Category Archives: DB2 8

New DB2 10 for z/OS Migration Services

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve launched a range of DB2 10 migration services covering planning, implementation and training. The different services cover everything from a 1 hour management overview to fully interactive migration workshops and implementation support.  We’re also providing a … Continue reading

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Our favourite new features in DB2 10 z/OS – part 1

CPU/Performance Improvements Most releases of DB2 in the past have kept performance regression very low, with customers typically taking a CPU hit of less than 5% out of the box (and all or some of that could usually be clawed … Continue reading

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Julian Stuhler gives a top presentation at IBM Tech Forum – DB2 10

At last week’s IBM Tech Forum, Julian Stuhler of Triton gave a great presentation on DB2 10 for z/OS.  He ran through the major new features and plans for upgrading to DB2 whether you’re on V7 (it’s really time to … Continue reading

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Quick Tip – DB2 Diagnosis Guide

Did you know that as from February 2007 (with UK21798 for DB2 z/OS V8) the Diagnosis Guide ships as part of SDSNIVPD – member DSNDR? Do a binary download of this to get the version that applies to your current … Continue reading

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Migration issues from DB2 V8.2 to DB2 9.5 on Sun Solaris 64-bit

1.      During a recent migration exercise at a customer site the following error was encountered whilst migrating one of the databases: 2009-04-08-14.21.06.625141+060 E61438A838         LEVEL: Error (OS) PID     : 18892                TID  : 164         PROC : db2sysc 0 INSTANCE: db2inst1             NODE : 000 … Continue reading

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