Monday, March 30, 2009

Presentations from Colorado DB2 Users Group

Hi DB2 user,

Here are several presentations from Colorado DB2 Users Group, available on CDB2UG website:


- DB2 9 for z/OS Migration Planning and Experiences
by John Campbell

- Optimizing System Performance Using DB2 Statistics Trace
by John Campbell

- Structure and Format Enhancements in DB2 9 : UTS & RRF
by Willie Favero

- Upgrade from DB2 for z/OS V7 to DB2 for z/OS V8 (NFM) In Less Than 90 days
by Marc Costa

- I love packages and SQLJ
by Rob Crane

- Creating customized tools for DB2 for z/OS
by Matt Ramsey and Bob Vargo



Regards,

DB2usa.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Redbook 50 TB Data Warehouse Benchmark on IBM System z

Hi DB2 User,

IBM just published a draft version of a new Redbook, "50 TB Data Warehouse Benchmark on IBM System z, SG24-7674-00" :
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg247674.html?Open

Abstract
Customers have a strong interest in the scalability of data warehousing solutions on the IBM System z platform using DB2 for z/OS. Since business intelligence environments continue to grow, this book explores the scaling and management of data in sizes beyond 50 TB. We explore the architectural software components that enable us to manage a data warehouse of this magnitude, including the Cognos product set.
The objective of our 50TB study was to test System z scalability in a business intelligence environment and to develop the best practices of managing large data warehouses. The IBM System z was proven to scale to larger volumes, manage a mixed workload, lower the cost of a BI solution using zIIPs, and increase performance by using hardware compression.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Data warehousing overview
Chapter 3. Why System z and IBM storage for Data Warehousing
Chapter 4. Configuration
Chapter 5. VLDB build tips and pointers
Chapter 6. Balancing a data warehouse
Chapter 7. Data and index compression
Chapter 8. Scalability
Chapter 9. Leveraging materialized query tables
Chapter 10. Reporting and analysis with Cognos
Chapter 11. Workload management
Chapter 12. Extract, transform, and load
Chapter 13. Summary: observations and conclusions



Upcoming DB2 z/OS Redbook residencies

- Data Studio - Using Integrated Data Management to Meet SLO, SD-9S04-R01

- DB2 9 for z/OS: Resource Serialization and Concurrency Control, SD-9Z03-R01
- DB2 9 for z/OS: The Utilities Suite, SD-9Z02-R01


Information about residencies
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/pages/how?Open



Regards,

DB2usa.


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Monday, March 9, 2009

Presentations from New England DB2 Users Group

Hi DB2 user,

Here are several presentations from New England DB2 Users Group, available on NEDB2UG website:


- DB2 9 for z/OS: For Developers only!
by Craig Mullins

- Not Logged Table Spaces
by Jay Yothers

- SQL Optimization & Access Paths: What’s Old & New - Part 1
by David Simpson

- SQL Optimization & Access Paths: What’s Old & New - Part 2
by David Simpson

- Native XML support in DB2 9 for z/OS
by Phil Grainger

- DB2 9 for DBAs and Future Direction
by Roger Miller


Regards,

DB2usa.

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Monday, March 2, 2009

DB2 articles from z/OS Hot Topics newsletter

Hi DB2 user,

Here are some DB2 articles from z/OS Hot Topics newsletter:


- The latest thrilling celebrity hook-up DB2 and DFSORT!
by R. David Boenig II

- How to use role-based security with z/OS
by Mark Nelson, Randy Love and Adrian Lobo

- Safety first zCDP for DB2
by Glenn Wilcok and Laura Kunioka-Weis

- Can you hear us now? High availability for DB2 on z/OS
by Jery Buczak

- Tales from de-crypt How secure is your DB2 data?
by Jeffrey Berger and Jeff Novak

- DB2 phone home: IMS/TM is on the line
by Blake Bauman and Jack Yuan

- DB2 RELOADED: DB2 V8 meets zSeries and z/OS
by Roger Miller

- Database on demand
by Jim Porell

- DB2: Easier to use, easier to manage
by Bryan Smith, Jim Ruddy and Dave Schwartz


More information about z/OS features

- Would you like to hear about our specials?
Prelude to the zIIP and zAAP specialty processors

by Bob Rogers

- The zIIP is a chip that’s hip!
The System z9 Integrated Information Processor

by Gita Berg

- z/OS and XML—a different approach
by Joe Bostian

- History of the mainframe poster


Regards,

DB2usa.

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