Change control recognizes the need to adapt to externally imposed change, while also seeking opportunities for internally initiated change. Database change control focuses specifically on the database schema changes that result from, or are necessary for, application updates or enhancements. Database change control is an important part of an overall change and configuration strategy, as business-critical data must be reliable and available to support the business. BMC Software helps enterprises develop a more reliable process to manage changes to business-critical applications. Baselines A baseline is a snapshot of the database structure definitions at a particular point in time.
Baselines provide a point of reference to track changes as the application evolves over time.
In product terms, the baseline represents the set of objects that is defined by scope filters associated with an application. A scope filter is a set of user-defined scope rules that can be applied against a group of objects to include in an extraction. Scope rules specify the objects to include in an extraction. In an average environment, a DBA completes at least 20 manual steps to achieve a database change. The analysis process verifies and validates the specified changes.