Manage Packages and Plans Tool

Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.

Use the Manage Packages and Plans tool to create and edit bind script files that contain BIND commands. You can execute these scripts from the Manage Packages and Plans tool, or save them to execute later with the tool or using the DSN Bind utility. The tool also enables you to free (clean out) old or unused packages and plans from your SQL Server database.

With regard to binding applications, the Manage Packages and Plans tool provides the following functionality:

Generates BIND commands according to specifications you provide.
Note: You can also bind applications on your deployment server as well as your development server; however, to do this you must have appropriate permissions on the deployment server machine.
Saves the commands in bind script files (.hcodsn files) to any location you specify so that you can open, edit, and execute the commands again at any time.
Reports BIND command errors.
Executes one, some, or all of the BIND commands in your script file to either generate stored procedures that populate the SYSIBM schema or remove stored procedures that already exist in your SQL Server database.

With regard to freeing packages and plans, the Manage Packages and Plans tool provides the following functionality:

Free packages, removing associated system table data and associated stored procedure(s) from your SQL Server database
Free plans, removing associated system table data and associated stored procedure(s) from your SQL Server database, and removing package associations to the plan