Are you leaving your IBM i database environment exposed to performance bottlenecks, compliance failures, or unplanned outages due to incomplete or inconsistent management practices? The Database Management in IBM i System Administration Kit is a comprehensive self-assessment solution that gives you full visibility into the health, security, and efficiency of your database infrastructure. With 450+ structured assessment questions aligned to IBM i best practices, CIS controls, and ITIL principles, this kit enables you to rapidly identify critical gaps, prioritise corrective actions, and implement robust database governance, before they trigger audit findings, data corruption, or operational failure. Without a systematic evaluation tool like this, you risk undetected configuration drift, inefficient SQL usage, privilege escalation vulnerabilities, and non-compliance with regulatory standards such as SOX, HIPAA, or ISO 27001.
What You Receive
- 456 database management assessment questions organised across 12 maturity domains including data integrity, access control, backup validation, SQL optimisation, journaling configuration, and database security hardening, enabling you to conduct a complete health check of your IBM i DB2 environment
- 12-domain scoring and benchmarking matrix (Excel) that automates gap analysis, calculates your current maturity level, and compares your posture against industry benchmarks, so you can quantify risk and justify improvement initiatives
- Remediation roadmap template (Word) with pre-built action items, priority levels, and RACI assignments, helping you transition from assessment to execution in hours, not weeks
- Policy alignment guide mapping each assessment criterion to relevant sections of IBM i Security Documentation, CIS IBM i Benchmarks, and NIST SP 800-53 controls, ensuring your findings support compliance reporting
- Executive summary report template (Word) designed for IT managers and auditors, allowing you to communicate risk exposure, progress, and mitigation plans with clarity and authority
- Instant digital download of all files in editable DOCX and XLSX formats, ready for immediate deployment across your team or integration into existing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) workflows
How This Helps You
This self-assessment empowers you to proactively defend against database-related incidents that could disrupt production, compromise data, or fail external audits. By answering targeted questions across availability, performance tuning, user access reviews, and change management, you uncover hidden risks, such as unindexed logical files slowing batch jobs, orphaned database objects consuming storage, or excessive *ALLOBJ usage by non-administrative profiles. Each identified gap links directly to a recommended action, reducing your mean time to resolution and strengthening operational resilience. Organisations that neglect structured database reviews often face unplanned downtime during peak processing, failed segregation of duties audits, or SQL injection vulnerabilities, all of which this assessment helps prevent. With this kit, you transform reactive firefighting into strategic database governance, ensuring optimal performance, compliance readiness, and long-term system stability.
Who Is This For?
- IBM i System Administrators who need to validate and improve their database configurations without relying on external consultants
- IT Security Officers responsible for ensuring database access controls meet internal policies and regulatory requirements
- Compliance Managers preparing for internal or third-party audits involving data protection and system integrity
- Database Administrators (DBAs) supporting AS/400, iSeries, or Power Systems environments and seeking to standardise best practices
- IT Audit Teams requiring an objective, repeatable method to assess database management maturity across multiple systems or sites
- IT Operations Leads looking to benchmark team performance, onboard new staff, or document operational procedures
Purchasing the Database Management in IBM i System Administration Kit isn’t just an investment in your system’s integrity, it’s a professional imperative. In complex, mission-critical IBM i environments, relying on intuition or ad hoc checks is no longer defensible. This self-assessment gives you the structured, auditable, and repeatable framework needed to operate with confidence, demonstrate due diligence, and maintain continuous compliance. Take control of your database estate today with a tool built for real-world operational demands.
What does the Database Management in IBM i System Administration Kit include?
The Database Management in IBM i System Administration Kit includes 456 assessment questions across 12 key database management domains, an automated Excel scoring matrix, a remediation roadmap template, a compliance mapping guide to IBM i and CIS standards, and an executive summary report template. All components are delivered as instant-download DOCX and XLSX files, enabling immediate use for internal assessments, audit preparation, or process improvement initiatives.