example, right-clicking on an instance and
choosing Configure parameters would allow you to view and update the database manager
configuration file. Similarly, if you right-click on a database and choose Configure
parameters, you would be able to view and update the database configuration file. The
DB2 environment and configuration parameters are discussed in more detail in Chapter 5,
The DB2 Environment.